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sn.19.4 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

A Flayed Man

“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a flayed man flying through the air.
Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing it, pecking and clawing
as he screamed in pain. …” …
“That being used to be a sheep butcher right here in Rājagaha. …”