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Fascinating question.

I think the problem is that the 15-17k pages of the Pali Canon are already hopelessly sectarian. You won't get ChatBuddha, you'll get ChatTheravada.

As an aside, this answers the oft-posed question: how could Ananda possibly have recited the entire canon after Master Gotama's death? Answer: there was a lot less of it then.

More useful is to discard the sectarian suttas, read the rest and do what they say. In my experience it is highly effective. When you realize you must be "a lamp unto yourself" then you're almost there.



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