諸經要集 9.50

9.50

Yet another ghost said, 'I constantly cover my head with something, and also constantly fear that people will come to kill me. My mind is constantly terrified beyond endurance. For what cause is this so?' Maudgalyāyana answered, saying, 'In your past life you committed sexual misconduct with other women. You were constantly afraid of being seen by others, or feared that their husbands would seize, bind, beat, and kill you, or feared that the official law would execute you in the public market. Your terror continued uninterrupted. Therefore you suffer this pain.'