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Migasālā Sutta

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Un discours dans lequel Ānanda transmet au Bouddha la perplexité de la laïque Migasālā quant à savoir pourquoi un disciple célibataire et un disciple non célibataire ont tous deux atteint la même renaissance à Tusita, poussant le Bouddha à expliquer que seul un Tathāgata peut véritablement mesurer la diversité des réalisations spirituelles des personnes.

Ānanda visits Migasālā in her home and is questioned as to why both Purāṇa and Isidatta, the former of whom was a celibate (brahmacārī) and the latter not, should both have been born in Tusita, as Once-Returners. Ānanda offers no explanation, but consults the Buddha, who declares that Migasālā is but a foolish, frail, woman with none but a mother’s wit; how, then, could she understand the diversity in the person of man? (purisa-puggala-paropariya-ñāṇa). The Buddha then goes on to divide men into six classes according to their capabilities and attainments. It is not possible for anyone, save a Tathāgata, to measure persons. A.iii.347 ff; v. 137 ff.

AN 6.44

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