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波咤离子(Potaliputta),一位游方沙门之名
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
Person一位游方者向比丘 Samiddhi 曲解佛陀关于业的教说,继而追问后不置可否地离去;佛陀闻知此事后责备 Samiddhi 答复过于草率,事记于 Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta。
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.
MN 136
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