[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) › 57.17 # 法苑珠林 57.17 法苑珠林 57.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [57.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.17) 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。口中爛臭飢困無賴。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辨食具。汝以麁供設客僧。細者自食。 > Another ghost said: 'I constantly go to the latrine wanting to eat dung, but a large crowd of ghosts wielding clubs drives me away so that I cannot get near the privy. My mouth is rotten and foul, and I am famished and destitute. Why is this?' Maudgalyāyana replied: 'In your past life, you were the head of a monastery. When laypeople made offerings to the saṃgha and prepared provisions and food vessels, you served the coarse offerings to visiting monks and ate the fine ones yourself.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 57.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.16) - [Next: 57.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.18) - [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.57.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.51) — 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.2122.57.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.17) · Pramāṇa