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The 10 pages that link to Early Buddhism, each with the reason it gives.

• BuddhismBroader topic: It offers a view of the tradition before its later schools developed.

• MeditationNarrower topic: Early Buddhist texts preserve influential practices of mindfulness and concentration.

• AsceticismRelated: The Buddha’s rejection of extreme self-denial shaped a distinctive middle path.

• The BuddhaNarrower topic: It offers a historical frame for teachings attributed to Gautama.

• SamadhiNarrower topic: Its accounts of concentration shaped Buddhist understandings of samadhi.

• EmptinessNarrower topic: Mahayana teachings on emptiness developed in relation to earlier Buddhist analyses of experience.

• ĀgamaNarrower topic: Āgamas are central evidence for reconstructing this early period.

• ĀjīvikaCompared with: It gives intention and practice a role in liberation, unlike Ājīvika fate-centered teaching.

• KhemaNarrower topic: Khema is remembered as a leading woman in this formative community.

• JīvakaNarrower topic: Jīvaka’s traditional biography belongs to accounts of the Buddha’s early community.