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1、oxfordworld’sclassicsSAYINGSOFTHEBUDDHATheSuttas,or‘well-spoken’utterances,collectedinthePaliNikāyasareamongtheoldestworksofBuddhistliterature.Datingfromperhapsthefourthorthirdcenturybce,theypresenttheteachingsoftheBuddhaasrememberedandpasseddownbythefirstgenerationsofhisdisciplesand
2、inthemwecomeasclosetothewordsoftheBuddhaaswecanget.WithintheNikāyaswefindtheBuddhaaddressingBuddhistmonksandlaity,kings,ordinaryhouseholders,membersofdifferentreligiousgroups,andgods;wefindthestoryoftheBuddha’sownquestforknowledge,adviceonethicalconduct,philosophicaldiscourse,instructi
3、oninmeditation,talesofthedistantpast;wefindshortsayingsaswellasextendednarratives.TheselectionofsayingsoftheBuddhacontainedinthepresentvolumecoversthefullvarietyoftextsfoundintheNikāyas.RupertGethinisReaderinBuddhistStudiesattheUniversityofBristol,whereheisalsoco-directoroftheCentref
4、orBuddhistStudies.HispublicationsincludebooksandarticlesontheearlytheoryofBuddhistmeditationandonaspectsofBuddhistsystem-aticthought(abhidhamma),aswellasanintroductorytextbook,TheFoundationsofBuddhism(Oxford,1998).Since2003hehasbeenPresidentofthePaliTextSociety.oxfordworld’sclassics
5、Forover100yearsOxfordWorld’sClassicshavebroughtreadersclosertotheworld’sgreatliterature.Nowwithover700titles—fromthe4,000-year-oldmythsofMesopotamiatothetwentiethcentury’sgreatestnovels—theseriesmakesavailablelesser-knownaswellascelebratedwriting.Thepocket-sizedhardbacksoftheearlyye
6、arscontainedintroductionsbyVirginiaWoolf,T.S.Eliot,GrahamGreene,andotherliteraryfigureswhichenrichedtheexperienceofreading.Todaytheseriesisrecognizedforitsfinescholarshipandreliabilityintextsthatspanworldliterature,dramaandpoetry,religion,philosophy,andpolitics.Eacheditionincludesperc
7、eptivecommentaryandessentialbackgroundinformationtomeetthechangingneedsofreaders.OXFORDWORLD’SCLASSICSSayingsoftheBuddhaAselectionofsuttasfromthePaliNikāyasTranslatedwithanIntroductionandNotesbyRUPERTGETHIN11GreatClarendonStreet,Oxfordox26dpOxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUni
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