[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) › 28.15 # 法苑珠林 28.15 法苑珠林 28.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.28.15) 又智度論云。佛在世時。有人遠行獨宿空舍。夜中有鬼擔一死人來著其前。復有一鬼逐來瞋罵云。死人我物。汝忽擔來。先鬼言。是我物。我自持來。後鬼言。是死人實我擔來。二鬼各捉一足一手爭之。前鬼言。此間有人可問。後鬼即問。是死人誰擔來。是人思惟。此二鬼力大。若實不實俱不免死。便語言。前鬼擔來者是。後鬼大瞋。捉其人手拔出著地。前鬼愍之。急取死人一臂附之即著。如是兩臂兩脚頭脇舉身皆易。於是二鬼共食所易人身。拭口而去。其人思惟。我父母生身眼見二鬼食盡。今我此身悉是他肉。我今定有身耶。為無身耶。行到佛塔。問諸比丘。廣說上事。諸比丘言。從本已來常自無我。但以四大和合故計為我身。如汝本身與本無異。諸比丘度之為道得阿羅漢果。 > The Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra also states: When the Buddha was in the world, a man was traveling far away and lodging alone in an empty house. During the night, a ghost carrying a corpse arrived and placed it before him. Another ghost followed behind, furiously scolding him, saying, "The corpse is my property. Why did you suddenly carry it here?" The first ghost said, "It is my property; I brought it here myself." The second ghost said, "It was truly I who carried this corpse here." The two ghosts each seized a foot and an arm, fighting over it. The first ghost said, "There is a person here; we can ask him." The second ghost then asked, "Who carried this corpse here?" The man thought: "These two ghosts have great strength. Whether I speak the truth or not, in either case I cannot escape death." He then said, "The first ghost is the one who carried it here." The second ghost was greatly enraged; seizing the man's arm, he ripped it out and threw it on the ground. The first ghost took pity on him, quickly took an arm of the corpse, and attached it to him, whereupon it immediately joined. In this manner, both arms, both legs, the head, and the torso—his entire body—were all replaced. Thereupon the two ghosts ate the replaced human body together, wiped their mouths, and left. The man thought: "With my own eyes I saw the body born of my parents devoured completely by the two ghosts. Now my present body is entirely another's flesh. Do I now definitely have a body, or do I have no body?" He went to a Buddhist stūpa, asked the monks, and related the above events in detail. The monks said, "From the beginning, there has always been no self; it is only because of the harmony of the four great elements that you calculate it to be 'my body.' It is just as your original body was: it is no different from the original." The monks ordained him into the path, and he attained the fruit of an arhat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.28.14) - [Next: 28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.28.16) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.28) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.28.15) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [西方合論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.5.15) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.28.15) · Pramāṇa