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The Excrement Eating Male Ghost

Gūthakhādakapetavatthu

What happens when you associate with evil monks?

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

0.38. Gūthakhādakapetavatthu

1.1“Gūthakūpato uggantvā,1.2ko nu dīno patiṭṭhasi;1.3Nissaṁsayaṁ pāpakammanto,1.4kiṁ nu saddahase tuvan”ti.

2.1“Ahaṁ bhadante petomhi,2.2duggato yamalokiko;2.3Pāpakammaṁ karitvāna,2.4petalokaṁ ito gato”.

3.1“Kiṁ nu kāyena vācāya,3.2manasā dukkaṭaṁ kataṁ;3.3Kissa kammavipākena,3.4idaṁ dukkhaṁ nigacchasī”ti.

4.1“Ahu āvāsiko mayhaṁ,4.2issukī kulamaccharī;4.3Ajjhāsito mayhaṁ ghare,4.4kadariyo paribhāsako.

5.1Tassāhaṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,5.2bhikkhavo paribhāsisaṁ;5.3Tassa kammavipākena,5.4petalokaṁ ito gato”ti.

6.1“Amitto mittavaṇṇena,6.2yo te āsi kulūpako;6.3Kāyassa bhedā duppañño,6.4kiṁ nu pecca gatiṁ gato”ti.

7.1“Tassevāhaṁ pāpakammassa,7.2sīse tiṭṭhāmi matthake;7.3So ca paravisayaṁ patto,7.4mameva paricārako.

8.1Yaṁ bhadante hadantaññe,8.2etaṁ me hoti bhojanaṁ;8.3Ahañca kho yaṁ hadāmi,8.4etaṁ so upajīvatī”ti.

9.1Gūthakhādakapetavatthu aṭṭhamaṁ.