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Exploring the Tipiṭaka1. Tradition and Contents
Traditional Teaching and Preservation of the Tipiṭaka
SOURCES:
Tipiṭaka
Dīpavaṁsa, the Island Lineage
Mahāvaṁsa, the Great Lineage
Samantapāsādika, Vinaya Commentary
Sinhala Mahā Aṭṭhakathā – The Great Commentary
TIMELINE:
499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha
TIMELINE:
499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha
499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling
TIMELINE:
499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha
499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling
492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma
TIMELINE:
499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha
499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling
492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma
544 BCE Passing Away
TIMELINE:
499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha
499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling
492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma
544 BCE Passing Away
544 BCE 1st Council (500 monastics)
TIMELINE:
499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha
499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling
492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma
544 BCE Passing Away
544 BCE 1st Council (500 monastics)
444 BCE 2nd Council (700 monastics)
TIMELINE:
499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha
499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling
492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma
544 BCE Passing Away
544 BCE 1st Council (500 monastics)
444 BCE 2nd Council (700 monastics)
c. 310 BCE 3rd Council (1000 monastics)
TIMELINE:
499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha
499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling
492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma
544 BCE Passing Away
544 BCE 1st Council (500 monastics)
444 BCE 2nd Council (700 monastics)
c. 310 BCE 3rd Council (1000 monastics)
1st c. BCE 4th Council (500 monks)
TIMELINE:
499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha
499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling
492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma
544 BCE Passing Away
544 BCE 1st Council (500 monastics)
444 BCE 2nd Council (700 monastics)
c. 310 BCE 3rd Council (1000 monastics)
1st c. BCE 4th Council (500 monks)
1871 CE 5th Council (2400 monastics)
TIMELINE:
499 BCE Awakening of the Buddha
499 BCE Setting the Dhamma Wheel Rolling
492 BCE Teaching the Abhidhamma
544 BCE Passing Away
544 BCE 1st Council (500 monastics)
444 BCE 2nd Council (700 monastics)
c. 310 BCE 3rd Council (1000 monastics)
1st c. BCE 4th Council (500 monks)
1871 CE 5th Council (2400 monastics)
1956 CE 6th Council (2500 monastics)
The Contents of the Tipiṭaka
Vinaya Piṭaka Sutta Piṭaka Abhidhamma Piṭaka
Tipiṭaka, Three BasketsVinaya
15%
Sutta53%
Abhidhamma32%
Vinaya, 2,240 pgs, 15%
Total Pages: 15,577 pgs
Vinaya Piṭaka Sutta Piṭaka Abhidhamma Piṭaka
Tipiṭaka, Three BasketsVinaya
15%
Sutta53%
Abhidhamma32%
Vinaya, 2,240 pgs, 15%
Sutta, 8,503 pgs, 53%
Total Pages: 15,577 pgs
Vinaya Piṭaka Sutta Piṭaka Abhidhamma Piṭaka
Tipiṭaka, Three BasketsVinaya
15%
Sutta53%
Abhidhamma32%
Vinaya, 2,240 pgs, 15%
Sutta, 8,503 pgs, 53%
Abhidhamma, 4,834 pgs, 32%
Total Pages: 15,577 pgs
Parivāra16%
Vinaya Piṭaka, Discipline
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga Bhikkhuṇī Vibhaṅga Mahāvagga Cullavagga
Parivāra16% Bhikkhu
Vibhaṅga25%
BhikkhuṇīVibhaṅga
17%Mahāvagga21%
Cullavagga21%
Sutta Vibhaṅga
Major Divisions:
Parivāra16%
Vinaya Piṭaka, Discipline
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga Bhikkhuṇī Vibhaṅga Mahāvagga Cullavagga
Parivāra16% Bhikkhu
Vibhaṅga25%
BhikkhuṇīVibhaṅga
17%Mahāvagga21%
Cullavagga21%
Khandhaka
Sutta Vibhaṅga
Major Divisions:
Parivāra16%
Vinaya Piṭaka, Discipline
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga Bhikkhuṇī Vibhaṅga Mahāvagga Cullavagga
Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga
25%
BhikkhuṇīVibhaṅga
17%Mahāvagga21%
Cullavagga21%
Parivāra16%
Khandhaka
Sutta Vibhaṅga
Parivāra
Major Divisions:
Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Saṁyutta18%
Aṅguttara20%
Khuddhaka35%
Majjhimanikāya, Middle-Length Discourses
Dīghanikāya, Long Discourses
Saṁyuttanikāya, Thematic Discourses
Nikāyas:
Aṅguttaranikāya, Numerical Discourses
Khuddakanikāya, Small (or Miscellaneous) Books
Parivāra16%
Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya
Majjhima17%
Saṁyutta18%
Aṅguttara20%
Khuddhaka35%
Mahāvagga, 10 Discourses
Sīlakkhandavagga, 13 Discourses
Pāthikavagga, 11 Discourses
Dīghanikāya Divisions:
DīghaLong10%
Parivāra16%
Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya
Saṁyutta18%
Aṅguttara20%
Khuddhaka35%
Majjhimapaṇṇāsa, 50 Discourses
Mūlapaṇṇāsa, 50 Discourses
Uparipaṇṇāsa, 52 Discourses
Majjhimanikāya Divisions:
DīghaLong10%
MajjhimaMiddle Length
17%
Parivāra16%
Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya
Aṅguttara20%
Khuddhaka35%
Major Divisions:
Nidānavagga, 10 Themes
Sagāthāvagga, 11 Themes
Khandhavagga, 13 Themes
Saḷāyatanavagga, 10 Themes
Maggavagga, 12 Themes
DīghaLong10%
MajjhimaMiddle Length
17%
SaṁyuttaThematic
18%Buddhaghosa, 7,762 Discourses
Bhikkhu Bodhi, 2,904 Discourses
Parivāra16%
Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya
Khuddhaka35%
DīghaLong10%
MajjhimaMiddle Length
17%
SaṁyuttaThematic
18%
AṅguttaraNumerical
20%
Numbers Increasing from 1-11
Buddhaghosa, 9,557 Discourses
Bhikkhu Bodhi, 8,122 Discourses
Divisions:
Parivāra16%
Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya
SaṁyuttaThematic
18%
AṅguttaraIncreasing Number
20%
KhuddhakaShort35%
MajjhimaMiddle Length
17%
Khuddakanikāya:
DīghaLong10%
Early Texts, 4 (5) Books
Verse Texts, 8 Books
Commentary-Type, 3 (6) Books
Parivāra16%
Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya
SaṁyuttaThematic
18%
AṅguttaraIncreasing Number
20%
KhuddhakaShort35%
MajjhimaMiddle Length
17%
DīghaLong10%
(Khuddakapāṭha)DhammapadaUdānaItivuttakaSuttanipāta
Early Texts:
Khuddakanikāya:
Parivāra16%
Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya
SaṁyuttaThematic
18%
AṅguttaraIncreasing Number
20%
KhuddhakaShort35%
MajjhimaMiddle Length
17%
DīghaLong10%
VimānavatthuPetavatthuTheragāthāTherīgāthāJātakaApadānaBuddhavaṁsaCariyāpiṭaka
Verse Texts:
Khuddakanikāya:
Parivāra16%
Sutta Piṭaka, Doctrine
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Dīgha Nikāya Majjihma Nikāya Saṁyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya
SaṁyuttaThematic
18%
AṅguttaraIncreasing Number
20%
KhuddhakaShort35%
MajjhimaMiddle Length
17%
DīghaLong10%
MahāniddesaCūḷaniddesaPaṭisambhidāmagga
MilindapañhaNettippakaraṇaPeṭakopadesa
Commentary-Type Texts:
Khuddakanikāya:
Parivāra16%
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Therīgāthā Apadāna Buddhavaṁsa Cariyāpiṭaka Jātaka
(Khuddakapāṭha)DhammapadaUdānaItivuttakaSuttanipātaVimānavatthuPetavatthuTheragāthāTherīgāthāJātaka ApadānaBuddhavaṁsaCariyāpiṭaka
Total Verses:
72423
77263
1,1491,291
8231,279
5226,9055,228
960372
19,364
JātakaBirth Stories
35%
ApadānaTraditions
27%
Khuddaka Nikāya
Parivāra16%
Abhidhamma PiṭakaAbstract Teaching
Sutta Vibhaṅga37%
Khandhaka47%
Dhātukathā Puggalapaññatti Kathāvatthu Yamaka Paṭṭhāna
Dhammasaṅgaṇī 7%Vibhaṅga 10%
Dhātukathā 0.3%Puggalapaññatti 0.5%Kathāvatthu 10%Yamaka 21%
Paṭṭhāna 50%
