Pv 50Wealthy Sons of Wealthy Merchants
Pāli / Sanskrit:Seṭṭhiputtapetavatthu
Ghosts discuss their past about not practicing generosity.
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– GHOST STORIES
– THE GREAT CHAPTER
4.15
BJT 811Sixty thousand full years in total — when will there be an end for us who are being tormented in hell?
BJT 812Sir, given the evil deeds that you and I have committed, there is no end for us; from where could an end come? No end is to be seen.
BJT 813We lived a wretched life; we did not give away the things we had. While the means for giving were present, we did not make for ourselves an island of refuge.
BJT 814Surely I, having departed from this place, having attained a human birth, will be a compassionate person, fully endowed with virtue, and will perform many good deeds."
The Ghost Story of the Wealthy Sons of Wealthy Merchants is the fifteenth.
Translated by Bhikkhu Indacanda, 2011. Based on the Buddha Jayanthi edition of the Pali canon, as corrected by Bhikkhu Indacanda. Full text, translation, and notes are available at the translator's website: http://tamtangpaliviet.net/.
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