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Purāṇa

Person

南山的一位比丘,第一次結集後被要求認可其結論時,他表示寧可依循自己親自從佛陀處聽聞學得的教法。

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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