Dhammaruci2
Person一位阿罗汉,前生为青年 Megha,燃灯佛(Dīpaṅkara)时代的弟子,因弑母堕落并转生为鱼,后因忆起燃灯佛的授记而命终,辗转投生后闻佛说法证得阿罗汉果。
An Arahant. In the time of Dipaṅkara Buddha he was a young man named Megha, and on hearing the Buddha’s declaration regarding Sumedha, he entered the Order under the latter. However, owing to wrong association, he left the Order and murdered his mother. For this he suffered in Avīci and was later born as a fish. One day he heard some shipwrecked sailors calling on the name of Gotama Buddha for protection, and, remembering Dipaṅkara’s prophecy, the fish died. He was then born in Sāvatthi, and hearing the Buddha teach at Jetavana, he entered the Order and became an Arahant. Ap.ii.429 f.
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