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Māgha2

Person

王舍城一位青年,向佛陀请教以正当方式获得的财物用以布施是否能获大果报,闻佛陀肯定的回答后成为其追随者。

A youth of Rājagaha. He visited the Buddha at Gijjhakūṭa and asked if he would gain greatly by the gifts he made to various people, gifts which were rightly obtained. The Buddha answered that his gifts would bear great fruit. At the end of the Buddha’s discourse, Māgha became his follower. This is the fifth sutta of the Mahā Vagga of the Suttanipāta. SN. pp.86 ff; SNA.ii.413 ff.

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