According to tradition, the Tripiṭaka was compiled at the First Council shortly after the Buddha's death. 2. This oldest Buddhist text, written originally on three baskets, consists of the “Discipline Basket” or “Vinaya Pitaka,” the “Discourse Basket” or “Sutta Pitaka,” and the “Further Teaching” or “Abhidhamma Pitaka” (Matthews 116). When people first come to investigate Buddhism, they may wonder if there is a Buddhist holy book or something like a Buddhist Bible. Search metadata Search text contents Search TV news captions Search archived web sites Advanced Search. Search metadata Search text contents Search TV news captions Search archived web sites Advanced Search. Wikipitaka is an attempt to compile and complete an English translation of the Tipitaka, the Buddhist sacred scripture, and its commentaries in order to enable complete features of online text: searching, browsing, linking, instant editing as well as looking up terms in an online dictionary. 'The Sacred Books of the East' series edition (1881 - 1885) Being a pioneering effort to translate the Vinaya Pitaka to English, the 'Sacred Books of the East' are understandably translated imperfectly. Sutta Pitaka – collection of sayings of the Lord and Buddha and stories about his life; 3. This work is especially important in that it is to it that the references to the Vinaya Pitaka in the PTS translations are directed. In Buddhism, there are a set of canonical teachings known as the suttas, which are often treated as sacred texts. Inception of discipline and the Vinaya-Nidana, Sacred books of the Buddhists Vol. (Buddhagosas Samantapasadika, the Vinaya commentary) Pruden, Leo M. (1995). The Vinaya Piṭaka is said to have been recited by Upāli, with little later addition.Most of the different versions are fairly similar, most scholars consider most of the Vinaya to be fairly early, that is, dating from before the separation of schools. According to tradition, the Tripiṭaka was compiled at the First Council shortly after the Buddha's death. XXI, London Luzac. SBE: Sacred Books of the East, Volumes 13, 17 and 20: Vinaya Texts, translated by T.W. upload UPLOAD; person SIGN IN; ABOUT; CONTACT; BLOG; PROJECTS; HELP; DONATE ; JOBS; VOLUNTEER; PEOPLE; Search the history of over 418 billion web pages on the Internet. (A later attempt by IB Horner, Book of the Discipline, is an improvement over this, though admittedly still "an interim translation".) SBE: Sacred Books of the East, Volumes 13, 17 and 20: Vinaya Texts, translated by T.W. Contains the decisions made about punishments for the monks that have been caught breaking one or more of the rules. Rhys Davids and Herman Oldenberg, 1881-1885. search Search the Wayback Machine. Theravada Vinaya Pitaka; The word Vinaya is derived from a Sanskrit verb that can mean to lead, take away, train, tame, or guide, or alternately to educate or teach. search Search the Wayback Machine. "The essentials of the Vinaya tradition", by Gyōnen, Berkeley, Calif: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, ISBN 0-9625618-9-4. Featured texts All Books All Texts latest This Just In Smithsonian … Origins and history. These books constitute that part of the sacred literature of the Buddhists which contains the regulations for the outward life of the members of the Buddhist Samgha--nearly the oldest, and probably the most influential, of all Fraternities of monks.. Buddhist Suttas - T. W. Rhys David's 1811 translation of the Pali scriptures, provided by the Sacred Text Archive.