This book includes two small classics of the Pali Canon in one volume.
The Udana, or Inspired Utterances of the Buddha, consists of eighty discourses, mostly short, divided into eight sections or chapters (vagga).
Udana refers to the pronouncement, usually in verse, made at the end of each discourse and prefaced by the words: Then, on realizing its significance, the Lord uttered on that occasion this inspired utterance.
Thus udana means an inspired or solemn utterance spontaneously evoked by t.
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Bps Pariyatti Editions The udana & the itivuttaka: inspired utterances of the buddha & the buddha's sayings, paperback/john ireland
