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Sacred Editors: How Preservation, Transmission, and Insight Shaped the Buddhist Canon
By: Kevin L.Meyer
Sacred Editors, Kevin L.Meyer
 
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Author: Kevin L.Meyer
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ISBN: 9798999627643
Publication Date: 2025


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From the Buddha's death to today's digital archives, Buddhists have treasured the Dharma as timeless wisdom. But behind every sutra lies a hidden history of choices: which teachings to include in early councils, how to translate concepts across vastly different cultures, whose interpretations would become canonical---and which alternative traditions would be lost forever.

Sacred Editors reveals the remarkable human story behind Buddhism's diverse scriptural traditions. From legendary councils attempting to preserve the Buddha's exact words to Silk Road translators adapting Indian concepts for Chinese audiences, from Tibetan scholars creating vast commentary traditions to modern publishers standardizing texts across global communities.

Sacred Editors: How Preservation, Transmission, and Insight Shaped the Buddhist; Kevin L.Meyer; Bhavana Press; Paperback; 649 pages; $26.99

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