Exploring the Tipiṭaka

http://bit.ly/Tipitaka-Slides 1. Traditional Teaching and Preservation of the Tipiṭaka

SOURCES: Tipiṭaka Sinhala Mahā Aṭṭhakathā – The Great Commentary Dīpavaṁsa, the Island Lineage Mahāvaṁsa, the Great Lineage Samantapāsādika, Vinaya Commentary Timeline: 499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha Timeline: 499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha 499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling Timeline: 499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha 499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling 492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma Timeline: 499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha 499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling 492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma 544 BCE Passing Away Timeline: 499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha 499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling 492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma 544 BCE Passing Away 544 BCE 1st Council (500 monastics) Timeline: 499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha 499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling 492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma 544 BCE Passing Away 544 BCE 1st Council (500 monastics) 444 BCE 2nd Council (700 monastics) Timeline: 499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha 499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling 492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma 544 BCE Passing Away 544 BCE 1st Council (500 monastics) 444 BCE 2nd Council (700 monastics) c. 310 BCE 3rd Council (1000 monastics) Timeline: 499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha 499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling 492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma 544 BCE Passing Away 544 BCE 1st Council (500 monastics) 444 BCE 2nd Council (700 monastics) c. 310 BCE 3rd Council (1000 monastics) 1st c. BCE 4th Council (500 monks) Timeline: 499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha 499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling 492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma 544 BCE Passing Away 544 BCE 1st Council (500 monastics) 444 BCE 2nd Council (700 monastics) c. 310 BCE 3rd Council (1000 monastics) 1st c. BCE 4th Council (500 monks) 1871 CE 5th Council (2400 monastics) Timeline: 499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha 499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling 492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma 544 BCE Passing Away 544 BCE 1st Council (500 monastics) 444 BCE 2nd Council (700 monastics) c. 310 BCE 3rd Council (1000 monastics) 1st c. BCE 4th Council (500 monks) 1871 CE 5th Council (2400 monastics) 1956 CE 6th Council (2500 monastics) 2. The Contents of the Tipiṭaka Tipiṭaka, Three Baskets Vinaya Total Pages: 15,577 pgs 15% Vinaya, 2,240 pgs, 15%

Vinaya Piṭaka Sutta Piṭaka Abhidhamma Piṭaka Tipiṭaka, Three Baskets Vinaya Total Pages: 15,577 pgs 15% Vinaya, 2,240 pgs, 15% Sutta, 8,503 pgs, 53%

Sutta 53%

Vinaya Piṭaka Sutta Piṭaka Abhidhamma Piṭaka Tipiṭaka, Three Baskets Vinaya Total Pages: 15,577 pgs 15% Vinaya, 2,240 pgs, 15% Abhidhamma Sutta, 8,503 pgs, 53% 32% Abhidhamma, 4,834 pgs, 32%

Sutta 53%

Vinaya Piṭaka Sutta Piṭaka Abhidhamma Piṭaka Vinaya Piṭaka, Discipline Major Divisions: Sutta Vibhaṅga Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga 25%

Bhikkhuṇī Vibhaṅga 17%

Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga Bhikkhuṇī Vibhaṅga Mahāvagga Cullavagga Vinaya Piṭaka, Discipline Major Divisions: Sutta Vibhaṅga Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga Khandhaka 25% Cullavagga 21% Bhikkhuṇī Vibhaṅga Mahāvagga 17% 21%

Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga Bhikkhuṇī Vibhaṅga Mahāvagga Cullavagga Vinaya Piṭaka, Discipline Parivāra Major Divisions: Parivāra 16% Sutta Vibhaṅga 16% Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga Khandhaka Sutta25%Vibhaṅga 37% Parivāra Cullavagga 21% Khandhaka Bhikkhuṇī 47% Vibhaṅga Mahāvagga 17% 21%

Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga Bhikkhuṇī Vibhaṅga Mahāvagga Cullavagga Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine Nikāyas: Dīghanikāya, Long Discourses Majjhimanikāya, Middle-Length Discourses Saṁyuttanikāya, Thematic Discourses Aṅguttaranikāya, Numerical Discourses Khuddakanikāya, Small (or Miscellaneous) Books Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine Dīgha Long Dīghanikāya Divisions: 10% Sīlakkhandavagga, 13 Discourses Mahāvagga, 10 Discourses Pāthikavagga, 11 Discourses

Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine Dīgha Long Majjhimanikāya Divisions: 10% Mūlapaṇṇāsa, 50 Discourses Majjhima Majjhimapaṇṇāsa, 50 Discourses Middle Length Uparipaṇṇāsa, 52 Discourses 17%

Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine Dīgha Long Major Divisions: 10% Sagāthāvagga, 11 Themes Majjhima Nidānavagga, 10 Themes Middle Length Khandhavagga, 13 Themes 17% Saḷāyatanavagga, 10 Themes Maggavagga, 12 Themes Saṁyutta Thematic Buddhaghosa, 7,762 Discourses 18% Bhikkhu Bodhi, 2,904 Discourses

Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine Dīgha Long Divisions: 10% Numbers Increasing from 1-11 Majjhima Middle Length 17%

Saṁyutta Aṅguttara Thematic Buddhaghosa, 9,557 Discourses Numerical 18% 20% Bhikkhu Bodhi, 8,122 Discourses

Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine Dīgha Parivāra Long Khuddakanikāya: 16% 10% Early Texts, 4 (5) Books Khuddhaka Majjhima Verse Texts, 8 Books Short SuttaMiddleVibhaṅga Length Commentary-Type, 3 (6) Books 35% 37%17%

Khandhaka Saṁyutta Aṅguttara47% Thematic Increasing Number 18% 20%

Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine Dīgha Parivāra Long Khuddakanikāya: 16% 10% Early Texts: Khuddhaka Majjhima (Khuddakapāṭha) Short SuttaMiddleVibhaṅga Length Dhammapada 35% 37%17% Udāna Itivuttaka Suttanipāta Khandhaka Saṁyutta Aṅguttara47% Thematic Increasing Number 18% 20%

Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine Dīgha Parivāra Long Khuddakanikāya: 16% 10% Verse Texts: Khuddhaka Majjhima Vimānavatthu Short SuttaMiddleVibhaṅga Length Petavatthu 35% 37%17% Theragāthā Therīgāthā Jātaka Khandhaka Saṁyutta Apadāna Aṅguttara47% Thematic Buddhavaṁsa Increasing Number 18% Cariyāpiṭaka 20%

Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine Dīgha Parivāra Long Khuddakanikāya: 16% 10% Commentary-Type Texts: Khuddhaka Majjhima Mahāniddesa Short SuttaMiddleVibhaṅga Length Cūḷaniddesa 35% 37%17% Paṭisambhidāmagga

Milindapañha Khandhaka Saṁyutta Nettippakaraṇa Aṅguttara47% Thematic Peṭakopadesa Increasing Number 18% 20%

Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya (Khuddakapāṭha) 72 Parivāra Dhammapada 423 16% Udāna 77 Itivuttaka 263 Jātaka Suttanipāta 1,149 Birth Stories Sutta Vibhaṅga Vimānavatthu 1,291 35% 37% Petavatthu 823 Theragāthā 1,279 Therīgāthā 522 Jātaka 6,905 Khandhaka Apadāna 5,228 47% Apadāna Buddhavaṁsa 960 Traditions Cariyāpiṭaka 372 27% Total Verses: 19,364

Therīgāthā Apadāna Buddhavaṁsa Cariyāpiṭaka Jātaka Abhidhamma Piṭaka Abstract Teaching

Dhammasaṅgaṇī 7%