法苑珠林 92.55

92.55

The kuśūla you saw was not truly a granary; it is a denizen of hell. In the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, he was a monastic serving as abbot of the sangha's monastery. He peddled and sold the kitchen provisions of the sangha to obtain goods to make clothes for himself, cutting off offerings meant for the sangha. Therefore, he entered hell, where he became a flesh granary burned by fire, suffering pain without respite even to this day.