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1. The Pali Canon. The Pali Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada. Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pali language. It is the only.
The Pali Canon

The Pali Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pali language. It is the only completely surviving early Buddhist canon, and one of the first to be written down. It was composed in North India, and preserved orally until it was committed to writing during the Fourth Buddhist Council in Sri Lanka in the 1st century BC, approximately three hundred years after the death of Shakyamuni. The Pali Canon was first printed in the nineteenth century, and is now also available in electronic form and on the Internet. The Pali Canon falls into three general categories, called pitaka (basket) in Pali. Because of this, the canon is traditionally known as the Tipitaka (three baskets). The three pitakas are as follows: 1. Vinaya Pitaka, dealing with rules for monks and nuns 2. Sutta Pitaka, discourses, mostly ascribed to the Buddha, but some to disciples 3. Abhidhamma Pitaka, variously described as philosophy, psychology, metaphysics etc. The Vinaya Pitaka and the Sutta Pitaka are remarkably similar to the works of other early Buddhist schools. The Abhidhamma Pitaka however is a strictly Theravada collection, and has little in common with the Abhidhamma works recognized by other Buddhist schools.

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Pali Canon Vinaya Pitaka Suttavibhanga

Parivara

Khandhaka

Sutta Pitaka Digha Nikaya

Majjhima Nikaya

Anguttara Nikaya

Samyutta Nikaya

Khuddaka Nikaya

Abhidhamma Pitaka Dhs.Vbh.

Dhk. Kvu.Yamaka Pug.

Patthana

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