Sword Hairs

Asilomasutta

Sword Hairs

Asilomasutta

EN
“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man whose body hairs were swords flying through the air. And those swords kept rising up and falling on his body as he screamed in pain. …” … “That being used to be a pig butcher right here in Rājagaha. …”
PL
“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ asilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ. Tassa te asī uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti. So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti …pe… eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe sūkariko ahosi …pe….
PL
Pañcamaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

Source
Asilomasutta — Reader · Sutraya