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Māgha2

Person

王舍城一位青年,向佛陀請教以正當方式獲得的財物用以佈施是否能獲大果報,聞佛陀肯定的回答後成為其追隨者。

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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