The Legends of the Buddhist Saints, which include:
The Legend of the Buddhas
The Legend of the Lonely Buddhas
The Legends of the Theras
The Legends of the Therīs
has just been published for free reading and downloading: http://beta.apadanatranslation.org/text/download/
From the translation project website: http://beta.apadanatranslation.org/about/
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Anumodana!
Just read nr1, speechless …
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Viveka
March 11, 2018, 4:44am
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Pardon my ignorance, but what is the source of this material? Is it part of EBT’s? Are they the words of the Buddha Gautama?
Thank you
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It’s part of the Pali Canon. The links below may be helpful:
The Apadāna is a collection of biographical stories found in the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Pāli Canon, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. G.P. Malalasekera describes it as 'a Buddhist Vitae Sanctorum' of Buddhist monks and nuns who lived during the lifetime of the Buddha. It is thought to be one of the latest additions to the canon. The exact meaning of the title Apadāna is not known. Perhaps it means 'life history' or 'legend'. In Pāli it has the additional, older meaning of advice or moral inst...
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Yasoj
March 11, 2018, 11:07am
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Just to follow up on @Gabriel_L good links above, you can find the original text on SC here:
For the Therāpadāna:
https://suttacentral.net/tha-ap
For the Therīapadāna
https://suttacentral.net/thi-ap
At the top of the pages there is also a short introduction (by Bhante Sujato I suppose…) if you click on the little grey arrow in the top right corner.
I was surprised to see that the Rhinoceros Sutta (Snp 1.3) was found here in the Paccekabuddhaapadāna (Tha Ap 2), which is coherent with the commentary on the Sutta Nipata. The Apadana being apparently a later text, it does not mean much, but still, it’s interesting.
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