[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) › 57.22 # 法苑珠林 57.22 法苑珠林 57.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [57.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.22) 復有一鬼言。我常兩肩有眼。胸有口鼻。常無有頭。何因故爾。目連答言。汝前世時常作魁膾弟子。若殺罪人時。汝常歡喜心以繩著髻挽之。 > Another ghost said: 'I constantly have eyes on both shoulders, a mouth and nose on my chest, and never have a head. For what reason is it so?' Maudgalyāyana replied: 'In your past life, you were an executioner's apprentice. Whenever you executed criminals, you joyfully attached a cord to their topknot and pulled it.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 57.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.21) - [Next: 57.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.23) - [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.57.22) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.56) — Classical Chinese - [佛說雜藏經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.ksudrakapitakasutra*zh-faxian.1.22) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.22) · Pramāṇa