ཀན་ཏ་རྒྱ་བ་སན་རངས་ཀྱས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད notes.38

notes.38

38. The Chinese adds the following section: “Whereupon the brahmin saw that the Buddha’s explanation of causes and their results was not deceptive and said, ‘Gautama, explain how these merits that you have described are obtained.’ The Buddha said, ‘These are said to be the eight poṣadha vows. If one is able through the course of one day and one night, or perhaps even longer over extended periods of time, to obtain mastery over keeping these, then such results are obtained.’ Whereupon the brahmin Dīrghanakha, with regard to all that the Buddha had said about the eight poṣadha vows and keeping them for a day and a night, with the result that the arising of previous far-distant low and wicked actions is turned away from, immediately obtained the subtle adornment of deep confidence and uplifting joy” (Taishō 584, b28–c5).