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  • 記述遊行者婆磋種向佛陀、又向大目犍連分別請問佛陀為何不置可否世間是否恆常,二人答案一致,令他歎服師徒見解相符的一部經。

  • 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
  • 婆磋種問佛陀是否勸阻佈施異學之人,佛陀答說佈施予任何眾生皆有功德,唯施予有德者果報更勝於施予惡人的一部經。

  • 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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