ESSENCE OF TIPITAKA

Preface VRI would like to extend its gratitude to the Burma Piṭaka Association and U Ko Lay for permission to

1. WHAT IS VINAYA PIṬAKA? The Vinaya Piṭaka is made up of rules of discipline laid down for regulating the

2. VINAYA PIṬAKA The Vinaya Piṭaka is made up of five books: (1) Pārājika Pāḷi (2) Pācittiya Pāḷi (3) Mahāvagga

3. WHAT IS SUTTANTA PIṬAKA? The Suttanta Piṭaka is a collection of all the discourses delivered by the Buddha on

4. DĪGHA NIKĀYA This collection in the Suttanta Piṭaka is named Dīgha Nikāya as it is made up of thirty-four

2 Mahā Vagga Pāḷi- The Large Division The ten suttas in this division are some of the most important of

3 Pāthika Vagga Pāḷi This division is made up of eleven shorter discourses of a miscellaneous nature. They deal with

5. MAJJHIMA NIKĀYA This collection of medium length discourses is made up of one hundred and fifty-two suttas in three

2 Majjhima Paṇṇāsa Pāḷi (a) Gahapati Vagga Kandaraka Sutta This discourse was delivered at Campā in connection with Kandaraka, the

6. SAṂYUTTA NIKĀYA This collection of discourses in the Suttanta Piṭaka known as Saṃyutta Nikāya has 7762 suttas of varied

1 Ekaka Nipāta Pāḷi This group contains single items of Dhamma which form the subject matter of discourses given by

1 Khuddakapāṭha Pāḷi First of the treatises in this nikāya, Khuddakapāṭha contains “readings of minor passages” most of which are

9. WHAT IS ABHIDHAMMA PIṬAKA? Abhidhamma is the third great division of the Piṭaka. It is a huge collection of

10. ABHIDHAMMA PIṬAKA 1 The Dhammasaṅgaṇī Pāḷi The Dhammasaṅgiṇī, the first book of the Abhidhamma, and the Paṭṭhāna, the last