Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN19: Connected Discourses with Lakkhaṇa

SN19:2 The Piece of Meat

1… "Here, friend, as I was coming down from Mount Vulture Peak, I saw a piece of meat moving through the air. Vultures, crows, and hawks, following it in hot pursuit, were stabbing at it and tearing it apart as it uttered cries of pain." …

"That being, bhikkhus, was a cattle butcher in this same Rājagaha…." [n.348] Spk: He had earned his living for many years as a cattle butcher who seasoned pieces of beef, dried them, and sold the dried meat. When he passed away from hell, a piece of meat became the sign and he became a ghost (in the form of) a piece of meat.

1"Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ maṁsapesiṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantiṁ. Tamenaṁ gijjhāpi kākāpi kulalāpi anupatitvā anupatitvā vitacchenti virājenti. Sā sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti … pe …

eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe goghātako ahosi … pe … .


Dutiyaṁ.

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