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Title: Buddha and the gospel of Buddhism
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish, 1877-1947
Subjects: Buddha and Buddhism
Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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form in the time of Asoka, for some of the textsare referred to by name, and with quotation, in the Edicts.Without entering upon a long discussion, it will suffice tosay that some parts of the texts almost as certainly go backto an earlier period, and record the sayings and doctrineof Gautama as remembered by his immediate disciples.The orthodox Hinayanists, however, are not justified inasserting that the Pali canon was actually fixed, still lessthat it was written down, at the First Council imme-diately following the death of Gautama; the BuddhistBible, like the Christian, consists of books composed atdifferent ages, and many or most of the books are compila-tions of materials by many hands and of various periods. The Pali Canon The Pali canon consists of Three Pitakas, or * Baskets.The Vinaya Pitaka is concerned with the rules of theOrder of Brethren. It is subdivided as follows: SuttavibhangaJ ^ ) . & (Pacittiya Khandaka (Mahavagga(CullavaggaParivara 1 MaMvamsa, ch. xxxiii.262
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