EĀ 17.2
Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含经
17.2 （ 二 ）
Parallel to: AN 2.53
Thus have I heard: | 闻如是： |
At one time, the Buddha was at Anāthapiṇḍada's Park in the Jeta Grove near Śrāvastī. | 一时，佛在舍卫国祇树给孤独园。 |
At that time, the World-Honored One told the bhikṣus, "It is very difficult to have two people appear in the world. Who are the two? It is very difficult to have a Tathāgata, Arhat, Perfectly Enlightened One appear in the world; it is very difficult to have a wheel-turning sage-king appear in the world. It is very difficult to have these two people appear in the world." | 尔时，世尊告诸比丘：「二人出现于世甚为难得。云何为二人？所谓如来、至真、等正觉出现于世甚为难得；转轮圣王出现于世甚为难得。此二人出现于世间甚为难得。」 |
At that time, the bhikṣus, having heard the Buddha's teaching, rejoiced and received it respectfully. | 尔时，诸比丘闻佛所说，欢喜奉行。 |
Translated from Chinese using Gemma-2-Mitra (Buddhist-NLP).
This is the classical Chinese root text of Ekottarāgama, a parallel to the Pali sutta(s) listed above. Source: CBETA (Taishō edition).