A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism
Those of the Theravāda are to be found in the Tipitaka (q.v.) or three ‘baskets’ of the Pali Canon. For trans. into English see Pali Text Society. For an Analysis see A.P.C. new edn. The S. of the Māhāyana are in Sk., Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan. For Analysis see B.S.M. Chap. 5. No Scripture is to a Bst.
a sufficient authority for the truth of its contents. (See Kālāma.) The Suttas of the Theravāda are presented as actual sermons of the Buddha; those of the M. are frankly later compilations put into his mouth. Shāstras (q.v.) are Commentaries by later writers. Many of most famous M. Sūtras only survive in trans. into some other Eastern language. Many exist in different forms in different languages. Only a portion of the M. Scriptures so far translated into English. For anthologies in English see Conze (Ed.), Buddhist Texts, and Humphreys (Ed.), The Wisdom of Buddhism. (See Kanjur, Sūtra, Tanjur.)
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