Udāna
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A collection of the Buddha’s “inspired utterances”: poetry which arose on specific occasions.
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Books (2)
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It struck me then, and still strikes me now, as being the ideal book to introduce students to a study of the language of the texts. There are a number of reasons for this. The first is that the Udāna is made up of related prose and verse sections…
Readings (2)
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Here, Ireland gives the background to this collection from the Pali Canon, dwelling on points of textual history, narrative devices such as humor, and sutta exegesis.
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A brief summary of the Udāna sutta with a focus on the verses and then prose of the collection.
