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人称 Kuṭumbiyaputta-Tissa 的一位长老,舍弃巨额家财林居修行,其弟媳雇凶前来杀害时,他自击断大腿骨以证明绝不逃逸,当夜以忍受剧痛之力证得阿罗汉果。

A Thera of Sāvatthi, better known as Kuṭumbiyaputta-Tissa. He renounced four hundred million of wealth and became a monk dwelling in the forest. His younger brother’s wife sent five hundred ruffians to kill him. He begged them to spare his life for one night and broke his thigh-bone with a stone as proof that he would not attempt to escape. During the night he overcame his pain and, dwelling on his virtues, became an Arahant.⁵¹

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