[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) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 46.47 # 經律異相 46.47 經律異相 46.47 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [46.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.47) 目連至恒河邊。見五百餓鬼群來趣水有守水鬼。鐵杖驅逐令不得近。於是諸鬼逕詣目連。禮目連足各問其罪。一鬼曰。我受此身常患熱渴。先聞恒河水清且涼。歡喜趣之沸熱壞身。試飲一口。五藏燋爛臭不可當。何因緣故受如此罪。目連曰。汝先世時作相師。相人吉凶。少實多虛。或毀或譽。自稱審諦以動人心。詐惑欺誑以求財利。迷惑眾生失如意事。 > Maudgalyāyana arrived at the bank of the Ganges River and saw a flock of five hundred hungry ghosts approaching the water. There were demons guarding the water who drove them off with iron staves, preventing them from drawing near. Thereupon the ghosts went directly to Maudgalyāyana, paid homage at his feet, and each asked about their offenses. One ghost said, "Having received this body, I constantly suffer from fever and thirst. Hearing previously that the water of the Ganges is pure and cool, I joyfully ran to it, but it boiled with heat and damaged my body. When I tried to take a single sip, my five internal organs scorched and rotted, stinking beyond endurance. Through what cause and condition did I receive such retribution?" Maudgalyāyana said, "In your previous lifetime, you were a physiognomist. You read people's good and bad fortunes with little truth and much falsehood, sometimes disparaging and sometimes praising them, claiming to be accurate in order to manipulate people's minds, deceitfully tricking them to seek wealth and profit, misleading sentient beings so that they lost what they desired." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 46.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.46) - [Next: 46.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.48) - [Up: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.46.47) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.14) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.35) — Classical Chinese - [佛說雜藏經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.ksudrakapitakasutra*zh-faxian.1.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.47) · Pramāṇa