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The Udana

Eighty inspired utterances of the Buddha, each set in its own brief narrative — one of the foundational books of the Pali canon’s Khuddaka Nikaya. Includes the Buddha’s first words after enlightenment and the famous parable of the blind men and the elephant.

10 chapters · about 169 min read · 79 commentary notes

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