《Toh 206 (Kangyur)》
CBETA 84K-toh206
Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas. Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One was staying in the Bamboo Grove, accompanied by a great saṅgha of twelve hundred fifty monks, as well as other monks and nuns, laymen and laywomen, the eight classes of beings, and many bodhisattvas. The great Maudgalyāyana rose from his seat, bowed to the Blessed One, and said, “Blessed One, once when I went to town for alms, I noticed tens of thousands of people on the way. Their heads were as big as mountains and their bellies the size of Mount Sumeru, yet their throats were as thin as needles. When they moved back and forth, they emitted a sound like the rumbling of five hundred chariots and spewed intolerable acrid smoke everywhere. Who are they and where do they come from? Please tell us, Blessed One.” “Maudgalyāyana,” replied the Blessed One, “those are starving spirits. That is the ripening of past misdeeds such as ruining meals Reading mchod ston (“meal”) from the Kangxi, Narthang, and Yongle versions instead of the Degé reading, mchod sdong (“sacrificial post”). or the preparations for meals. It can also be the ripening of the misdeed of failing to eat only one meal per day because they…
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