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Words of the Buddha
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{ text: “\u201CMore than two thousand five hundred years have passed since our kind teacher, Buddha \u015a\u0101kyamuni, taught in India. He offered advise to all who wished to heed it, inviting them to listen, reflect, and critically examine what he had to say.\u201D
\u201CThe P\u0101li Canon is one of the earliest of these written records and the only complete early version that has survived intact. Within the P\u0101li Canon, the texts known as the Nik\u0101yas have the special value of being a single cohesive collection of the Buddha\x27s teachings in his own words.\u201D”, author: “Venerable Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama” },
{ text: “\u201CThe suttas, along with their counterparts, constitute the most ancient records of the Buddha\x27s teachings available to us; they are the closest we can come to what the historical Buddha Gotama himself actually taught. The teachings found in them have served as the fountainhead, the primal source, for all the evolving streams of Buddhist doctrine and practice through the centuries. For this reason, they constitute the common heritage of the entire Buddhist tradition, and Buddhists of all schools who wish to understand the taproot of Buddhism should make a close and careful study of them a priority.\u201D”, author: “Bhikkhu Bodhi, In the Buddha\x27s Words” },
{ text: “\u201CIt was, and is, my attitude towards the Suttas that, if I find anything in them that is against my own view, they are right, and I am wrong.\u201D”, author: “Venerable \u00d1\u0101\u1e47av\u012bra Thera” },
{ text: “\u201CAT PRESENT, ALL THAT IS LEFT of Buddhism are the words of the Buddha.\u201D”, author: “Venerable \u0100cariya Mah\u0101 Boowa” },
{ text: ‘\u201CTherefore, \u0100nanda, dwell with yourselves as your own island, with yourselves as your own refuge, with no other refuge; dwell with the Dhamma as your island, with the Dhamma as your refuge, with no other refuge.\u201D’, author: ‘The Buddha to \u0100nanda, SN 47.13’ }
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