Tipiṭaka · the three baskets
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Discourses
SuttapiṭakaThe Buddha’s talks and dialogues, arranged in five collections (nikāya) by length, by topic, by number, and the minor texts.
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Long Discourses Dīghanikāya
A fabulous courtesan, a guilty king, a know-it-all teen, learned sages and earnest fools, a silent meditation in a thunderstorm. The Long Discourses reveal a Buddha...
MN
Middle Discourses Majjhimanikāya
The Middle Discourses (Majjhima Nikāya, abbreviated MN) is a collection of 152 discourses in the Pali canon (Tipiṭaka) of the Theravada school of Buddhism. The word...
SN
Linked Discourses Saṁyuttanikāya
The “Linked” or “Connected” Discourses (Saṁyutta Nikāya, abbreviated SN) is a collection of over a thousand short discourses in the Pali canon. The word “linked”...
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Numbered Discourses Aṅguttaranikāya
The “Numbered” or “Numerical” Discourses are usually known as Aṅguttara Nikāya in Pali, abbreviated AN. However, the Pali tradition also knows the form Ekottara...
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Minor Khuddakanikāya
The word khuddaka means “lesser” or “minor”, and it seems that this category originally served to collect certain short collections, mostly verse, that were not...
Monastic Law
VinayapiṭakaThe rules of the Saṅgha of monks and nuns, the stories of how each rule arose, and the procedures that keep the community together.
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The Monks’ Rules and Their Analysis Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga
The Bhikkhu-vibhaṅga or Mahā-vibhaṅga (“the analysis of the monks’ rules” or “the great analysis”), or simply the Vibhaṅga for short, contains the Monastic Code for...
Bi Vb
The Nuns’ Rules and Their Analysis Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga
The Bhikkhunī-vibhaṅga (“the analysis of the nuns’ rules”) contains the Monastic Code for nuns, the Bhikkhunī-pātimokkha, embedded in explanatory material. The...
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The Chapters Khandhaka
The Khandhakas (“the Chapters”) comprise the rules and regulations of both Sanghas that fall outside of the Monastic Code, the Pātimokkha. There are 22 individual...
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The Compendium Parivāra
The Parivāra, “the Compendium”, is a technical analysis of the content of the Suttavibhaṅga and the Khandhakas. It summarizes and distils the essence of the Vinaya,...
Bu Pm
The Monks’ Rules Bhikkhu Pātimokkha
The Bhikkhu-pātimokkha, “the Monastic Code for monks”, contains the core rules of monastic life in the form of a long list without any explanatory material. There are...
Bi Pm
The Nuns’ Rules Bhikkhunī Pātimokkha
The Bhikkhunī-pātimokkha, “the Monastic Code for nuns”, contains the core rules of the monastic life in the form of a long list without any explanatory material....
Abhidhamma
AbhidhammapiṭakaSystematic analysis of the teachings: mind, mental factors, matter and conditional relations, in seven treatises.
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Compendium of Phenomena Dhammasaṅgaṇī
The Dhammasaṅgaṇī (Compendium of Phenomena) is built on the idea of a mātikā, a lists of contents or matrix. A mātikā acts as a simple instance of a template that is...
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Book of Analysis Vibhaṅga
The Vibhaṅga (Book of Analysis) consists of 18 chapters arranged by topic. The list of topics is closely related to the Saṁyutta Nikāya—aggregates, senses, dependent...
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Discussion of Elements Dhātukathā
The Dhātukathā (Discussion of Elements) shows how the mātikās relate to the 5 aggregates, 12 bases and 18 elements. It is organized according to fourteen methods.
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Description of Personality Types Puggalapaññatti
The Puggalapaññatti (Designation of Person) departs from the strictly phenomenological approach of most Abhidhamma texts to present a compendium of passages relating...
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Points of Controversy Kathāvatthu
The Kathāvatthu (Points of Controversy) is a collection of over 200 discussions on points of interpretation of Buddhist doctrine. These consist of a debate between...
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The Pairs Yamaka
The Yamaka (Pairs) consists of ten chapters on different topics, starting with the roots of wholesome or unwholesome conduct. It applies a series of pairs of...
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Conditional Relations Paṭṭhāna
Paṭṭhāna (Conditional Relations) sets out a simple mātikā listing 24 kinds of condition. For example, the first is the “root condition” (hetupaccayo), dealing with...