In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (The Teachings of the Buddha)

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by Bhikkhu Bodhi

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I love Buddhist philosophy, but am I the only one who finds the actual text as written down from the oral tradition extremely painful to read?

James Carr It can get repetitive. I enjoyed it but I confess there were several suttas that I easily fell asleep from the sheer repetition.

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