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  • 一經是佛陀在娑雞多所說,說明五根與五力其實是同一組德目的兩種稱法,此名後來也用來指該地比丘曾爭論的一個問題——一次意欲造作的業究竟引發一次結生還是多次,精通阿毗達摩的長老們最終以「一顆芒果只生一芽」為喻裁定為一次。

  • A discourse taught at Sāketa explaining how the five spiritual faculties and the five spiritual powers name the same qualities, a title later also attached to a debate among monks there over whether a single volitional act produces one moment of conception or many, resolved by elders skilled in the Abhidhamma using the image of a mango sprouting only one shoot.

SN 48.43

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