[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) › 57.24 # 法苑珠林 57.24 法苑珠林 57.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [57.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.24) 復有一鬼言。我常有旋風迴轉我身。不得自在隨意東西。心常惱悶。何因故爾。目連答言。汝前世時。常作卜師。或時實語。或時妄語。迷惑人心不得隨意。 > Another ghost said: 'A whirlwind constantly spins my body around so that I have no autonomy to go east or west as I please, and my heart is always troubled and stifled. For what reason is it so?' Maudgalyāyana replied: 'In your past life, you were a diviner. Sometimes you spoke the truth, and sometimes you spoke falsehoods, confusing people's minds so that they could not do as they pleased.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 57.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.23) - [Next: 57.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.25) - [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.57.24) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.58) — Classical Chinese - [佛說雜藏經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.ksudrakapitakasutra*zh-faxian.1.28) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.57.24) · Pramāṇa