[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) › 57.18 # 法苑珠林 57.18 法苑珠林 57.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [57.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.18) 復有一鬼言。我身上遍滿生舌。斧來斫舌。斷復續生。如此不已。何因故爾。目連答言。汝前世時作道人。眾僧差作蜜漿。石蜜塊大難消。以斧斫之。盜心噉一口。以是因緣故還斫舌也。 > Another ghost said: 'Tongues grow all over my body, and an axe comes to chop them off; no sooner are they severed than they grow back, relentlessly like this. For what reason is it so?' Maudgalyāyana replied: 'In your past life, you were a practitioner of the Way. The saṃgha appointed you to make molasses syrup. Because the block of rock sugar was large and difficult to dissolve, you chopped it with an axe, and with a mind of theft you ate a mouthful. For this reason, your tongues are in turn chopped.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 57.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.17) - [Next: 57.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.19) - [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.57.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.52) — Classical Chinese - [佛說雜藏經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.ksudrakapitakasutra*zh-faxian.1.15) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.18) · Pramāṇa