[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 26.24 # 法苑珠林 26.24 法苑珠林 26.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [26.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.24) 又處處經云。佛言。有憍梵鉢提。已得阿羅漢道。反作牛齝。弟子問佛。何以故。佛言。是比丘前世宿命時。七百世作牛。今世得道。餘習未盡故作齝食。若依智度論。問何以作牛。答由過去世經他穀田。取五六粒粟口嘗吐地。以損他粟故作此牛。由作牛。多身故牛脚齝食也。 > Furthermore, the Various Sūtra states: The Buddha said: 'There is Gavāmpati, who has already attained the arhat path, yet still chews the cud like an ox.' The disciples asked the Buddha, 'Why is this?' The Buddha said, 'In his past life, this bhikṣu was an ox for seven hundred lifetimes. In this life he attained the Path, but because his residual habits are not exhausted, he chews the cud when eating.' According to the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra: Question: 'Why was he an ox?' Answer: 'Because in a past life, when passing through another's grain field, he took five or six grains of millet into his mouth to taste them and spat them on the ground. Because he damaged another's millet, he was reborn as this ox. Because he was an ox for many lifetimes, he has ox feet and chews the cud.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 26.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.23) - [Next: 26.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.25) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.26.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.24) · Pramāṇa