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  • 佛陀以天眼見一位在家女信徒供養以舍利弗與大目犍連為首之僧團後所說的一部經,說明此供養具足施者三分與受者三分共六種要素、功德不可計量。

  • A discourse in which the Buddha, perceiving with his divine eye an offering made by a laywoman to the Saṅgha led by Sāriputta and Mahā-Moggallāna, describes it as endowed with six factors — three of the donor’s disposition and three of the recipients’ purity — yielding immeasurable merit.

AN 6.37
  • 與前經對應的另一部經,講述同一供養——由毗盧建祇迦難陀之母所設,說明佈施因施者三時之喜悅、受者已離或正趨於離貪瞋癡而得以圓滿。

  • A companion discourse on the same offering by Veḷukaṇḍakī-Nandamātā, explaining how a gift is perfected through the giver’s joy before, during and after giving, and the recipients’ freedom from — or progress toward freedom from — greed, hatred and delusion.

AN 6.37

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