Buddhist Scriptures

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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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