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Aggivaccha Sutta

Sutta

Also known as Aggivacchagotta Sutta

祇陀林で遍歴行者ヴァッチャゴッタに説かれ、世界と生命の起源について推測することの無益さを、消えた火はどこかへ行ったとは言えないという喩えを用いて説く経。

v.l. Aggivacchagotta Sutta.– Taught at Jetavana to the wanderer Vacchagotta on the futility of discussing about the origins of the world, life, etc.

The sutta is so called because the simile of a fire (aggi) is used. A blazing fire is visible, but once extinguished, no one can say where it has gone. M.i.483 f.

MN 72

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