A Historical-Metaphorical Approach to Buddhist Scriptures

Well, in the EBT there are not. There are neither 84.000 suttas nor ‘84.000 paths to enlightenment’. This again is a late Buddhist concept, based on one single mention of 84.000 dhamma in the relatively late Thag17.3. Instead of throwing these numbers and concepts around as if they should be clear to anyone it would be nice to see the curiosity to ask “Who knows where this concept of 84.000 comes from?” Which was btw already discussed here: On the meaning of 84,000

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