No Buddhist Bible: A Brief Overview of 2500 Years' Worth of Buddhist Texts (1 of 2)
3/17/202632 min
You may have discovered there are lots of Buddhist teachings and texts. Jews have their Torah, Christians their Bible, Muslims their Quran, and Hindus their Vedas, but Buddhists have no divinely-inspired central text, or even collection of texts, to serve as a definitive source of orthodox teachings. The texts considered authoritative in at least one sect of Buddhism would fill a library. This episode (along with Part 2) is meant to be a brief and broad overview of 2500 years'-worth of Buddhist texts in the Zen lineage. Hopefully, it can give you some context for whatever text you might find yourself r...
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First 90 secondsDomyo Burk· Host0:00
[outro music] Welcome to the Zen Studies Podcast. I'm Domyo Burk. Thanks to new supporting members of the podcast, Myoki from Mannidorf, Switzerland, Ryan from Leesburg, Virginia, and Karen from Roanoke, Virginia. On to today's topic, no Buddhist Bible, a brief overview of twenty-five hundred years' worth of Buddhist texts, part one of two. For those of us most familiar with religions that rely on central, divinely inspired texts, the sheer number and variety of Buddhist sources can be disorienting and overwhelming. Jews have their Torah, Christians their Bible, Muslims their Quran, and Hindus their Vedas. But Buddhists have no divinely inspired central text or even collection of texts to serve as a definitive source of orthodox teachings. The texts considered authoritative in at least