A Bad Nun “I saw a nun flying through the air. Her outer robe was burning …” … “She used to be a bad nun …”
Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 04/11/2020
A Bad Monk “Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a monk flying through the air. His outer robe, bowl, belt, and body were burning, blazing, and glowing as he screamed in pain. …” … “That monk used to be a bad monk in the time of Buddha Kassapa’s dispensation. …”
Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 04/10/2020
A Headless Trunk “Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a headless trunk flying through the air. Its eyes and mouth were on its chest. Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing it, pecking and clawing as it screamed in pain. …” … “That being used to be an executioner called Hārika right here in Rājagaha. …”
Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 04/09/2020
A Sweltering Woman “Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a scorched woman, sooty and sweaty, flying through the air, as she screamed in pain. …” … “That woman used to be the king of Kaliṅga’s chief queen. She was of jealous nature, and poured a brazier of hot coals over her co-wife. …” …
Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 04/08/2020
A Fishwife “Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a stinking fishwife flying through the air. Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing her, pecking, plucking, and hacking as she screamed in pain. …” … “That woman used to be a fortune-teller right here in Rājagaha. …”
Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 04/07/2020
A Flayed Woman “Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a flayed woman flying through the air. Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing her, pecking, plucking, and hacking as she screamed in pain. …” … “That woman used to be an adulteress right here in Rājagaha. …”
Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 04/06/2020
A Dung Eater “Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man sunk in a sewer, eating dung with both hands. …” … “That being used to be a nasty brahmin right here in Rājagaha. In the time of the Buddha Kassapa’s dispensation he invited the Saṅgha of mendicants for a meal. He filled a trough with dung and said: ‘My good men, eat as much as you like, and take what’s left.
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Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 04/05/2020
Over His Head So I have heard. At one time near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove… “Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man sunk over his head in a sewer. …” … “That being used to be an adulterer right here in Rājagaha. …”
Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 04/04/2020
Pot Balls “Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man with testicles as big as pots flying through the air. When he was walking he had to lift his testicles on to his shoulder. And when he sat down, he sat right on them. Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing him, pecking, plucking, and hacking as he screamed in pain. …” … “That being used to be a corrupt official right here in Rājagaha.
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Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 04/03/2020
Needle Hairs (2nd) “Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man whose body hairs were needles flying through the air. The needles bored into his head and out his mouth, into his mouth and out his chest, into his chest and out his belly, into his belly and out his thighs, into his thighs and out his calves, and into his calves and out his feet.
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