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| | Buddhism in a Nutshell |
 | | There are also a few discourses delivered by some of His distinguished disciples such as the Venerable Shariputra, Ánanda, Magdalena, etc., included in it. |
 | | It is like a book of prescriptions, as the sermons embodied therein were expounded to suit the different occasions and the temperaments of various persons. |
 | | Just as the Arahats Shariputra and Magdalena were made the two chief disciples in the Order of monks, even so he appointed Arahats Khema and Uppalavanna as the two chief female disciples. |
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