The Buddha confirms Venerable Mahāmoggallāna's clairvoyant vision of a man whose body hairs were needles suffering in a ghostly incarnation, formerly a an equerry in Rājagaha, illustrating the inescapable results of unwholesome kamma.
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ sūcilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ. Tassa tā sūciyo uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti. So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe sūto ahosi …pe….
Aṭṭhamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ sūcilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ.
“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.
Tassa tā sūciyo uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti.
And those needles kept rising up and falling on his body
So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe…
as he screamed in pain. …” …
eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe sūto ahosi …pe….
“That being used to be an equerry right here in Rājagaha. …”
Aṭṭhamaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026