ཀན་ཏ་རྒྱ་བ་སན་རངས་ཀྱས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད notes.24
The Questions of Dīrghanakha the Wandering Mendicant notes.24
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24. That is to say that actions reliably cause results. In the Sanskrit this description is slightly different: “Hey Gautama, is it true you say that this world takes actions as its self, is the heir of actions, originates from actions, is bound by actions, and has actions as a refuge?” (satyaṃ bho gautamaivaṃ karmasvako lokaḥ karmadāyādaḥ karmayoniḥ karmabandhuḥ karmapratisaraṇa iti). The Buddha then replies to Dīrghanakha’s initial question by affirming that he does propose this statement, before the first question (regarding the vajra body) is asked. In the Chinese, the Buddha likewise affirms Dīrghanakha by repeating the statement.