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ཕག་མོའི་རྟོགས་པ་བརྗོད་པ།
The Magnificent Account About a Sow
《牝豚本生經》(大正藏:《佛說嗟韈曩法天子受三歸依獲免惡道經》)
Sūkarikāvadāna

在本經中,世尊講述了忉利天一位天子的前世因緣。天子預見自己命終之後將墮王舍城而受豬身,在極大的痛苦中,他因帝釋天的勸導而在臨終前的最後時刻歸命三寶,由此而生至兜率天。正如經文結尾的偈頌所言,這個簡短的本生故事顯示了歸依三寶的救度之力。

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