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Standing Buddha, Gandhara, 1st–2nd century, Tokyo National Museum (photograph, public domain)
Standing Buddha, Gandhara, 1st–2nd century, Tokyo National Museum (photograph, public domain) · Wikimedia Commons

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The Buddha

c. 5th century BC · Teacher

Siddhattha Gotama, a prince of the Sakyans in the Himalayan foothills, left home to seek an end to suffering, awoke under a tree at Bodh Gaya and taught for forty-five years along the Ganges. His discourses were memorised by his disciples and written down in Pali centuries later.

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The four great collections of discourses, the Dhammapada, the Sutta Nipāta, the Udāna and the Itivuttaka, in Pali beside Bhikkhu Sujato’s English.

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