[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) › 46.51 # 經律異相 46.51 經律異相 46.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [46.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.51) 復有一鬼言。我常趣溷欲噉食糞。有大群鬼捉杖驅我不得近廁。中爛臭飢困無賴。何因如此。目連答言。汝前世時作佛圖主。有諸白衣供養眾僧供辦食具。汝以麁供設客僧。細者自食。 > Another ghost said, "I constantly rush toward the privy wishing to eat excrement, but a large crowd of ghosts holding staves drive me away so that I cannot approach the latrine. Inside, I am rotting and foul, starving, destitute, and helpless. Why is this?" Maudgalyāyana replied, "In your former life, you were the master of a Buddhist monastery (stūpa-vihāra). When laypeople made offerings to the Saṅgha and prepared food utensils, you served the coarse offerings to visiting monks and ate the fine ones yourself." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 46.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.50) - [Next: 46.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.52) - [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.46.51) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.17) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.39) — Classical Chinese - [佛說雜藏經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.ksudrakapitakasutra*zh-faxian.1.12) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.51) · Pramāṇa