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1: Introduction

Rereading the Udumbarika-sutta

What are the “discourses”—suttas, sūtras—that present themselves as the historical teachings of the Buddha? Are these texts simply efforts to preserve the Buddha’s teachings, or are they literary creations driven by other concerns? The first option receives much support among scholars of Buddhism and Buddhist practitioners from both East and West, as well as in popular perception.