Udāna (genre)
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udāna (T. ched du brjod pa'i sde / ched du brjod pa; C. youtuona; J. udana; K. udana 優陀那). Translated as "sayings," "utterances," "specific teachings," "aphorisms," "purposeful statements," etc.[1][2]
Udāna is a traditional genre of Buddhist literature, where it is categorized as:[1][2]
- one of the nine categories of teachings within the Pali tradition, and
- one of the twelve categories of teachings in the Sanskrit tradition.
Udāna are impersonal utterances of Buddha's teachings; the class of impersonal teachings. Those categories of Buddha's teachings uttered not for specific disciples but, in general, without being requested, for the purpose of flourishing of the Buddha Dharma.[1]
Many of the Buddha’s statements in the Dhammapada are said to fall into this category.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
ཆེད་དུ་བརྗོད་པའི་སྡེ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. udāna.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
External links
- ཆེད་དུ་བརྗོད་པ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary