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Potaliputta, Name eines Wanderasketen (Paribbājaka)
Potaliputta, a wandering ascetic (paribbājaka) who debated the monk Samiddhi
MN 136
sañcetanikaṃ, āvuso potaliputta, kammaṃ katvā kāyena vācāya manasā dukkhaṃ so vediyatī'ti.
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Potaliputta
PersonEin Wanderasket, der dem Mönch Samiddhi die Lehre des Buddha über Handlung falsch darstellte, ihn dann weiter befragte und unentschlossen davonging, was den Buddha veranlasste, Samiddhis voreilige Antwort zu tadeln; die Episode ist im Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta festgehalten.
A wanderer who misrepresented the Buddha’s teaching on action to the monk Samiddhi, then questioned him further before walking away noncommittally, prompting the Buddha to fault Samiddhi’s hasty reply; the episode is recorded in the Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta.
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