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ཟླ་བའི་མདོ།
The Sūtra of the Moon (2)
《月經》(2) (大正藏:《雜阿含經》第五百八十三經)
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這部簡短的經文描述了佛教觀點中的月蝕。一時,佛住瞻波城,阿修羅王羅睺羅手障於月,導致月蝕。月天請求皈依佛陀,爾後佛令羅睺羅速放彼月。另一阿修羅王跋羅見此而詢問其故,羅睺羅解釋道:「我聞佛說偈,若不放月者,頭當破七分。」 爾時跋羅說偈贊嘆諸佛出現於世。本經收錄於《甘珠爾》大藏經、漢傳《阿含經》、巴利文《尼柯耶》,亦是守護經之一。

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