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Sutta Pitaka

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[soot-uh] / ˈsʊt ə /

noun

Buddhism.
  1. Pali Canon


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The second is the Sutta Pitaka or collection of teachings.

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In Buddhist literature the composite and tertiary character of the Sutta Pitaka is equally plain.

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The Khuddaka-Nikâya seems to have been wanting in the Pitaka of the Sarvâstivâdins or whatever sect supplied the originals from which the Chinese Canon was translated, for this Canon classes the Dhammapada as a miscellaneous work outside the Sutta Pitaka.

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Of greater general interest is the Sutta Pitaka, in which the sermons and discourses of the Buddha are collected.

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This Sutta Pitaka is divided into five collections called Nikâyas.

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