經律異相 19.82

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有沙門。於山中念道。有一鬼。化作無頭人而行。沙門言。咄快無頭。則不知頭痛。又無目耳不知音響。鬼復化作無軀人。沙門言。咄快無頭人。不知痛痒。無五藏不病。鬼復化作無手足人。沙門言。咄快無手足不能行。亦不取人物。鬼知沙門守志。即便滅去（出一卷雜譬喻經）。

There was a śramaṇa contemplating the Way in the mountains. There was a ghost that transformed into a headless person and walked along. The śramaṇa said, "Wonderful! Having no head, you do not know a headache; and having neither eyes nor ears, you know no sounds." The ghost transformed again into a person without a torso. The śramaṇa said, "Wonderful! A person without a torso knows neither pain nor itching; having no five viscera, you are not sick." The ghost transformed again into a person without hands or feet. The śramaṇa said, "Wonderful! Having neither hands nor feet, you cannot walk, nor do you take other people's things." The ghost, knowing that the śramaṇa held fast to his resolve, then vanished away. (From the one-fascicle Miscellaneous Avadāna Sūtra).