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SN 19.2

A Piece of Meat

Pesisutta

from: Chapter One

A Piece of Meat

“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a scrap of meat flying through the air. Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing it, pecking and clawing as it screeched in pain. …” …

“That being used to be a cattle butcher right here in Rājagaha. …”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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