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   Buddhism

   In the early sources (the four main Nikayas) the Eightfold Path is not generally taught to laypeople, and it is little known in the Far East. ... Morgan, Kenneth W. (ed), The Path of the Buddha: Buddhism Interpreted by Buddhists, Ronald Press, New York, 1956; reprinted by Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi; distributed by Wisdom Books
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   Buddhism Article, 4 Sept. 2008

   Mahayana Buddhism generally regards as its most important teaching the path of the bodhisattva. ... Morgan, Kenneth W. (ed), The Path of the Buddha: Buddhism Interpreted by Buddhists, Ronald Press, New York, 1956; reprinted by Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi; distributed by Wisdom Books
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   What the Buddha Taught

   What the Buddha Taught, by Dr Walpola Rahula, has been long regarded as one of the best introductory books on Buddhism.
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   Buddhism and Hinduism

   The Buddha is recorded in the Canki Sutta (Majjhima Nikaya 95) as saying to a group of Brahmins: ... ↑ Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught, pages 51-52.
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   Anatta

   This teaching, which is soteriological rather than theoretical, portrays this potential or aspect as undying. ... ↑ Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha taught.
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   Dharmacakra

   The Dharmachakra (Sanskrit) or Dhammachakka (Pāli), Tibetan chos kyi 'khor lo, Chinese fălún 法輪, "Wheel of Dharma" is a symbol representing dharma (law) in Hinduism and the Buddha's teaching of the path to enlightenment. ... All Buddhists agree that the original turning of the wheel occurred when the Buddha taught the five ascetics who became his first disciples at the Deer Park in Sarnath.
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   Vajrayana

   The Mahayana has two practice paths: the Sutrayana method of perfecting good qualities and the Vajrayāna method of taking the intended outcome of Buddhahood as the path. ... In the first turning Shakyamuni Buddha taught the dharma as the Four Noble Truths at Varanasi which led to the Hinayana schools, of which only the Theravada remains today.
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   Walpola Rahula

   His book, What The Buddha Taught, is considered by many to be one of the best books written about Theravada Buddhism. ... Theravada Buddhist teachers
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   Buddhahood

   Enlightened disciples attain nirvana and parinirvana as the two types of Buddha do. ... What the Buddha Taught
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    Hinayana

    In the first turning, Shakyamuni Buddha taught the dharma as the Four Noble Truths at Varanasi which led to the Hinayana schools, of which only the Theravada remain today (although they object to the term 'Hinayana'). ... The 18,000 verse perfection of wisdom sutra (an early Madhyamaka Mahayana sutra) indicates a progression of training and an all-embracing approach: Bodhisattvas should practice all paths - whatever is a path of a sravaka, a pratyeka or a Buddha - and should know all paths.

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