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  • 舍衛城一位尼乾子教(Nigaṇṭhā)信徒,效法好友尸利笈多(Sirigutta)曾對其師所設的陷阱,挖坑填滿炭火意圖羞辱佛陀,佛陀卻令坑中湧現蓮花,反使他歸信證得須陀洹果。

  • A resident of Sāvatthi and follower of the Nigaṇṭhā who, imitating a trick his friend Sirigutta had played on their teachers, tried to humiliate the Buddha with a pit of burning coals, only to see the Buddha turn it into a bed of lotus flowers and convert him instead.

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