Sutta Pitaka

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The Sutta Pitaka is a major division of the Pali Canon in Theravada Buddhism, comprising discourses attributed to the Buddha that form a primary source for Buddhist doctrine and practice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist scripture
collection of discourses
division of the Pali Canon
alsoKnownAs Suttapitaka NERFINISHED
associatedCouncil First Buddhist Council NERFINISHED
Subsequent Buddhist councils NERFINISHED
attributedTo Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED
canonicalIn Theravada tradition NERFINISHED
contains dialogues
discourses of the Buddha
prose texts
sermons
verses
focusesOn Four Noble Truths NERFINISHED
Noble Eightfold Path NERFINISHED
dependent origination
ethics
liberation from suffering
meditation
hasPart Anguttara Nikaya NERFINISHED
Digha Nikaya NERFINISHED
Khuddaka Nikaya NERFINISHED
Majjhima Nikaya NERFINISHED
Samyutta Nikaya NERFINISHED
historicalContext ancient India
influenced Buddhist devotional practice
Buddhist monastic law interpretation
Buddhist philosophy
isOneOf three Pitakas
language Pali NERFINISHED
laterWrittenDownIn Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
partOf Pali Canon NERFINISHED
preservedBy Theravada monastic communities NERFINISHED
primarySourceFor Buddhist doctrine
Buddhist practice
relatedWork Abhidhamma Pitaka NERFINISHED
Vinaya Pitaka NERFINISHED
religiousGenre Buddhist suttas
religiousTradition Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED
scope covers a wide range of doctrinal themes
scripturalStatus canonical
textualStructure organized into Nikayas
transmission initially oral
usedFor doctrinal study
lay instruction
monastic instruction
ritual recitation
writtenDownInScript Sinhala script (historically)

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Nirvana scripturallyDiscussedIn Sutta Pitaka
subject linked to: nirvana
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma scripturalCollection Samyutta Nikaya
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Isipatana mentionedIn Sutta Pitaka
Shakya mentionedIn Sutta Pitaka
dependent origination scripturallyAttestedIn Saṃyutta Nikāya
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Rāhula mentionedIn Sutta Piṭaka
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Ānanda recitedCollection Sutta Piṭaka
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Ānanda appearsIn Sutta Piṭaka
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Śāriputra mentionedIn Sutta Piṭaka
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Āgamas parallelTo Pali Nikāyas
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Āgamas similarInContentTo Pali Nikāyas
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Āgamas similarInStructureTo Pali Nikāyas
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Kuthodaw Pagoda inscriptionContent Sutta Pitaka
Maudgalyāyana appearsIn Sutta Piṭaka
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Truth of suffering scripturallyAttestedIn Samyutta Nikaya
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Three Baskets hasPart Sutta Pitaka
Chinese Buddhist Canon contains Sūtra Piṭaka
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Nibbana scripturallyAttestedIn Sutta Pitaka
Three Jewels of Buddhism mentionedIn Digha Nikaya
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Three Jewels of Buddhism mentionedIn Majjhima Nikaya
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Triple Gem mentionedIn Digha Nikaya
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Triple Gem mentionedIn Anguttara Nikaya
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Jataka tales partOf Khuddaka Nikaya
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Mahākāśyapa scripturalSource Saṃyutta Nikāya
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Mahākāśyapa scripturalSource Aṅguttara Nikāya
linked to: Sutta Pitaka
Vinaya Pitaka relatedWork Sutta Pitaka
Abhidhamma Pitaka contrastedWith Sutta Pitaka
Buddha’s discourses collectedIn Sutta Pitaka
Buddha’s discourses collectedIn Nikayas
linked to: Sutta Pitaka