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1 Int | one of the masterpieces of early Buddhist literature. Only
2 Int | that it is also one of the early masterpieces in the Indian
3 Int | whole. At the same time, the early Buddhists adopted and adapted
4 Int | the Pali Canon and other early masterpieces of kavya, the
5 Int | a teaching from another early Buddhist text, the Samyutta
6 Int | that does them justice. Early Buddhists used the traditions
7 12(157)| is that it is never too early or too late to wake up and
8 Notes | been accepted as standard early Buddhist doctrine as derived
9 Notes | metrical rules underlying early Pali poetry. As the Buddha
10 Notes | issue is not so clear-cut. Early Pali poetry dates from a
11 Notes | sense of distrust for the early Buddhist texts, and the
12 Notes | clear statements from the early Buddhist texts concerning
13 Notes | the Buddha's realization, early on in his teaching career,
14 Notes | might find their way in. The early redactors of the canon seem
15 Notes | would not have fazed the early Buddhists at all, as long
16 Notes | story shows the official early Buddhist attitude towards
17 Notes | time passed, some of the early communities may have made
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