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Overview of Sautrantika Buddhism by rwerwer is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Sautrantika were an early Buddhist school that descended from the Sthavira nikaya, through their parent school the Sarvastivadins. They rejected the Abhidharma texts of other schools and relied solely on the sutras. They differed from the Sarvastivadins in their view of ontology, believing that only the present moment exists rather than past and future. They used the concept of an asraya to explain rebirth rather than concepts like pudgala or atman. As a doctrinal division of the Sarvastivadins, they li
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