[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) › 67.25 # 法苑珠林 67.25 法苑珠林 67.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [67.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.67.25) 第三復有眾生。身體長大聾騃無足宛轉腹行。唯食泥土以自活命。為諸小蟲之所唼食。常受此苦不可堪處。何罪所致。佛言。以前世時坐為人。自用不信好言善語。不孝父母。反戾時君。若為帝主大臣四鎮方伯州郡令長吏禁督護。恃其威勢侵奪民物。無有道理使民枯瘁。呼嗟而行。故獲斯罪。 > Thirdly, there are sentient beings whose bodies are huge, deaf and stupid, footless, writhing and crawling on their bellies, feeding only on mud and soil to sustain their lives, and pecked and eaten by small insects, constantly undergoing this unbearable suffering. By what sin was this incurred? The Buddha said: 'Because in past lives when born as humans, they were self-opinionated and distrustful of good advice and wholesome words, unfilial to parents, and rebellious against the rulers of their time; or if as emperors, rulers, grand ministers, regional commanders of the four frontiers, regional governors, commandery governors, county magistrates, officials, jailers, or military supervisors, they relied on their authority and might to seize the property of the common people, causing the people to wither and languish without justification, walking along while wailing and sighing—therefore they have incurred this retribution.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 67.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.67.24) - [Next: 67.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.67.26) - [Up: 67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.67) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.67.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [佛說佛名經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.30.40) — Classical Chinese - [慈悲道場懺法](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909.3.14) — Classical Chinese - [佛說罪業應報教化地獄經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.narrative.karmavipakanarakasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.67.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.67.25) · Pramāṇa