English
The essence, definition, classification, and differences in behavior are explained through these four points. Among them, the essence of a hungry ghost relies on the mind, thus giving rise to various behaviors. The definition is that food and drink are constantly craved in the mind, hence they are called hungry ghosts. That is, the mind cannot tolerate anything that is not food and drink. If food and drink appear in a dream, or if one sees unblessed food, although it seems near, the appearance will change. These are further explained through five aspects: the length of life, the differences in desires, the characteristics of the place where they reside, the characteristics of the body, and how the appearance manifests. In terms of classification, there are hungry ghosts who dwell in the world and hungry ghosts who wander in the sky. The place where they reside is: five hundred yojanas outward from the center of the aforementioned Jambudvipa, there is the dwelling place of the outer-obstructed hungry ghosts. The sutra says that it is believed that they also exist in other continents, and this statement is correct. That is, in a place called the subterranean sentient continent, there are outer-obstructed hungry ghosts; in the south of that, in the continent of desire, there are inner-obstructed hungry ghosts; in the west, in the continent of memory, there are sudden hungry ghosts; in the north, in the continent of attachment, there are particularly burdened hungry ghosts. The hungry ghosts who wander in the sky are: these two types wander in the sky, like bodies of habit, memory, and dreams. Their respective faculties and limbs are complete, and they are able to wander. This is because they are influenced by previous habits, their bodies are different, and because they are bodies formed by the mind, they are able to transform into various different forms. These are further explained through their differences, the length of life, the way karma is received in the next life, and the causes and conditions of karma in the previous life, and so on. The hungry ghosts who reside in a place are of four types: outer-obstructed hungry ghosts, inner-obstructed hungry ghosts, sudden hungry ghosts, and particularly burdened hungry ghosts. Among them, the outer-obstructed hungry ghosts can live for ten thousand years. The difference in desires is that they crave food only because they are tormented by thirst. The difference in behavior is caused by stealing and enjoying the wealth and food of others in a previous life. The body is sixteen cubits tall. The appearance is that they see food and drink from afar, but when they approach it, they see a faint light like a spark, and they cannot eat it, and the drink they see is pus, blood, and serous fluid. The lifespan of the inner-obstructed hungry ghosts is one million.
Chinese
贪欲。业是前世吝惜自己的财物而紧抓不放所致。身体是肚子方圆五百由旬，喉咙和肢体细如马尾，嘴巴小如针眼。显现是所见之物都显现为食物，但口中无法容纳，容纳了也进不了喉咙，进入喉咙也填不满肚子，肚子填满了肢体也无法承受，痛苦不可估量。突发性障碍者的寿命为一俱胝年，总是遭受饥渴和人食的折磨。业是前世对布施反悔，吝惜他人的财物，玷污上师和僧众的供品所致。身体是，一个嘴巴的，十一个嘴巴的，二十一个嘴巴的，三个头的，五个头的，肚子像池塘一样方圆七由旬，没有排泄的通道，有的相距一由旬。显现是，见到各种悦意的食物，却被强壮的人守护着，无法享用。特别是负重的障碍者，寿命为一百万年。业是，以前将公共财物和食物据为己有而造成的。身体是，有一个头的，三个肚子的，五个的，十个的，二十个的，三十个的都有。显现是，一个看不到另一个，因为有些人填不满那些肚子，所以也觉得那些饮食不干净。如果看到食物而吃了，肚子却燃烧起来。有些人看到水龙，有些人听到各种动物的声音。在虚空中游荡的有两种，即有之本源的和有之中阴的饿鬼。其中有之本源的是，这些与世界形成的同时产生，能够主宰元素，有些人主宰土地并使其生长，同样地，主宰火和风并从它们那里产生。这些也安住于元素之中。有之中阴的是，这些是由于业力的作用，安住在有之中阴自身，并使心意动摇。也就是说，由于前世的执着，对什么产生贪恋的心，即使以利益之心去关爱它，也会对它造成伤害。有之本源有两种，即自性安住的饿鬼和具有强烈害心的饿鬼。自性安住时，世界未毁
English
Desire. The karma is caused by holding on tightly to one's own wealth with stinginess in previous lives. The body is a stomach with a circumference of five hundred yojanas, a throat and limbs as thin as horsehair, and a mouth as small as the eye of a needle. The appearance is that whatever is seen appears as food, but the mouth cannot hold it. Even if it can hold it, it cannot enter the throat. Even if it enters there, the stomach does not fill up. Even if the stomach fills up, the limbs cannot bear it, and the suffering is immeasurable. Those with sudden obscurations have a lifespan of one billion years, and are always tormented by hunger, thirst, and cannibalism. The karma is caused by regretting previous generosity, being stingy with others' wealth, and defiling the offerings to the lama and sangha. The bodies are: one mouth, eleven mouths, twenty-one mouths, three heads, five heads, a stomach like a pond with a circumference of seven yojanas, no way to excrete, some are a yojana apart. The appearance is that although various desirable foods are seen, they are guarded by strong men, and there is no power to enjoy them. Especially those with the burden of carrying, have a lifespan of one million years. The karma is caused by previously claiming public property and food as one's own. The bodies are: one head, three stomachs, five, ten, twenty, and thirty. The appearance is that one cannot see the other, because some cannot fill those stomachs, so they also see those foods and drinks as unclean. If they see food and eat it, their stomachs burn. Some see water dragons, and some hear various animal sounds. There are two types of beings who wander in space: those of the source of existence and those of the intermediate state of existence. Among them, those of the source of existence are those that arise simultaneously with the formation of the world, and have power over the elements. Some have power over the earth and cause it to grow, and similarly, they have power over fire and wind and cause them to arise from them. These also abide in the elements. Those of the intermediate state of existence are those who, due to the power of karma, abide in the intermediate state of existence itself and cause the mind to wander. That is to say, due to the attachment of previous lives, whatever the mind is attached to, even if it is cherished with a mind of benefit, it will cause harm to it. There are two types of beings of the source of existence: those who abide in their own nature and those who have a mind of extreme harm. When abiding in their own nature, the world has not yet been destroyed.
Chinese
处于中间状态。身体像鸟的羽毛被风吹动一样漂浮。食物吃各种各样的东西。多少的程度是，像窗户的阳光的尘埃的程度一样，虚空充满了。不对众生做损害。这些有些是各种旁生的形状，有些是没有肢体的圆滚滚的，有些是充满了头和手脚的，有些是像武器的形状。这些是以前没有给予而拿取，以及不行梵行等等。从这里转移出去，投生到饿鬼外面的障碍的障碍的生处。具有极度损害之心的饿鬼有两种。对众生的心做损害和对身体做损害。对心做损害的是，五大种自性的鬼，住在行者的身体的脉中，束缚心于轮回。对身体做损害的是，八万个鬼，也就是，国王种姓掌握诅咒的鬼有一万个，王子种姓喜欢享受的有一万个，婆罗门喜欢说话的有一万个，平民种姓喜欢杀戮的有一万个，贱民喜欢做贱业的有一万个，地神的种姓掌握地面的有一万个，虚空的星曜和大力自在的种姓有一万个，地下龙和地精鬼的种姓有一万个，总共八万个。这些如果归纳起来，就归纳为十五个孩童鬼。上面的天神的鬼有两千个。掌握四大元素的鬼，一千个是国王种姓。又是 গন্ধর্ব （藏文：དྲི་ཟ་），夜叉（藏文：གནོད་སྦྱིན་）是那些，也就是王子种姓。罗刹和食肉鬼婆罗门两种。龙和梵天两种是平民种姓。毗那夜迦和使人遗忘两种是贱民。母鬼和阴影压迫两种是地神的鬼。腐烂鬼和贪吃鬼两种是地面的。猛厉鬼和一切善青年。三万个是地下的鬼。使人疯狂的鬼，国王的种姓有两千个。土地神两个。魔两个。赞神四千个。是种姓混杂的鬼。非天神的鬼中，善于编织的种姓有一百个。鹏鸟有三千个。八方护法有八千个种姓。星曜有八个。星宿的集合有一千个。充满
English
They remain in the intermediate state. The body floats like a bird's feather carried by the wind. They eat various kinds of food. The degree of quantity is such that the space is filled to the extent of dust particles in the sunlight through a window. They do not harm sentient beings. Some of these are in the form of various animals, some are round and without limbs, some are filled with heads and limbs, and some are like the shape of weapons. These are due to taking what was not given before and engaging in unchaste conduct, etc. Having transmigrated from here, they are born in the birth place of the obscurations of the hungry ghosts with external obscurations. The hungry ghosts with extremely harmful minds are of two types: those who harm the minds of sentient beings and those who harm the body. Those who harm the mind are the five elemental spirits of their own nature, residing within the channels of the body of beings, binding the mind to samsara. Those who harm the body are eighty thousand demons. Among them, the demons of the royal class who have power over curses number ten thousand. The demons of the princely class who delight in enjoyment number ten thousand. The Brahmins who delight in speech number ten thousand. The commoners who delight in killing number ten thousand. The outcasts who delight in performing lowly deeds number ten thousand. The earth deities who have power over the earth number ten thousand. The planets of space and the class of the Great Powerful One number ten thousand. The class of subterranean nagas and earth-eating demons number ten thousand, totaling eighty thousand. If these are summarized, they are condensed into fifteen child demons. The demons of the upper gods number two thousand. The demons who have power over the four elements, one thousand are of the royal class. Again, the Gandharvas and Yakshas are those, that is, the princely class. Rakshasas and flesh-eating demons are two Brahmins. Nagas and Brahma are two commoners. Vinayaka and those who cause forgetfulness are two outcasts. Matri and shadow oppressors are two earth deity demons. Rotting demons and gluttonous demons are two earth dwellers. Fierce demons and all virtuous youths. Thirty thousand are subterranean demons. The demons who cause madness, the royal class numbers two thousand. Earth spirits, two. Maras, two. Tsen spirits, four thousand. They are demons of mixed lineage. Among the Asura demons, the weaving lineage numbers one hundred. Garudas number three thousand. The eight directional guardians have eight thousand lineages. Planets, eight. The collection of constellations numbers one thousand. Pervading.
Chinese
འཇུག་གི་བུ་和黑大（藏文音译）有五千。土地和清凉剂的种类有五，即八万。对于这些，身体、痛苦、业、关系、颜色、处所、神通和光等没有写出来。中有的饿鬼有两种：一是支配根本住处的中有，二是因缘所生的中有处所的饿鬼。支配根本住处的有是：在有中与生俱来的持有天神部分，喜欢白色业的一方，能够化现为僧人、婆罗门、上师和堪布的身体，忆念众生所做的善事，因此转生为饿鬼。持有与生俱来的鬼的身体，具有阎罗王的装束，手中持有业的镜子和有业的算盘，行持罪恶，喜欢地狱的轮回，持有黑色的一方，能够化现为自己的母亲、父亲和亲友，在那时以欢喜和贪恋执着于轮回，这会使有的方向向下转变。忆念谁做了什么罪恶，因此成为饿鬼。因缘所生的中有处所的饿鬼是：这些是因业力的支配而安住在中有本身，与先前死去的人交往，因习气的支配而执着，具有意生的身体，能看见具有感官的其他众生，但他们却看不见自己。如果非常清明的人用意念能够看见他们。寿命的长短有太阳、日子、月份、生命和两倍的生命等。显现为亲友的装束，化现为先前的身体，虽然有执着而想帮助的心，但因业力的支配而看到的是损害。指示饿鬼的出生处有什么必要呢？因为了解它的特征，才不会堕入其中，因此非常重要。像这样，了解它们就能净化出生的业和习气，并从中解脱。སྐབས་意思是中间或界限。ཏེ་表示有剩余，也表示下面还有第六个。第五个是与四不同的数字的差别。珍宝光明。