Among the founders of religions the Buddha (if we are permitted to call him the founder of a religion in the popular sense of the term) was the only teacher who did not claim to be other than a human being, pure and simple.
An edition of What the Buddha taught
(1959)
What the Buddha Taught
by Walpola Rahula
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Clarifies the fundamental principles of Buddhist doctrine by explicating the original Pali text of the Tipitaka.
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Buddha and Buddhism, Buddhism, Doctrines, Gautama Buddha, Teachings, Boeddhisme, Buddhism, doctrinesPeople
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What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada
January 11, 1994, Grove Press
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"Among the founders of religions the Buddha (if we are permitted to call him the founder of a religion in the popular sense of the term) was the only teacher who did not claim to be other than a human being, pure and simple."
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