Summary
Hajime Nakamura: Ways of Thought of Eastern Peoples
Volume One - India, China, Tibet
Volume Two - Japan
Index for Volume One and Volume Two
Ancient Buddhists thought that whatever was true the Buddha must have taught. So it is not surprising that most Indians were not interested in the identity of the author; their only concern was whether or not a certain work expounded the truth. Since the Buddha is any man who perfectly understands the truth, any book that contains the truth is rightly assumed to represent the teachings of the Buddha. Thus we see why the ancient Indian Buddhists felt no guilt when they gave their own works the epithet "Speech of the Buddha".
(117a, 117b)
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