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གནས་འཇོག་གི་མདོ།
The Sūtra of Vasiṣṭha
《聖住處經》

一時,佛在迦毗羅衛國的尼拘陀園,遇見長髮且瘦骨嶙峋的婆羅門婆私咤。世尊問為何形貌如此,婆私咤答言正在進行一個月的斷食。世尊又問,是否持守聖者之八關齋戒,自此二人就何為八關齋戒、守戒有何等功德等展開了一場對話。在簡述八關齋戒之後,佛告婆私咤,若能持守戒律哪怕只一次,其功德亦遠勝於供養之功德。經文末尾,婆私咤皈依了佛、法、僧,並誓言持守八關齋戒,同時修持布施。

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