Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c19.42

c19.42

Atthangiko Maggo.—It is sometimes believed that the Atthangiko Maggo represents an original teaching of Buddha.³¹ Many passages from the Nikāyas, the most important occurring in the First Sermon, can apparently be quoted in support of this view.³² On the other hand, Mrs. Rhys Davids is inclined to see in these the working of later systematizing tendency.³³