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How Buddhism began

the conditioned genesis of the early teachings

by Richard F. Gombrich

1997 180 pages eng

"This book takes a fresh look at the earliest Buddhist texts and offers various suggestions how the teachings in them had developed. Two themes predominate. Firstly, it argues that we cannot understand the Buddha unless we understand that he was debating with other religious teachers, notably brahmi…

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