Early Buddhist Oral Tradition: Textual Formation and Transmission

Early Buddhist Oral Tradition: Textual Formation and TransmissionA fascinating investigation into the formation and transmission of the early Buddhist oral tradition. For hundreds of years after his death, the Buddhas teachings were transmitted orally, from person to person. In this volume, acclaimed scholar monk Bhikkhu Analayo examines the impact of such oral transmission on early Buddhist texts, be these monastic rules, verses, or prose portions of the early discourses. He scrutinizes various oral aspects of

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Paperback : 218 pages