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TIPIṬAKA Sabba Dānam Dhamma Dānam Jināti TIPIṬAKA The Three Baskets Vinaya Piṭaka Sutta Piṭaka Abhidhamma Piṭaka The Discipline The Teachings The Philosophy (5 books) (5 collections) (7 books) Sutta Vibhanga Khandhaka Parivāra Dhammasaṅgaṇī Vibhaṅga Book of Division Chapter Summaries Compendium of States Book of Analysis Expositions Dhātukathā Puggalapaññati Māhavagga Cullavagga Discourse on Elements Human Types The Great Rules The Lesser Rules (10 chapters) (12 chapters) Kathāvatthu Yamaka Points of Controversy Book of Pairs Paṭṭhāna Conditional Relations Dīgha Nikāya Majjhima Nikāya Saṃyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya Long Discourses Middle-length Discourses Kindred Sayings Gradual Sayings Shorter Discourses (34 suttas in three vaggas) (152 suttas in 15 vaggas) (2,889 suttas in five vaggas)* (9,557 suttas in 11 nipatas) (15 books) Mūlapariyāya Vagga Sīlakkhanda Sagāthā Vagga Ekaka Nipāta Khuddakapātha Dhammapada The Root Discourse Vagga The section of Verses Book of the Ones The Short Passages Path of Dhamma The Perfect Net (423 verses arranged in 26 vaggas) Sīhanāda Vagga Duka Nipāta Nidāna Vagga The Lion’s Roar Book of the Twos Udāna Itivuttaka Mahā Vagga The section of Verses of Uplift As it Was Said Opamma Vagga (8 vaggas, of 80 udānas of the Buddha) (112 short suttas in four nipātas) The Large Division Causation Tika Nipāta Chapter of Similes Khandha Vagga Book of the Threes Suttanipāta Vimānavatthu Mūlapaṇṇāsa Mahāyamaka Vagga The Section on the Sutta Collection Celestial Mansions Pāṭika Vagga Catukka Nipāta Great Pairs Aggregates (5 vaggas containing 71 suttas) (85 poems in seven vaggas) The Patika Division Book of the Fours Cūḷayamaka Vagga Saḷāyatana Vagga Petavatthu Theragāthā Shorter Pairs The section on the Six Pañcaka Nipāta Hungry Ghosts Verses of the Elder Monks Sense Bases Book of the fives (51 poems in four vaggas) 107 poems (1,279 gāthas) Gahapati Vagga To Householders Mahā Vagga Chakka Nipāta Therigāthā Jātaka The Great Section Book of the sixes Verses of the Elder Nuns Former Births of the Buddha Bhikkhu Vagga 75 poems (522 gāthas) (collection of 547 stories) To Monks Sattaka Nipāta Book of the sevens Niddesa Paṭisambhidāmagga Vagga Paribbājaka Path of Discrimination a Exposition To Wanderers Aṭṭhaka Nipāta (3 vaggas,each containing ten topics) Book of the eights Rāja Vagga Majjhimapaṇṇās Apadāna Buddhavaṃsa To Kings Navaka Nipāta Stories History of the Buddhas Book of the nines Brāhmaṇa Vagga To Brahmins Dasaka Nipāta Nettippakaraṇa** Cariyāpiṭaka Book of the tens Basket of Conduct Devadaha Vagga The Guide At Devadaha Ekādasaka Book of the elevens Milindapañha** *The World Tipitaka Edition Anupada Vagga considers the Samyutta Nikaya to Milinda’s Questions One by One contain 2.704 Suttas, while Bhikkhu Bodhi considers it to contain 2.889. Suññata Vagga Peṭakopadesa** This discrepancy is due to Emptiness Disclosure procedural differences in calculation. Uparipaṇṇāsa Vibhanga Vagga Expoitions **Only in the Burmese Canon. Saḷāyatana Vagga Sixfold Base Sabba Dānam Dhamma Dānam Jināti The gift of Dhamma excels all other gifts Abbreviations (Dh 354) An: Anguttara Nikaya Miln: Milindapañha Dh: Dhammapada MN: Majjhima Nikaya Selection of Suttas DN: Digha Nikaya SN: Samyutta Nikaya Understanding Reality Iti: Itivuttaka Sn: Sutta Nipata Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (SN 22.59) The Three Characteristics Khp: Khuddakapatha Thig: Therigata Meditation Suttas Siṃsapā Sutta (SN 56.31) The Handful of Leaves KN: Khuddaka Nikaya Ud: Udana Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (DN 22) (MN 10) Foundations of Mindfulness Brahmajāla Sutta (DN 1) The All-Embracing Net of Views Ānāpānasati Sutta (MN 118) Mindfulness of Breathing Tilakkhaṇa (Miln 4.7.11) What is and what is not in the World Kāyagatāsati Sutta (MN 119) Mindfulness of the Body The Life of The Buddha Dvedhāvitakka Sutta (MN 19) Two Kinds of Thought Ariyapariyesanā Sutta (MN 26) The Noble Search Mahārāhulovāda Sutta (MN 62) Advice to Rāhula The Chain of Dependent Origination Mahāsaccaka Sutta (MN 36) Discourse to Saccaka Nagara Sutta (SN 12.65) The Ancient City Mahāsīhanāda Sutta (MN 12) The Lion’s Roar Kamma - Cause and Effect Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta (MN 9) Right View Mahāpārinibbāna Sutta (DN 16) His Last Days Sakkapañha Sutta (DN 21) Sakka’s Questions Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta (MN 38) Destruction of Craving Results of Intentions (Dhp 1-2) Bhavanta (Miln 2.3.5) Gradual Becoming First Teachings www.amaravati.org/about/library Cūḷakammavibhanga Sutta (MN 135) Exposition of Action Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11) Turning of the Wheel of Truth Paṭisandahati (Miln 2.2.6) On Rebirth Monastic Life Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (SN 22.59) The Characteristic of Non Self Gaṇakamoggallāna Sutta (MN 107) Gradual Training Ādittapariyāya Sutta (SN 35.28) The Fire Sermon Sila - Morality Sabbāsava Sutta (MN 2) All the Taints The Five Precepts (AN 8:39) Anangaṇa Sutta (MN 5) Without Blemishes The Four Noble Truths Result of Giving (Iti 26) Khaggavisana Sutta (Sn 1.3) The Rhinoceros Horn Mahāhatthipadopama Sutta (MN 28) The Simile of the Elephant’s FootprintSāleyyaka Sutta (MN 41) The Brahmins of Sālā Cūḷasāropama Sutta (MN 30) The Simile of the Heartwood Maggavibhanga Sutta (SN 45.8) The Eightfold Path Sigālovāda Sutta (DN 31) A Code of Discipline Cūḷagosinga Sutta (MN 31) In Gosinga Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7) Simile of the Cloth Advice for living well Nibbāna, Enlightenment Karaṇiya Metta Sutta (Sn 1.8)(Khp 9) Loving Kindness Living and Dying Asaṅkhata Samyutta (SN 43.1 - 44) Paths and 33 Names of Nibbāna Maṅgala Sutta (Khp 5) Highest Blessings Pabbatopama Sutta (SN 3.25) Simile of the Mountains Nibbāna Sutta (Ud 8.1) That Base Lokavipatti Sutta (AN 8.6) The Eight Worldly Conditions Three Divine Messengers (AN 3.36) Nibbāna Sutta (Ud 8.3) The Unborn Kālāma Sutta (AN 3.65) Relating to Spiritual Teachers and Traditions Salla Sutta (SN 36.6) The Dart of Painful Feeling Enlightenment (Thig 114-16) (Thig 5.10) Kakacūpama Sutta (MN 21) The Simile of the Saw Cūḷamāluṅkya Sutta (MN 63) Speculative Views The Stone Pillar (AN 9.26) Alagaddūpama Sutta (MN 22) The Simile of the Snake Bhaddekaratta Suttas (MN 131 - 4) A Fortunate Attachment Bāhiya Sutta (Ud 1.10) The Concise Teaching Amaravati Buddhist Monastery © 2014.
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