Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 230.6

230.6

時，有比丘名三彌離提，往詣佛所，稽首佛足，退坐一面，白佛言：「世尊！所謂世間者，云何名世間？」

There was then a monk named Samṛddhi who went to the Buddha, bowed his head at the Buddha’s feet, and withdrew to sit at one side. He said to the Buddha, “Bhagavān, there’s what’s called ‘the world’ (2.123) … ‘a sentient being’ (2.124) … ‘Māra’ (2.125). What is it that’s called ‘the world’ … ‘a sentient being’ … ‘Māra’?”