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波吒離子(Potaliputta),一位遊方沙門之名
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一位遊方者向比丘 Samiddhi 曲解佛陀關於業的教說,繼而追問後不置可否地離去;佛陀聞知此事後責備 Samiddhi 答覆過於草率,事記於 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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