Excerpt from The Literature of All Nations and All Ages, Vol. 5 of 10: History, Character, and Incident Like other ancient religious teachers, the Buddha taught by conversation only, and left no writings. But his disciples were enjoined to preach to others the truths received from him, and his precepts were remembered and repeated. After his death, but how soon is doubtful, his faithful followers collected and arranged his precious sayings for preservation to future ages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.