[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) › 57.23 # 法苑珠林 57.23 法苑珠林 57.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [57.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.23) 復有一鬼。言我常有熱鐵鍼入出我身。受苦無間。何因故爾。目連答言。汝前世時作調馬師。或作調象師。象馬難制。汝以鐵鍼刺脚。又時牛遲亦以鍼刺。復有一鬼言。我身常有火出自然懊惱。何因故爾。目連答言。汝前世時作國王夫人。更一夫人王甚幸愛。常生妬心伺欲危害。值王臥起去時。所愛夫人眠猶未起著衣。即生惡心。正值作餅有熱麻油。即以灌其腹上。腹爛即死。故受此苦。 > Another ghost said: 'Hot iron needles constantly enter and exit my body, causing me to suffer agony without interruption. For what reason is it so?' Maudgalyāyana replied: 'In your past life, you were a horse trainer or an elephant trainer. When the elephants or horses were hard to control, you pricked their feet with iron needles; and when an ox was sluggish, you also pricked it with a needle.' Another ghost said: 'Fire constantly bursts forth from my body, causing me natural distress. For what reason is it so?' Maudgalyāyana replied: 'In your past life, you were the consort of a king. There was another consort whom the king favoured and loved dearly; you constantly conceived jealousy and watched for a chance to harm her. Finding a moment when the king arose and went away while the favoured consort was still asleep and had not yet dressed, you gave rise to an evil thought: it happened that cakes were being made with hot sesame oil, so you poured it onto her belly. Her belly scorched and she died. Therefore you suffer this torment.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 57.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.22) - [Next: 57.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.24) - [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.57.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.57) — Classical Chinese - [佛說雜藏經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.ksudrakapitakasutra*zh-faxian.1.27) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.23) · Pramāṇa