作者所屬 College of General Studies, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan I am greatly indebted to Dr Roderick S. Bucknell for reading earlier drafts of this article, offering valuable suggestions and improving the English. My thanks are also due to the following: Mr
There are six complete versions of the Pavāraṇā Sutta (Pravāraṇā Sūtra). The Ekottarika Āgama version (EĀ 32.5) differs significantly from the other five. It contains an episode involving Ānanda, a non-arhat, which is not found in the other five versions.
