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Dhammaruci2

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一位阿羅漢,前生為青年 Megha,燃燈佛(Dīpaṅkara)時代的弟子,因弒母墮落並轉生為魚,後因憶起燃燈佛的授記而命終,輾轉投生後聞佛說法證得阿羅漢果。

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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