THE BUDDHIST APPROACH TO THE SCRIPTURES

Abstract

Buddhist holy scriptures are based on Buddha-vacana, Word of the Buddha, which flows from the 'Enlightenment' (Bodhi) of the Buddha.

The original scriptures are in Pali and later they were translated into Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Hereunder it is delt with the Pali Scriptures which forms the basis for all other schools.