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Buddhavacana

Buddhavacana logo #10101) Buddhist text
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Buddhavacana

Buddhavacana logo #21000 Buddhavacana, from Pali and Sanskrit, means `the Word of the Buddha.` It refers to the works accepted within a tradition as being the teachings of the Buddha. All traditions recognize certain texts as buddhavacana which make no claim to being the actual words of the historical Buddha, such as the Theragāthā and Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra. ==.....
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Buddhavacana

Buddhavacana logo #21003(from the article `Buddhism`) ...the basis for a long and very rich tradition of commentaries that were written and preserved by adherents of the Theravada community. The Mahayana ... As the tradition developed, there emerged new texts that were considered by Mahayana adherents to be Buddhavacana (`the word or words of the ... [...
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