Although it may be a very obvious point, the vast bulk of words "put
into the mouth of the Buddha" in South-East Asian pseudoscriptures are
associated with the Jataka (incl. para-canonical Jataka) folklore of
the region.
I had the impression that Thai cosmological texts were also "liberal"
in their ascriptions of quotations/paraphrases to the Buddha --but
this may reflect the same issue already mentioned of all "Pali" being
regarded (by some monks) as authoritative (or canonical) in some
sense.
Hopefully Dr. McDaniel will chime in with some further observations
about Thailand and Laos.
E.M.
On 11/30/05, Ole Holten Pind <oleholtenpind@...> wrote:
>
> Dear freinds,
>
> The recently published Thai edition of the ~naanodayappakara.nam contains a
> lot of verses put in the mouth of the Buddha. I have not been able to trace
> them to the canon, though. The study of Pali pseudepigraphy has not begun
> yet. It is, of course, quite common in Mahaayaana.