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1 Notes|               predominately literate culture operates: that only one
2 Notes| inappropriate for analyzing the oral culture in which the Buddha taught
3 Notes|      carefully at the nature of that culture -- and in particular at
4 Notes|              obvious even in our own culture. However, we have to make
5 Notes|          speakers and listeners in a culture where there is no written
6 Notes|        include a knowledge of common culture and an ability to play with
7 Notes|            are situations in an oral culture where either immediate impact
8 Notes|           did not matter. In an oral culture, where a saying might be