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Apparently a lot of Buddhist texts start (in English) with “So it has been told to me”.
by keybored 2y ago
Apparently a lot of Buddhist texts start (in English) with “So it has been told to me”.
- contingencies 2y agoIIRC in Buddhism not lying is emphasised as one aspect of 'right speech', other requirements being those such as non-divisiveness, etc. https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca4/samma-vaca/index.html https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca4/samm... There is also a record of Buddha discussing the value of ideas based upon personal experience rather than blindly accepting them from others. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN3_66.html https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN3_66.html Modern Chinese uses "tingshuo" 聽說 (听说) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%81%BD%E8%AA%AA https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%81%BD%E8%AA%AA Internet uses IIRC? ;)
- mtalantikite 2y agoOr also: “Thus have I heard”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thus_have_I_heard https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thus_have_I_heard