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  2. Pali - Wikipedia

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    While the language is not identical to what Buddha himself would have spoken, it belongs to the same broad language family as those he might have used and originates from the same conceptual matrix. This language thus reflects the thought-world that the Buddha inherited from the wider Indian culture into which he was born, so that its words ...

  3. Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra - Wikipedia

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    The buddha-dhātu (buddha-nature, buddha-element) is presented as a timeless, eternal (nitya) and pure "Self" . [33] [5] This notion of a buddhist theory of a true self (i.e. a Buddhist ātma-vada) is a radical one which caused much controversy and was interpreted in many different ways. [34] [35] [8]

  4. Pariyatti, paṭipatti, paṭivedha - Wikipedia

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    Pariyatti refers to the theoretical study of the Buddha's teaching as preserved within the suttas and commentaries of the Pāli Canon; paṭipatti means to put the theory into practice; and paṭivedha means penetrating the theory or rather experientially realizing the truth of it, that is the attainment of the four stages of awakening.

  5. Early Buddhist texts - Wikipedia

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    Major events from the Buddha's life from the EBTs are mentioned such as his awakening, the first teaching and his death. [33] According to Lüders “… the visit of Ajātasattu [to the Buddha] is depicted even in details exactly according to the Sāmaññaphala Sutta ,” and “… the representation of the visit of Sakka follows the text of ...

  6. Buddhist texts - Wikipedia

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    According to Paul Williams, in Mahāyāna, a Buddha is often seen as "a spiritual king, relating to and caring for the world", rather than simply a teacher who after his death "has completely 'gone beyond' the world and its cares". [67] Buddha Sakyamuni's life and death on earth is then usually understood as a "mere appearance", his death is an ...

  7. Itivuttaka - Wikipedia

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    Sayings of Buddha, tr J. H. Moore, Columbia University Press, 1908 "As it was said", in Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon , volume II, tr F. L. Woodward, 1935, Pali Text Society [1] , Bristol Tr John D. Ireland, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1991; later reprinted in 1 volume with his translation of the Udana .

  8. Great Renunciation - Wikipedia

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    In Buddhist discourses, the Great Renunciation and Departure are usually mentioned in the life of the Buddha, among several other motifs that cover the religious life of the Buddha-to-be, Prince Siddhārtha Gautama (Pali: Siddhattha Gotama): his first meditation, marriage, palace life, four encounters, life of ease in palace and renunciation, great departure, encounter with hunters, and ...

  9. Khuddakapāṭha - Wikipedia

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    Tr R. C. Childers, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1869; Tr F. L. Woodward, in Some Sayings of the Buddha, 1925 "The text of the minor sayings", in Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon, volume I, tr C. A. F. Rhys Davids, 1931, Pali Text Society, Bristol