Tripiṭaka | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Tripiṭaka


00:01:31 1 Etymology
00:02:11 2 Chronology
00:03:55 3 The three categories
00:04:53 3.1 Vinaya
00:05:10 3.2 Sutra
00:05:40 3.3 Abhidhamma
00:05:54 4 In Indian Buddhist schools
00:06:16 4.1 Mahāsāṃghika
00:08:00 4.2 Caitika
00:08:40 4.3 Bahuśrutīya
00:09:23 4.4 Prajñaptivāda
00:09:59 4.5 Sārvāstivāda
00:11:03 4.6 Mūlasārvāstivāda
00:11:50 4.7 Dharmaguptaka
00:13:07 4.8 Mahīśāsaka
00:13:27 4.9 Kāśyapīya
00:13:56 5 In the Theravada school
00:14:20 6 In Mahāyāna schools
00:14:43 6.1 China
00:15:30 7 As a title
00:16:27 8 See also
00:16:48 9 Notes
00:16:57 10 Further reading
00:17:47 11 External links



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The Tripiṭaka (Sanskrit ) or Tipiṭaka (Pali ), is the traditional term for the Buddhist scriptures. The version canonical to Theravada Buddhism is generally referred to in English as the Pali Canon. Mahayana Buddhism also holds the Tripitaka to be authoritative but, unlike Theravadins, it also includes in its canon various derivative literature and commentaries that were composed much later.The Tripitaka was composed between about 500 BCE to about the start of the common era, likely written down for the first time in the 1st century BCE. The Dipavamsa states that during the reign of Valagamba of Anuradhapura (29–17 BCE) the monks who had previously remembered the Tipitaka and its commentary orally now wrote them down in books, because of the threat posed by famine and war. The Mahavamsa also refers briefly to the writing down of the canon and the commentaries at this time. Each Buddhist sub-tradition had its own Tripitaka for its monasteries, written by its sangha, each set consisting of 32 books, in three parts or baskets of teachings: (1) the basket of expected discipline from monks (Vinaya Piṭaka), (2) basket of discourse (Sūtra Piṭaka, Nikayas), and (3) basket of special doctrine (Abhidharma Piṭaka). The structure, the code of conduct and moral virtues in the Vinaya basket particularly, have similarities to some of the surviving Dharmasutra texts of Hinduism. Much of the surviving Tripitaka literature is in Pali, with some in Sanskrit as well as other local Asian languages.