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  • 死に際に「無」という謎めいた答え――空への洞察を意味する――を残した苦行者の師の話で、弟子たちは誤解したが、後に舎利弗(Sāriputta)と特定される高弟がその意味を明らかにしたジャータカ。

  • A Jātaka about a dying ascetic teacher whose cryptic reply of “nothing” — meaning insight into emptiness — was misunderstood by his disciples until his chief disciple, later identified with Sāriputta, clarified its meaning.

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