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Buddhist Scriptures

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 382 words | Copyright

Buddhist Scriptures. These are extensive and variously classified. The fundamental division is into the word of the Buddha (Skt., buddhavacana) and the authorized commentaries. The written scriptural tradition is secondary to the oral transmission and there is no single body of texts that might be called a ‘Buddhist Bible’. For the basic canon, see TRIPIṬAKA.

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