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Purāṇa

Person

南山的一位比丘,第一次结集后被要求认可其结论时,他表示宁可依循自己亲自从佛陀处听闻学得的教法。

A monk who lived in Dakkhiṇāgiri. It is said that when he visited Rājagaha after the holding of the First Council, he was asked to give his approval to the “findings” of the same. His answer was that he preferred to remember what he himself had heard and learnt from the Buddha. Vin.ii.189 f.

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