The Buddha Knew Proto-SN Formulas: Play of Formulas and the Saṁyutta Collections

Yes. I’m also thinking of those series of standard passages that get assembled together in MN covering various topics that are chained together to form a larger progression. Or sometimes elements are swapped out in the parallels, like the introductory story. Cf. my essay from a couple years ago about MN 22/MA 200/EA 50.8: MN 22/MĀ 200 The Simile of the Snake: Parallels of a Patchwork Sutta

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