…The many long suttas, lists, and miracles, in the Pāli Canon, were probably composed, based on the early poetry and oral tradition, by a group of prose authors, sooner or later after Buddha's final passing, who were institutionalising Buddhism to compete with Hinduism, Jainism, Ājīvika, etc.
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