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Early Buddhist Reading: Books Only Early Buddhist Reading (Books only) A , M : The Oral Composition and Transmission of Early Buddhist Texts. In: LLON ARK Indian : Luzac Oriental, 1997, S. 39–63 Insights: Buddhism, Brahmanism and Bhakti ANĀLAYO, BHIKKKHU: Perspectives on the Body in Early Buddhist Meditation. In: CHUANG, K. P. (Hrsg.): . Taipei : Shin Wen Buddhist Meditative Traditions: Their Origin and Development Feng Print, 2014, S. 21–49 Ā , B : NANDAJYOTI HIKKHU The Earliest Recorded Discourses of the Buddha. Translated from . Malaysia : Sukhi Hotu, 2010 Lalitavistara, Mahākhandhaka & Mahāvāstu B , G ; M , I : : Cambridge University Press, AILEY REG ABBETT AN The sociology of early Buddhism 2003 B , A : : École française d’Extrême-Orient, AREAU NDRÉ Les sectes bouddhiques du Petit Véhicule 1955a B , A ; M , C. (Übers.): AREAU NDRÉ IGME Les sectes bouddhiques du Petit Véhicule - The Buddhist , 1955b Sects of the Lesser Vehicle B , A. 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