[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 9.35 # 諸經要集 9.35 諸經要集 9.35 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.35) 又雜寶藏經云。目連至恒河邊。見五百餓鬼群來趣水。有守水鬼。以鐵杖驅逐令不得近。於是諸鬼徑詣目連。禮目連足各問其罪。一鬼曰。我受此身常患熱渴。先聞恒河水清且涼。歡喜趣之沸熱壞身。試飲一口五藏燋爛。臭不可當。何因緣故。受如此罪。目連曰。汝先世時曾作相師。相人吉凶少實多虛。或毀或譽。自稱審諦以動人心。詐惑欺誑以求財利。迷惑眾生失如意事。 > Furthermore, the Zabaozang jing states: Maudgalyāyana arrived at the bank of the Ganges River and saw a flock of five hundred hungry ghosts coming toward the water. A water-guarding ghost was driving them off with an iron staff, preventing them from approaching. Thereupon, the ghosts went straight to Maudgalyāyana, paid homage at his feet, and each asked about their offenses. One ghost said: 'Having received this body, I constantly suffer from burning heat and thirst. Having previously heard that the water of the Ganges River is clear and cool, I joyfully approached it, but it boiled with heat and destroyed my body. When I tried to drink a mouthful, my five viscera were scorched and rotted, foul beyond endurance. By what causes and conditions do I suffer such retribution?' Maudgalyāyana said: 'In your past life, you were once a physiognomist. When divining people's fortunes, there was little truth and much falsehood; either disparaging or praising them, you claimed to be accurate in order to manipulate people's minds, practicing deception and fraud to seek wealth and profit, misleading sentient beings and causing them to lose what they desired.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.34) - [Next: 9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.36) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.9.35) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.47) — Classical Chinese - [佛說雜藏經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.ksudrakapitakasutra*zh-faxian.1.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.35) · Pramāṇa