SN19:13 The Flayed Woman
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1… "I saw a flayed woman moving through the air. Vultures, crows, and hawks, following her in hot pursuit, were stabbing at her and tearing her apart while she uttered cries of pain … ."
"That woman was an adulteress in this same Rājagaha…." [n.355] Spk: She cheated on her husband and enjoyed contact with other men. Thus she fell away from pleasant contact and, as a counterpart of that kamma, was reborn as a flayed woman to experience painful contact. sn.ii.260
1"Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ nicchaviṁ itthiṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantiṁ. Tamenaṁ gijjhāpi kākāpi kulalāpi anupatitvā anupatitvā vitacchenti virājenti. Sā sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti … pe …
esā, bhikkhave, itthī imasmiṁyeva rājagahe aticārinī ahosi … pe … .
Tatiyaṁ.
