Cp · 35 texts · 35 in English

Canon of Conduct

Cariyāpiṭaka

The “Basket of Conduct” represents an early systematization of the concept of the Bodhisattva and his path towards awakening. A selection of 34 past lives are told, each one illustrating a specific virtue developed by the Bodhisattva. It is a late text, without direct counterparts in the northern collections. Like the Buddhavaṁsa, it is part of an extensive pan-sectarian devotional literature composed in the second and first centuries BCE, presaging the birth of the Mahāyāna.

With Akitti

Akittivagga

The Perfection of Generosity

Dānapāramī

Cp 1 The Conduct of AkittiAkitticariya
Cp 2 The Conduct of SaṅkhaSaṅkhacariya
Cp 3 The Conduct of the King of KuruKururājacariya
Cp 4 The Conduct of MahāsudassanaMahāsudassanacariya
Cp 5 The Conduct of MahāgovindaMahāgovindacariya
Cp 6 The Conduct of King NimiNimirājacariya
Cp 7 The Conduct of Prince CandaCandakumāracariya
Cp 8 The Conduct of King SiviSivirājacariya
Cp 9 The Conduct of VessantaraVessantaracariya
Cp 10 The Conduct of the Wise HareSasapaṇḍitacariya

The Elephant

Hatthināgavagga

The Perfection of Morality

Sīlapāramī

Cp 11 The Conduct of a Mother’s ProviderMātuposakacariya
Cp 12 The Conduct of BhūridattaBhūridattacariya
Cp 13 The Conduct of the Dragon of CampeyyaCampeyyanāgacariya
Cp 14 The Conduct of CūḷabodhiCūḷabodhicariya
Cp 15 The Conduct of the Buffalo KingMahiṁsarājacariya
Cp 16 The Conduct of the Deer-king RuruRurumigarājacariya
Cp 17 The Conduct of MātaṅgaMātaṅgacariya
Cp 18 The Conduct of the Deity Named DhammaDhammadevaputtacariya
Cp 19 The Conduct of AlīnasattuAlīnasattucariya
Cp 20 The Conduct of SaṅkhapālaSaṅkhapālacariya

With Yudhañjaya

Yudhañjayavagga

The Perfection of Renunciation

Nekkhammapāramī

Cp 21 The Conduct of YudhañjayaYudhañjayacariya
Cp 22 The Conduct of SomanassaSomanassacariya
Cp 23 The Conduct of AyogharaAyogharacariya
Cp 24 The Conduct Involving Lotus StalksBhisacariya
Cp 25 The Conduct of the Scholar SoṇaSoṇapaṇḍitacariya

The Perfection of Determination

Adiṭṭhānapāramī

Cp 26 The Conduct of TemiyaTemiyacariyaṃ

The Perfection of Truth

Saccapāramī

Cp 27 The Conduct of the Monkey-kingKapirājacariya
Cp 28 The Conduct of the Ascetic SaccaSaccatāpasacariya
Cp 29 The Conduct of the Young QuailVaṭṭapotakacariya
Cp 30 The Conduct of the Fish-kingMaccharājacariya
Cp 31 The Conduct of KaṇhadīpāyanaKaṇhadīpāyanacariya
Cp 32 The Conduct of SutasomaSutasomacariya

The Perfection of Love

Mettāpāramī

Cp 33 The Conduct of Golden SāmaSuvaṇṇasāmacariya
Cp 34 The Conduct of the One KingEkarājacariya

The Perfection of Equanimity

Upekkhāpāramī

Cp 35 The Hair-raising ConductMahālomahaṁsacariya