Does the Pali Canon convey the authentic teachings of the Buddha?

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the question whether other sutras like the Lotus Sutra are important

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Hi Mpac, Welcome! The Vajracchedika (Diamond Sutra) is part of the Parjnaparamita literature, a class of Mahayana Sutra that was composed around 500 years after the Buddha. While much of the Prajnaparamita is extremely long and verbose, the Diamond and Heart Sutras are quite short, crystallizing the essence of the Prajnaparamita philosophy into a brief and palatable form, hence their popularity. Historically, the Prajnaparamita arose as response to and critique of the Abhidharma. According…