The Dharani Sutra of The Buddha on Longevity, The Extinction of Offences and The Protection of Young Children: 20 of 33

At that time, there were many Flying Raksas, with Eating Children Raksa as their leader came together with their retinue of Raksas of the same family. They came down from the empty space and circumambulated The Buddha for a thousand times. They told The Buddha, “World Honored One! We for innumerable kalpas have been born as Raksas. Our retinue of relatives are as many as there are sands in the Ganges River.”

“Everyone of us suffers from hunger. Wherever we go, we will look for fetus and new born babies. We then eat their flesh and drink the blood. Our retinues always spy on all living beings and we wait for the time when the husband and wife are having coition in order to eat the sperms. Then, they will have no children. Or at times, we follow them and enter the wombs to destroy the fetus and partake the blood.”

“Or we try to find chance to kill the newborn baby within the first seven days. Even for a child who is under ten years old, our retinue will change themselves into all kinds of evil worms and poisonous bacteria to enter the stomach of the child. We consume on his internal organs, sperms and blood. By doing so, the child will vomit the milk and be infected with dysentery. Sometimes he may be infected with intestinal disorders or Malaria.”

“Or at times, we will cause him to be so sick that his eyes become greenish blue in color. They body will be swollen with water and the belly is inflated. Gradually we are able to take away his life. Now, we have listened to The Buddha’s teaching on Longevity, The Extinction of Offences and The Protection of Young Children, we will uphold the order of The World Honored One even if it means that our retinue will have to suffer from hunger. We will never again dare to eat the fetus and babies.”

The Buddha told the raksas, “You all should accept and uphold the precepts in the Buddha Dharma. By upholding the precepts, after the passing away of the raksa’s body, you will then be able to attain a rebirth in the heaven to enjoy the blessing and bliss.”