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  • 一部经,常被喻为佛教的创世记,佛陀为两位婆罗门出身的皈依者讲说世界、人类与社会的演化,驳斥婆罗门自诩为梵天嫡系的说法,宣示德行而非出身方为至上。

  • A discourse, often likened to a Buddhist book of Genesis, taught to two brahmin converts on the evolution of the world, of humanity, and of society, rejecting the brahmins’ claim to be Brahmā’s legitimate heirs and declaring righteousness, not birth, to be supreme.

DN 27

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