Summary
s.1In The Seer Vyāsa’s Questions, a great seer named Vyāsa, a non-Buddhist mendicant, approaches the Buddha with a large group of followers to inquire about the karmic results of giving. Some of the key points taught in this sūtra are such karmic results and the distinction between pure and impure giving. A final long passage describes the life in the god realms that is experienced as the fruit of particular acts of giving, and it explains the signs received by gods of their own impending death and subsequent human birth.
s.1在《毗耶娑仙人所問經》中，一位名叫毗耶娑的大仙人是非佛教的遊行修士，他帶著一大群追隨者來到佛陀面前，詢問關於布施的業果問題。這部經中教導的主要內容包括業果以及清淨布施與不清淨布施的區別。最後有一段很長的文字描述了由於特定布施行為所得到的天界生命，並解釋了天神們預知自身將要死亡並轉生為人的徵兆。