Outline of Tipitaka - Pali Canon
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Outline of Tipitaka - Pali Canon[edit]
- 1. Vinaya Pitaka: Basket of (monastic) Discipline - Rules of discipline for monks (bhikkhus) and nuns (bhikkhunis)
- Suttavibhanga - 227 rules for monks and 311 rules for nuns
- Khandhaka
- Mahavagga
- Cullavagga
- Parivara - Abstract of Vinaya Pitaka in dialogue form
2. Sutta Pitaka: Basket of Discourses - Discourses of the Buddha
- 1. Digha Nikaya: Long Discourses
- Silakkhandha-vagga: The Division Concerning Morality (13 suttas)
- Maha-vagga: The Large Division (10 suttas)
- Patika-vagga: The Patika Division (11 suttas)
- 2. Majjhima Nikaya: Middle-length Discourses
- 3. Samyutta Nikaya: Grouped Discourses
- Sagatha-vagga: contains 11 samyuttas
- Nidana-vagga: contains 10 samyuttas
- Khandha-vagga: contains 13 samyuttas
- Salayatana-vagga: contains 10 samyuttas
- Maha-vagga: contains 12 samyuttas
- 4. Anguttara Nikaya: Further-factored Discourses
- 5. Khuddaka Nikaya: Smaller Discourses
- 1. Khuddakapatha: The short passages
- 2. Dhammapada: The Path of Dhamma
- 3. Udana: Exclamations
- 4. Itivuttaka: The Thus-saids
- 5. Sutta-Nipata: The Sutta Collection
- 6. Vimanavatthu: Stories of the Celestial Mansions
- 7. Petavatthu: Stories of the Hungry Ghosts
- 8. Theragatha: Verses of the Elder Monks
- 9. Therigatha: Verses of the Elder Nuns
- 10. Jataka: Birth Stories
- 11. Niddesa: Exposition
- 12. Patisambhidamagga: Path of Discrimination
- 13. Apadana: Stories
- 14. Buddhavamsa: History of the Buddhas
- 15. Cariyapitaka: Basket of Conduct
- 16. Nettippakarana - In Thai and Burmese Tipitaka only
- 17. Petakopadesa - In Thai and Burmese Tipitaka only
- 18. Milindapanha - In Burmese Tipitaka only
- 3. Abhidhamma Pitaka: Basket of Further Dhamma - Analysis of mind and matter
- 1. Dhammasangani: Enumeration of Phenomena
- 2. Vibhanga: The Book of Treatises
- 3. Dhatukatha: Discussion with Reference to the Elements
- 4. Puggalapannatti: Description of Individuals
- 5. Kathavatthu: Points of Controversy
- 6. Yamaka: The Book of Pairs
- 7. Patthana: The Book of Relations