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   Buddhism

   Certain basic teachings appear in many places throughout the early texts, so most scholars conclude that Gautama Buddha must have taught something similar to the following: ... Anything outside of the Pali Canon and its commentaries that claims to be the word of the Buddha is treated with extreme caution if not outright rejection.
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   Buddhism Article, 4 Sept. 2008

   In the Tibetan tradition, it is claimed that the historical Śākyamuni Buddha taught tantra, but as these are esoteric teachings, they were written down long after the Buddha's other teachings. ... Anything added which claims to be the word of the Buddha and yet is not found in the Canon or its commentaries is treated with extreme caution if not outright rejection by Theravada.
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   What the Buddha Taught

   Richly supported by extracts from the ancient texts, Rahula gives clear and direct explanations of Buddhism's essential teachings, including: the Four Noble Truths, the Buddhist attitude of mind, the Noble Eightfold Path, meditation and mental development, and what the Buddha taught and the world today. ... What the Buddha Taught Multi-lingual
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   Buddhism and Hinduism

   The teaching of the Buddha is qualified as ehi-passika, inviting you to 'come and see,' but not to come and believe... ... ↑ Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught, page 51.
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   Anatta

   Rather than directing his listeners to discover Atman (as did the writers of the Upanishads), the Buddha taught that all clinging to concepts and ideas of a self are faulty and based on ignorance. ... Causal relationships were detailed in the Buddha’s analysis of dependent origination and idappaccayata (lit.
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   Buddha-nature

   The Buddha Nature or Buddha Principle (Buddha-dhatu) is taught to be a truly real, but internally hidden immortal potency or element within the purest depths of the mind, present in all sentient beings, for awakening and becoming a Buddha. ... "Once one pronounces the words emptiness and absolute, one has the impression of speaking of the same thing, in fact of the absolute.
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   Buddhist philosophy

   The Buddha taught dependent origination as the correct model for causality. ... Certain basic teachings appear in many places throughout the early texts, so most scholars conclude that the Buddha must at least have taught something of the kind:
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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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   Buddhism and evolution

   For a monk who was still distracted by (female) physical beauty, the Buddha taught nonattachment and the impermanence of life, beauty, and all things, telling him to go observe decaying corpse in a graveyard to rid his mind of attachment to bodily beauty.
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    Gautama Buddha

    The Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra explains, in Chapter 3, that the Buddha doesn't really become ill or old but purposely presents such an appearance only to teach those born during the five defilements the impermanence and pain of defiled worlds and to strive for Nirvana. ... Bechert, Heinz (ed.) (1996) When Did the Buddha Live?

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