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Buddhavacana, meaning "the Word of the Buddha", refers to the most sacred writings of the various Buddhist traditions. It has never been interpreted literally, & all traditions recognize as Buddhavacana texts that make no claim to being the actual words of the Buddha, such as the Theragatha
Theragatha

The Theragatha , often translated as Verses of the Elder Monks , is a Buddhist scripture, a collection of short poems supposedly recited by early members of the Buddhist sangha....
 and Vimalakirtinirdesa Sutra
Vimalakirti Sutra

The Vimalakirti Sutra is a Mahayana sutra, belonging to Mahayana Buddhism. The sutra expounds the Mahayana as opposed to Hinayana teachings. It is a polemical text since it portrays highly revered Buddhist Arahant saints as being foolish and having incorrect understanding of the Buddhist teachings....
.

In Theravada
Theravada

Theravada...
 Buddhism, the standard collection of Buddhavacana is the Pali Canon
Pali Canon

The Pali Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhism tradition, as preserved in the Pali. It is the only completely surviving Early Buddhist schools canon, and one of the first to be written down....
. In Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhism religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and India ....
 it is the Kangyur
Kangyur

The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a loosely defined list of sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, made up of the Kangyur or Kanjur and the Tengyur or Tanjur ....
. East Asian Buddhism
East Asian Buddhism

East Asian Buddhism is a collective term for the schools of Buddhism that developed in the East Asian region, most of which are part of the Mahayana transmission....
 has the Korean Tripitaka
Tripitaka

The is the Sanskrit term used by Westerners for a Buddhist canon of scriptures. Asian Buddhists of the Theravada Buddhist school use the term Tipitaka to refer to the Pali Canon....
 and the Taisho Canon ????? in Japan.






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Buddhavacana, meaning "the Word of the Buddha", refers to the most sacred writings of the various Buddhist traditions. It has never been interpreted literally, & all traditions recognize as Buddhavacana texts that make no claim to being the actual words of the Buddha, such as the Theragatha
Theragatha

The Theragatha , often translated as Verses of the Elder Monks , is a Buddhist scripture, a collection of short poems supposedly recited by early members of the Buddhist sangha....
 and Vimalakirtinirdesa Sutra
Vimalakirti Sutra

The Vimalakirti Sutra is a Mahayana sutra, belonging to Mahayana Buddhism. The sutra expounds the Mahayana as opposed to Hinayana teachings. It is a polemical text since it portrays highly revered Buddhist Arahant saints as being foolish and having incorrect understanding of the Buddhist teachings....
.

In Theravada
Theravada

Theravada...
 Buddhism, the standard collection of Buddhavacana is the Pali Canon
Pali Canon

The Pali Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhism tradition, as preserved in the Pali. It is the only completely surviving Early Buddhist schools canon, and one of the first to be written down....
. In Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhism religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and India ....
 it is the Kangyur
Kangyur

The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a loosely defined list of sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, made up of the Kangyur or Kanjur and the Tengyur or Tanjur ....
. East Asian Buddhism
East Asian Buddhism

East Asian Buddhism is a collective term for the schools of Buddhism that developed in the East Asian region, most of which are part of the Mahayana transmission....
 has the Korean Tripitaka
Tripitaka

The is the Sanskrit term used by Westerners for a Buddhist canon of scriptures. Asian Buddhists of the Theravada Buddhist school use the term Tipitaka to refer to the Pali Canon....
 and the Taisho Canon ????? in Japan. These canons always combined Buddhavacana with other literature in their standard collected editions. However, their general view of what is and is not Buddhavacana is broadly similar to that of Tibetan Buddhism.

See also

  • Buddhist texts
    Buddhist texts

    Buddhist texts can be categorized in a number of ways. The Western terms "scripture" and "canonical" are applied to Buddhism in inconsistent ways by Western scholars: for example, one authority refers to "scriptures and other canonical texts", while another says that scriptures can be categorized into canonical, commentarial and pseudo-canon...