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  • 本生故事,講述女子不可信之理:一位青年商人每日以千金供養一名妓女,唯一一次空手而來便遭其驅逐,憤而出家為苦行者,用以譬喻一位因女色而欲還俗的比丘。

  • A Jātaka on the untrustworthiness of women, telling how a young merchant, having lavished daily gifts on a courtesan, was turned away empty-handed on the one day he came without money, and in disgust became an ascetic, told in reference to a monk tempted to leave the Order because of a woman.

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