[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) › 57.15 # 法苑珠林 57.15 法苑珠林 57.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [57.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.15) 復有一鬼言。我常為天祠。有狗利牙赤白。來噉我肉。唯有骨在。風來吹起肉續復生。狗復來噉。此苦何因。目連答言。汝前世時作天祠主。常教眾生殺羊以血祠天。汝自食肉。是故今日以肉償之。 > Another ghost said: 'I am constantly \[tied\] at a devatā shrine. There are dogs with sharp teeth, red and white, that come to devour my flesh until only bones remain. When the wind blows, my flesh grows back again, and the dogs come back to devour it. What is the cause of this suffering?' Maudgalyāyana replied: 'In your past life, you were the master of a devatā shrine. You constantly taught sentient beings to slaughter sheep to sacrifice their blood to the devatās, while you ate their meat yourself. For this reason, you repay it today with your flesh.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 57.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.14) - [Next: 57.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.16) - [Up: 57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.57.15) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.48) — Classical Chinese - [佛說雜藏經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.ksudrakapitakasutra*zh-faxian.1.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.15) · Pramāṇa