Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c11.65

c11.65

Sutta 180 says that a monk may assert having heard a Dhamma or Vinaya text directly from Buddha or from some particular community of monks or from some one or many theras who should be "Bahussutā āgatāgamā dhammadharā vinayadharā Mātikādharā...."²⁴ But the sutta goes on to counsel that before his statement is accepted as authentic the text in question must be looked for in Dhamma and Vinaya. It is obvious that these already existed in the form of more or less fixed collections. The sutta, therefore, must be very late. It may be noted that the sutta describes Buddha himself as delivering the sermon during his stay at the Ānandacetiya in Bhoganagara. Does the cetiya derive its name from that of the famous apostle?