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**brandiweb** · 11-22-2011, 12:57 AM

The Buddha taught neither Mahayana nor Theravada. Those are later forms of teaching that are grouped in what is called a tradition.

What the Buddha taught comes in Pali and what he said is grouped -mainly- in the Nikayas.

For some people, included myself, this are the nearest teachings to his spoken Dhamma and the departure from where traditions, later on, added particular issues not taught in the Nikayas.

11-22-2011, 12:57 AM	#6
brandiweb Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 509 Senior Member	The Buddha taught neither Mahayana nor Theravada. Those are later forms of teaching that are grouped in what is called a tradition. What the Buddha taught comes in Pali and what he said is grouped -mainly- in the Nikayas. For some people, included myself, this are the nearest teachings to his spoken Dhamma and the departure from where traditions, later on, added particular issues not taught in the Nikayas.
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