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アヌラーダ。アヌラーダ経に登場する長老比丘で、如来の死後の存在について遍歴行者たちから問われた人物。
Anurādha, an elder monk known from the Anurādha Sutta, questioned by wanderers on the Tathāgata’s existence after death
SN 22.86
yo so, āvuso anurādha, tathāgato uttamapuriso paramapuriso paramapattipatto, taṃ tathāgato imesu catūsu ṭhānesu paññāpayamāno paññāpeti, hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā'ti vā, na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā'ti vā, hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā'ti vā, n'eva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā'ti vā'ti?
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Anurādha
Person如来が死後も存在するかという問いへの答えのために、遊行者たちから愚かだと嘲られた長老。仏陀は最終的に、この現世においてすら如来の存在について何も言うことはできないと説明した。
An elder whom wandering ascetics mocked as foolish for his answer on whether a Tathāgata exists after death, until the Buddha explained that nothing can even be said of a Tathāgata’s existence in this very life.
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OtherVijayaと共にスリランカに渡った者の一人で、後に大臣となりAnurādhagāma集落を建設した。
One of those who accompanied Vijaya to Sri Lanka, later becoming a minister and founding the settlement of Anurādhagāma.
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PersonBhaddakaccānāの兄弟でありPaṇḍukābhayaの大伯父にあたるサキヤ族の王子で、Anurādhagāmaに集落を築いた後、それをPaṇḍukābhayaに譲り渡した。
A Sakyan prince, brother of Bhaddakaccānā and a great-uncle of Paṇḍukābhaya, who founded a settlement at Anurādhagāma before handing it over to Paṇḍukābhaya.
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