The Magadhalene Sutras is an anthology of letters, notes, and teaching that circulated under this name since the beginning of the second century. It seems as if these letters were copied and distributed among teachers in the movement of the Magadhalenes. The Magadhalene Sutras were not (all) written by Mari of Magadha. Scholars agree that at least some of the works in the Sutras were written by her by for most, it is a collection of works from various sources. It is entirely possible that there may have been different sets, and that not every Magadhalene had the same set. The Wayist movement of the first two centuries did not standardize and did not establish a canon of teaching apart from the Wayist Primary Text. Therefore, the Magadhalene Sutras did not play a central role in the movement, it was mostly used for esoteric teaching, training of the inner circle.
The level of philosophy and teaching found in the Magadhalene Sutras is more complicated, than what the Wayist movement generally regarded a teaching for the general public.
There are three sets of Magadhalene Sutras. This set, named as the 1st, is evidently a collection of works of various authors. Some pieces are clearly letters or parts of letters. Other pieces seem to be typical of the genre we refer to as “disciple’s notes”, such as constitutes the body of work today known as the Mystical Sayings of Yesu which we believe are brief lecture notes kept by someone like Didymus Thomas (St. Thomas), Iesous’ disciple from Judea. These notes were rather common, as one could imagine. Some traditions developed the notes of disciples into full-blown “Gospels” and bodies of doctrinal works. We prefer to keep the work intact, as is, imperfect as it may be, to speak for itself. These works have, conceivably, been translated and copied many, many times over the past two thousand years. Notwithstanding, why Wayists take these writings seriously is that it teaches the same message that Wayists have held for all this time. Furthermore, there is a healthy sense of whimsy in the antiquity and history. The Magadhalene Sutras neither detract nor add to the Primary Text but in some areas, it illustrated how first century teachers expounded the teaching to common folk of the day….