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**Bigroza** · 08-13-2011, 03:02 AM

In Richard Gombrich's 'What the Buddha Thought' he states that tradition says that the texts were formulated at the first council but that the term which is translated as 'council' really means 'communal recitation'. Also that the suttas were first recited in reply to Ananda's questioning. The Vinaya was recited by Upali and that when they both formulated the texts, the monks at the council rehearsed them and that was the beginning of the oral preservation of the Buddha's teachings.

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Bigroza Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	In Richard Gombrich's 'What the Buddha Thought' he states that tradition says that the texts were formulated at the first council but that the term which is translated as 'council' really means 'communal recitation'. Also that the suttas were first recited in reply to Ananda's questioning. The Vinaya was recited by Upali and that when they both formulated the texts, the monks at the council rehearsed them and that was the beginning of the oral preservation of the Buddha's teachings.
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