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Why do the scriptures employ so much repetition?
I was reading the Anatta-lakkhana Sutta: The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic
and here the Buddha attempts to demonstrate that not in any of the five aggregates is the self to be found. He says this about form for example:
"Form, O monks,…
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Is there a standard way to cite Buddhist scriptures?
Is there anything for Buddhist texts equivalent to the typical way of citing Biblical verses? (e.g. John 1:1)
[Related question on Tripitaka Section Numbering.]
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