Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c8.46

c8.46

Of the three suttas, thus only the second (DN. 4) is free from miracle and myth; it is likewise the most logical. Since, however, the correlation between the growth of the miraculous, of the Jātaka-form and of ‘dialectics’ among the early Buddhists is as yet a quite uncertain subject, it is impossible to attempt a minuter stratification as between these three suttas.