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  • 本生故事,講一位波羅奈王子受化身青年的帝釋挑動而貪求無厭、終至病倒,後由菩薩點破貪慾之虛妄而痊癒;此事為促成《愛慾經》宣說的婆羅門而說。

  • 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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