The second and largest contains sermons and doctrinal and ethical discourses attributed to the Buddha or, in a few cases, to his disciples.
Among other works attributed to John are theological writings relative to Trinitarian doctrinal controversy, the "Catechetical Discourse," and instructions for religious initiation, the "Mystagogia".
For some sad reason, the social turbulence of modern times has in public discourse and behavior allowed the doctrinal and punitive aspects of historical Islam to overshadow the religion's compassionate teachings and practices.
The church all too often rushes in with pre-packaged doctrinal answers and, strangely enough, fails to engage in any serious discourse about the notion, possibility, and indeed experience of, that which is called "God".
Public discourse about religion sometimes focuses on dogmatic differences and doctrinal disputes between the three Abrahamic religions.
Sutta Pitaka, ( Pali: "Basket of Discourse") Sanskrit Sutra Pitaka, extensive body of texts constituting the basic doctrinal section of the Buddhist canon properly speaking, the canon of the so-called Hinayana (Lesser Vehicle) doctrinal schools, including the Theravada (Way of the Elders) form of Buddhism predominant in present-day Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and Southeast Asia.
His mandate follows a "doctrinal assessment" by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 2011 which spoke of "certain radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith" which had allegedly entered the discourse of the American sisters.But it was the sisters, not the hierarch, who delivered to the world a report on the outcome of the two sides' deliberations.
Already in the collections of the Buddha's discourses, certain texts are arranged according to taxonomic lists, providing formulaic treatment of doctrinal items that are expounded elsewhere.
Although much of the Abhidharma mindset and something of its method draw on the Āgamas/Nikāyas, i.e., the collections of sūtras (Pali, suttas), the main body of its literature contains interpretations of the Buddha's discourses specific to each school of thought and philosophical elaborations of selectively emphasized doctrinal issues.
Some other times he uses myth as a supplement to philosophical discourse (cf. Kahn (2009) who argues that in the myth of the Statesman Plato makes a doctrinal contribution to his political philosophy).
