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    The Mahayana branch of Buddhism accepts the canonical texts of the Theravada school, called the Tripitaka, but also has additional philosophical and devotional texts. The Mahayana canon also consists of the Tripitaka. One of the most popular Mahayana texts is the Lotus Sutra, which contains discourses of the Buddha and addresses basic questions about human existence. The teachings of the Buddha were generally recorded in sutras taking the form of dialogues.

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    The Mahayana branch of Buddhism accepts the canonical texts of the Theravada school, called the Tripitaka, but also has additional philosophical and devotional texts. The Mahayana canon also consists of the Tripitaka. One of the most popular Mahayana texts is the Lotus Sutra, which contains discourses of the Buddha and addresses basic questions about human existence. The teachings of the Buddha were generally recorded in sutras taking the form of dialogues.

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    The Mahayana branch of Buddhism accepts the canonical texts of the Theravada school, called the Tripitaka, but also has additional philosophical and devotional texts. The Mahayana canon also consists of the Tripitaka. One of the most popular Mahayana texts is the Lotus Sutra, which contains discourses of the Buddha and addresses basic questions about human existence. The teachings of the Buddha were generally recorded in sutras taking the form of dialogues.

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    SACRED SCRIPTURES

    While the Mahayana


    branch accepts the
    canonical texts of the
    Theravada school, such
    as the Tripitaka (Sanskrit
    word for "Three Baskets")
    which is the collection of
    Buddha's teachings, it
    also has a wide array of
    philosophical And
    devotional texts,
    especially since
    Mahayana Buddhism
    initially became more
    receptive to change aid to
    subsequent innovations
    even from indigenous
    culture. Mahayana
    Buddhisın includes many
    sacred writings which are
    nearly
    identical in content with
    the Pali Canon of the
    Theravada sect. The
    canon of Mahayana
    Buddhism also consists of
    the Tripitaka, namely,
    Sutra Pitaka (Discourse),
    Vinaya Pitaka (Discipline),
    and Abhidharma Pitaka
    (Ultimate Doctrine).

    One of the most popular


    and prominent Mahayana
    Buddhist texts (or sutra) is
    the Lotus Sutra, or the
    Saddharmapundarika-sutr
    a that literally means
    "correct dharma white
    lotus sutra" or "Sutra of
    the Lotus of the
    Wonderful Law" in
    Sanskrit. A sutra pertains
    to one of the discourses
    of the historical Buddha
    that comprise the basic
    text of Buddhist sacred
    writing. The teachings of
    Siddhartha Gautama are
    generally recorded in a
    wide corpus of sutras and
    often taking the form of
    dialogues instead of
    analytically explicatìng a
    certain viewpoint.
    Siddhartha sought to
    provide answers even to
    the most basic questions
    concerning human
    existence. The Lotus
    Sutra is presented as a
    discourse conveyed by
    Siddhartha Gautana
    before his eventual death.
    Mahayana tradition
    maintains that while the
    sutras were recorded
    during Siddhartha
    Gautama's lifetime, these
    sutras were kept for 500
    years and reintroduced
    only during the "Fourtlh
    Buddhist Council" in
    Kashmir in 78 C.E.

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