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  • 本生故事,讲一位波罗奈王子受化身青年的帝释挑动而贪求无厌、终至病倒,后由菩萨点破贪欲之虚妄而痊愈;此事为促成《爱欲经》宣说的婆罗门而说。

  • A birth story of a Bārāṇasī prince whose insatiable greed for a kingdom, stoked by Sakka in disguise, made him ill, until the future Buddha cured him by exposing the futility of endless craving, told regarding the brahmin who prompted a discourse on desire.

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