釋迦譜 2.6

English (machine translation) 2.6

Language: English

2.6

Sengyou respectfully reflects: The Buddhas of the three periods of time are all fully endowed with the fourfold assembly. Yet when Gautamī prayed for the Dharma, why was he so urgent in refusing and blocking her? Was it not because women's obstacles are heavy, becoming pests to the Way, so he polished and struck them down in order to admonish those of the future?

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釋迦譜 — 僧祐, Classical Chinese