Buddhist scriptures
Collection of Buddhist Scriptures, photography by Mixtribe
The Tipitaka (literally “three baskets”) is the collection of primary text of Theravada Buddhism preserved in the ancient Indian language of Pali. In English translation the Tipitaka cover some 20,000 printed pages.
The Tipitaka is divided into three sections:
The Vinaya Pitaka
The collection of texts containing the code of discipline for monks and nuns, and the instructions for governance of monastic affairs. The latter includes, for example, sections on the monastic etiquette, ceremonies and the correct relationship to the “four requisites”: robe, alms-food, dwelling-place, and medicines, as well as procedures for ordination of new members and resolving disputes.
The Sutta Pitaka
The collections of suttas or discourses. It includes all the recorded Dhamma teachings of the Buddha, together with a small number of discourses given by leading disciples. The Sutta Pitaka is divided into five nikayas or collections:
Digha Nikaya – the “long discourse collection”.
Majjhima Nikaya – the “middle-leght discouse collection”.
Samyutta Nikaya – the “themed collection”.
Anguttara Nikaya – the “numbered collection”.
Khuddaka Nikaya – the “miscellany”.
The Abhidhamma Pitaka
A reworking and systematization of the core principles presented in the Sutta Pitaka.
More questions and answers HERE.
Source:
- Without and Within – Ajahn Jayasaro
Ryokan Says
One of the best online sources for Buddhist Scriptures is Access to Insight and in Spanish Bosque Theravada, this is in great deal thanks to Bikkhu Bodhi, president of Buddhist Publication Society, working in this translations. The spanish versions come from independent translators of the english versions, driven by the interest to keep expanding the disposition of Buddhism between the Spanish-speakers and the world. Bikkhu Bodhi is from Theravada order, receiving ordination in Sri Lanka.
This is a Bikkhu Bodhi interview which talk about the works of translation and how he became interested in those, this was published in 2006 by the inquiring mind.
