The Ekottarika-agama Parallel to the Saccavibhanga-sutta and the Four (Noble) Truths
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https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.2006.23.2.145Keywords:
Pali Texts, early Buddhist Philosophy, noble truthsAbstract
The present article offers a translation of the Ekottarika-agama parallel to the Saccavibhanga-sutta, followed by a discussion of a significant difference to be found between the Pali and the Ekottarika-agama versions of this discourse. This difference supports the suggestion that at an earlier time references to the four noble truths in this and other discourses may have been without the qualification 'noble'.
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