“At
the time, that non-Buddhist stood up and joined palms politely requested: ‘I
heard Gautama discourse the dharma of selflessness. I am displeased at heart
and become doubtful, and I won’t be contented to accept it without having a place
to call home. Sramana Gautama, how can this physical body arise from cause and
condition if there is no self? I can see in Gautama with the characteristics of supernatural
powers, being the top amongst celestial beings, complete with dignified
virtues, and bringing joy to all. Gautama even expounded that all dharmas are
Tathagata to those sons of Heaven of Extensive Fruition [Bṛhatphala]. Why
would Gautama elucidate on the notion of selflessness then?”
「時彼外道從座而起合掌向佛，而作是言：「我聞瞿曇說無我法，心不愛樂，而生疑惑，不樂住處，無家所歸。沙門瞿曇！若無我者，何故此身從因緣生？我見瞿曇神通色相，於天人中最為第一，具足成就廣大威德，令諸見者皆生歡喜。又嘗為諸廣果天子，說一切法即是如來。云何乃言無有我耶？」《父子合集經》卷15
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