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Buddhist philosophy, by its very nature, is well placed to adapt to the advent of AI-generated sacred texts.

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The Xeno Sutra: Can Meaning and Value be Ascribed to an AI-Generated "Sacred" Text?

(2025) · Murray Shanahan · T. P. Das · Robert Α. F. Thurman

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