“Tipitaka” – The Three Baskets of the Cannon

I. Pitaka – rules of monastic conduct, rules, some suttas, reports st nd from the 1 ​ and 2 ​ councils ​ ​

II. a. Digha Nikaya (Long Discourses) b. Majjhima Nikaya (Middle-length Discourses) c. Samyutta Nikaya (Connected Discourses) d. Anguttara Nikaya (Numerical Discourses) e. (Miscellaneous texts) i. – short passages that may have been designed as a primer for novice and ii. – the Path of the Dhamma – short verses iii. – Exclamations of the Buddha, including the parable of the blind men and the elephant, simile about the ocean having just one taste, the Bahiya (1.10) and Nibbana (1.1-1.3, and 8.1-8.4) suttas iv. – prose and verses said by the Buddha v. – collection of short suttas, including the suttas on Metta (1.8), Quarels and Disputes (4.11), On Being Violent (4.15), and the Questions in Chapter 5, including Mogharaja’s on emptiness (5.15) vi. – stories explaining how wholesome deeds led to a deity’s in heavenly realm vii. – stories of the hungry ghosts, explaining how unwholesome deeds led to rebirth into the miserable realm viii. – verses of elder monks ix. – verses of elder nuns x. – recount Buddha’s former lives xi. – commentaries on sections of Sutta Nipata, traditionally ascribed to Sariputta xii. – path of discrimination (analysis of Abhidhamma concepts) nd rd xiii. Apadana – stories celebrating the Buddha (added at the 2 ​ and 3 ​ ​ councils) xiv. – history of the Buddhas xv. –Bodhisatta’s practice of seven of the ten paramis xvi. Nettippakarana – explains doctrinal points of xvii. – short book, methodical in nature xviii. Milindapanha – questions of Milinda, such as: are pleasant feelings skillful, can an arahant ever break a Vinaya rule, is it better to perform an unwholesome act knowingly or unknowingly?

III. Abhidhamma Pitaka – reorganization of suttas into psychological framework

Mary Aubry August 2, 2019