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  • 记述游行者婆磋种向佛陀、又向大目犍连分别请问佛陀为何不置可否世间是否恒常,二人答案一致,令他叹服师徒见解相符的一部经。

  • A discourse recording the wanderer Vacchagotta’s question to the Buddha, and separately to Mahā-Moggallāna, as to why the Buddha will not affirm or deny the world’s eternity, receiving identical answers from both and marvelling at their agreement.

SN 44.8
  • 婆磋种问佛陀是否劝阻布施异学之人,佛陀答说布施予任何众生皆有功德,唯施予有德者果报更胜于施予恶人的一部经。

  • A discourse in which Vacchagotta asks whether the Buddha discourages giving alms to other sects, and the Buddha replies that any gift to any creature bears merit, though gifts to the virtuous are more fruitful than gifts to the wicked.

AN 3.57

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