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SAYINGS OF THE BUDDHA
T
he
S
uttas
, or ‘well-spoken’ utterances, collected in the Pali
Nik
ā
yas are among the oldest works of Buddhist literature. Dating
from perhaps the fourth or third century
bce
, they present the
teachings of the Buddha as remembered and passed down by the
ﬁ
rst generations of his disciples and in them we come as close to
the words of the Buddha as we can get. Within the Nik
ā
yas we
ﬁ
nd
the Buddha addressing Buddhist monks and laity, kings, ordinary
householders, members of di
ﬀ
erent religious groups, and gods; we
ﬁ
nd the story of the Buddha’s own quest for knowledge, advice on
ethical conduct, philosophical discourse, instruction in meditation,
tales of the distant past; we
ﬁ
nd short sayings as well as extended
narratives. The selection of sayings of the Buddha contained in the
present volume covers the full variety of texts found in the
Nik
ā
yas.
R
upert
G
ethin
is Reader in Buddhist Studies at the University
of Bristol, where he is also co-director of the Centre for Buddhist
Studies. His publications include books and articles on the early
theory of Buddhist meditation and on aspects of Buddhist system-
atic thought (
abhidhamma
), as well as an introductory textbook,
The
Foundations of Buddhism
(Oxford,
1998
). Since
2003
he has been
President of the Pali Text Society.
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Sayings of the Buddha
A selection of suttas from the
Pali Nik
ā
yas
Translated with an Introduction and Notes by
RUPERT GETHIN
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