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33 Now at that time the venerable Gavampati15 used frequently to go for siesta to the empty mansion of the Acacia. And Payasi, now one of the gods, came up to him and, saluting him, stood on one side.

In this narrative, the venerable Gavampati often retreats to an empty mansion for meditation. He encounters Prince Payasi, who acknowledges his past disbelief in the afterlife and explains his transfo

พันได้ (Wayman and Wayman 1990: 99)59 ศรีมาลาเทวีสีหนาทสูตรกล่าวถึงธรรมกายและตาฎกครภว่า ธรรมกายนั้นหาดเริ่มต้นมีได้ ไม่มีการเกิด เป็นอมหะ ไม่มีการตาย ถาว มั่นคง สงบ ดั่งตรงนี้รังสี โดยเนื้อแท้ปราศจาก

บทความนี้กล่าวถึงธรรมกายและตาฎกครภตามที่ระบุในพระสูตรศรีมาลาเทวีสีหนาทสูตร โดยธรรมกายนั้นไม่มีการเกิดและการตาย เป็นอมหะและมั่นคง มีพุทธภาวะบริบูรณ์แม้จะถูกปิดด้วยกิเลส ซึ่งตาฎกครภหมายถึงธรรมกายที่ยังไ

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ในข้อความนี้กล่าวถึงบุคคลที่ทำบุญและการให้ในชีวิตปัจจุบัน โดยเน้นการทำบุญที่เกิดจากการให้และคุณธรรมเขาไม่ได้ตื่นจากการทำบุญที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการพัฒนา หลังจากตายเขาจะเกิดในโลกของเทพเจ้า 33 พระเจ้าสักกะเห

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