Linked Discourses 19.16

Chapter Two

A Headless Trunk

“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a headless trunk flying through the air.

Its eyes and mouth were on its chest.

Vultures, crows, and hawks kept chasing it, pecking and clawing

as it screamed in pain. …” …

“That being used to be an executioner named Taker right here in Rājagaha. …”