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Apparently a lot of Buddhist texts start (in English) with “So it has been told to me”.



IIRC in Buddhism not lying is emphasised as one aspect of 'right speech', other requirements being those such as non-divisiveness, etc. https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca4/samm... There is also a record of Buddha discussing the value of ideas based upon personal experience rather than blindly accepting them from others. https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN3_66.html

Modern Chinese uses "tingshuo" 聽說 (听说) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%81%BD%E8%AA%AA

Internet uses IIRC? ;)


Or also: “Thus have I heard”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thus_have_I_heard




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