Questions tagged [scripture]

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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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