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https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Untitled-design-1024x1024.png10241024Mu Soeng is Scholar Emeritus at BCBS. How would the Buddha speak if he were alive today? What vernacular would he use? What would he want to communicate to others? Interpreting the words of the Buddha has always been conditioned by the cultural, social, linguistic, and historical contexts in which his teachings have spread. […]