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...Three Baskets": 1) Vinaya, the monks' rule of discipline, 2) Sutta, sermons, commentaries and parables, 3) Abhidhamma, metaphysics, psychology and philosophy...
...Meaning "The Three Baskets." As the ancient Indians disposed of earth from an excavation by passing baskets from hand to hand, so Buddhist wisdom was passed along from generation to generation. The Three Baskets: 1) Vinaya, the monks' rules of discipline; 2) Sutta, sermons, commentaries and parables; 3) Abhidhamma, metaphysics, psychology and philosophy...
...Sources of our knowledge of Buddhism.- Northern and Southern literature.- General characteristics. Language (Sanskrit, Pali). Style.- The Tipitaka ('Three Baskets'): its extent, divisions and contents: a, Vinaya-pitaka or Rules of the Order; b, Sutta-pitaka or Baskets of Discourses (Five Nikayas); c. Abhidhamma or Detailed Exposition of the Religion (Dhamma).- The Pali Text Society.- The King of Siam's edition...
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