BOOK SUMMARY OF GLIMPSES OF BUDDHIST LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY AND THOUGHT
PANORAMA OF BUDDHIST THOUGHT AND CULTURE: 2
Buddha was highly benevolent and merciful. He wanted all suffering-beings to
share his experiences and to strive to get freedom from the sufferings of
mundane life. For this he wandered from one place to another disseminating his
experiences. But he himself did not write anything. His disciples who
accompanied him might have noted the details of his teachings. It seems that
after his MahÈparinirvȇa, his disciples codified his teachings in the form of
Tripitakas. However, the teachings were understood and interpreted differently
by different scholars who reflected on