[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [眾經撰雜譬喻](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208) › 1.45 # 眾經撰雜譬喻 1.45 眾經撰雜譬喻 1.45 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.45) 昔目連與弟子俱從耆闍崛山下，到王舍城乞食。目連於道中仰視虛空，悵然而歎，其弟子問：「何因緣歎？」目連答曰：「卿欲知者須還到佛所可便問也。」於是乞食訖還到佛所，其弟子便問向所歎事，目連答曰：「我見上虛空中有一餓鬼，身極長大其狀醜惡，有七枚熱鐵丸從口中入直下過，既下過已還從口入，舉身燒然苦痛宛轉，絕倒更起，起復還倒，是故歎耳！非我獨見，佛亦見之！」弟子問言：「以何因緣受苦如是？」目連答曰：「汝自以是問佛世尊。」其弟子即時白佛，問其因緣。時佛答言：「此餓鬼者前世曾為沙彌，時世極儉以豆為食，沙彌者為眾僧行食，至其師前偏多七枚豆，以是罪故受餓鬼身苦毒如是。」佛言：「我亦常見所以不說，恐人不信得極重罪也！」此喻世間少豆，偏為師故，而不自入，其罪猶爾！況當佛說般若而不生信，返更誹謗，其罪重於五逆，受地獄苦極重不可稱數也。 > Formerly, Maudgalyāyana and his disciples went down together from Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa to Rājagṛha to beg for food. On the road Maudgalyāyana looked up into the sky and sighed sorrowfully. His disciple asked: “For what reason do you sigh?” Maudgalyāyana replied: “If you wish to know, wait until we return to where the Buddha is, and you may ask.” Thereupon, having finished begging for food, they returned to where the Buddha was, and his disciple asked about the matter he had sighed over earlier. Maudgalyāyana replied: “I saw up in the sky a hungry ghost whose body was extremely tall and large, and whose appearance was ugly and repulsive. There were seven glowing iron pellets that entered through its mouth and passed straight down through; once they had passed through below, they re-entered through its mouth. Its entire body was blazing with fire; it writhed in agony, collapsing in a dead faint and rising again, and upon rising, collapsing again. That is why I sighed! It was not only I who saw it; the Buddha saw it too!” The disciple asked: “Due to what causal condition does it suffer such pain?” Maudgalyāyana replied: “Ask the Buddha, the World-Honoured One, about this yourself.” The disciple immediately addressed the Buddha, asking about the causal conditions. Then the Buddha answered: “In a former life this hungry ghost was once a novice. At that time the world was in severe famine and beans were used for food. The novice was serving food to the saṃgha, and when he reached his master, he gave an extra seven beans out of partiality. Because of this sin, he received this hungry ghost’s body and suffers such harsh torment.” The Buddha said: “I also constantly see this; the reason I did not speak of it was for fear that people would not believe it and would incur extremely grave sin!” This parable illustrates: in this world, even for a few beans, given out of partiality to one's master without taking them oneself, the sin is still like this! How much more so when the Buddha preaches prajñā and one fails to generate faith, but rather slanders it—that sin is heavier than the five heinous crimes, and the torment suffered in naraka is extremely severe and beyond reckoning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.44) - [Next: 1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.46) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208~en-mt.1.45) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [雜譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.14) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.45) · Pramāṇa