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Potaliputta

Person

비구 사밋디에게 붓다의 업에 관한 가르침을 잘못 전하고, 더 질문한 뒤 태도를 밝히지 않은 채 떠나버린 유행자로, 이로 인해 붓다가 사밋디의 성급한 대답을 나무라게 되었다; 이 사건은 마하깜마위방가경에 기록되어 있다.

A wanderer who visited Samiddhi at the Veḷuvana in Rājagaha and said that he had heard the Buddha declare that all action and speech were vain, and that what passed in the mind was the only thing of importance. A stage could be reached in which there was no feeling whatever. Samiddhi protested that Potaliputta misinterpreted the Buddha’s teaching, and Potaliputta then asked him questions regarding experience, which Samiddhi answered. Potaliputta, showing neither approval nor disapproval, walked away. When the Buddha heard from Ānanda of Potaliputta’s questions and Samiddhi’s answers he blamed Samiddhi for his hasty reply.

For details see Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta. (M.iii.207 ff.)

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