If we compare these numbers with some parallel suttas from other traditions, some of the differences in number are striking. |
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The Basket of Suttas, Sutta Pitaka, contains over 10,000 suttas of the Buddha or in some cases, his most authoritative disciples. |
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Ordination was restricted to men fifty years or older, thus creating a severe shortage of monks to perform ritual services, teach pali chants and suttas, and rebuild pagodas. |
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