Talk:Original Teachings of the Buddha

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This page is long overdue as comprehensive account of what academics and historians see as being the original teachings of the Buddha. It seems the right time to make this page, as the section on 'Buddhism' is now very large and encomapssing a wide range of topics including this one. It will also certaionly add clarity to those looking for what 'Buddhism' is, as the term is a very vague one and certainly a page of well referenced material abut what is considered the original teachings will be very welcome.

I have just made a start to it to get it going, and will be adding significantly to it over the coming days and weeks. However hopefully some of the knowledgable editors of the Buddhism page can contribute as well to making this page a good resource.

I envision this page as eventually containing both an explanation of what these early teachings were including a description of the four noble truths and dependent co-arising in detail, based only on what is thought to be the sources that can be cross referenced between the various early recensions, as well as a brief history of the early organisation of the teachings into the various early nikaya's and how the teachings were passed down after the death of the Buddha.

KnowledgeAndVision (talk) 17:22, 21 August 2009 (UTC)lkffdyiugdrsesafrftrdsaaDFFSAdfgaAETSSRFRKIGFDJKGMMKKKLKItaliKH--103.6.159.171 (talk) 13:52, 10 December 2014 (UTC)--103.6.159.171 (talk) 13:52, 10 December 2014 (UTC)--103.6.159.171 (talk) 13:52, 10 December 2014 (UTC) KHJ c text

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Just so you'll get off on the right foot on your way to building this article into a GA, KnowledgeAndVision, the quotations you use should conform to the Wikipedia Manual of Style for quotations. When blockquotes are used, they should not begin and end with quotation marks ("), and italics should only be used where they are found within the original quotation. I fixed this for you.  Best of good fortune to you!  &mdash;   .`^) Paine Ellsworthdiss`cuss (^`.   05:18, 23 August 2009 (UTC)