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The Story of a Ghost With a Pig’s Mouth

Sūkaramukhapetavatthu

Even using harsh speech is enough to cause suffering.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.1Petavatthu
0.2Uragavagga

0.32. Sūkaramukhapetavatthu

1.1“Kāyo te sabbasovaṇṇo,1.2sabbā obhāsate disā;1.3Mukhaṁ te sūkarasseva,1.4kiṁ kammamakarī pure”.
2.1“Kāyena saññato āsiṁ,2.2vācāyāsimasaññato;2.3Tena metādiso vaṇṇo,2.4yathā passasi nārada.
3.1Taṁ tyāhaṁ nārada brūmi,3.2Sāmaṁ diṭṭhamidaṁ tayā;3.3Mākāsi mukhasā pāpaṁ,3.4Mā kho sūkaramukho ahū”ti.

4.1Sūkaramukhapetavatthu dutiyaṁ.