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  • 一则本生故事,讲一群野猪因水晶洞穴映出狮子的身影而惊惧,徒劳地用泥浆与自己的鬃毛想弄脏水晶,洞中的苦行者告诉它们水晶本不受污,是佛陀就外道企图借 Sundarī 之死诽谤佛陀失败一事所说。

  • A birth story about a group of boars terrified by a lion’s reflection in their crystal cave, who try in vain to dull the crystal with mud and their own bristles until the resident ascetic tells them a crystal cannot be sullied, told in reference to heretics’ failed attempt to slander the Buddha over the death of Sundarī.

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