TIPIṬAKA

The Three Baskets

Vinaya Piṭaka Sutta Piṭaka Abhidhamma Piṭaka

The Discipline The Teachings The Philosophy
(5 books) (5 collections) (7 books)

Sutta Vibhanga Khandhaka Parivāra Dhammasaṅgaṇī Vibhaṅga

Book of Expositions Division Chapter Summaries Compendium of States Book of Analysis

Dhātukathā Puggalapaññati
Māhavagga Cullavagga Discourse on Elements Human Types
The Great Rules The Lesser Rules
(10 chapters) (12 chapters)
Kathāvatthu Yamaka
Points of Controversy Book of Pairs

Paṭṭhāna
Conditional Relations
Dīgha Nikāya Majjhima Nikāya Saṃyutta Nikāya Aṅguttara Nikāya Khuddaka Nikāya
Long Discourses Middle-length Discourses Kindred Sayings Gradual Sayings Shorter Discourses
(34 suttas in three vaggas) (152 suttas in 15 vaggas) (2,889 suttas in five vaggas)* (9,557 suttas in 11 nipatas) (15 books)

Mūlapariyāya Vagga Sagāthā Vagga Ekaka Nipāta Khuddakapātha Dhammapada

Sīlakkhanda Vagga The Root Discourse
The section of Verses Book of the Ones The Short Passages Path of Dhamma
The Perfect Net (423 verses arranged in 26 vaggas)
Sīhanāda Vagga Duka Nipāta
The Lion’s Roar Book of the Twos Udāna Itivuttaka
Mūlapaṇṇāsa

Nidāna Vagga
Mahā Vagga Verses of Uplift As it Was Said
Opamma Vagga The section of Causation
The Large Division Tika Nipāta (8 vaggas, of 80 udānas of the Buddha) (112 short suttas in four nipātas)
Chapter of Similes Book of the Threes
Khandha Vagga Suttanipāta Vimānavatthu
Pāṭika Vagga Mahāyamaka Vagga The Section on the Sutta Collection Celestial Mansions
Great Pairs
Catukka Nipāta
The Patika Division Aggregates (5 vaggas containing 71 suttas) (85 poems in seven vaggas)
Book of the Fours
Cūḷayamaka Vagga Saḷāyatana Vagga Petavatthu Theragāthā
Shorter Pairs The section on the Six Pañcaka Nipāta Hungry Ghosts Verses of the Elder Monks
Sense Bases Book of the fives (51 poems in four vaggas) 107 poems (1,279 gāthas)
Gahapati Vagga
To Householders Mahā Vagga Chakka Nipāta Therigāthā Jātaka
The Great Section Book of the sixes Verses of the Elder Nuns Former Births of the Buddha
Bhikkhu Vagga 75 poems (522 gāthas) (collection of 547 stories)
Majjhimapaṇṇāsa

To Monks Sattaka Nipāta

Book of the sevens Niddesa Paṭisambhidāmagga
Paribbājaka Vagga Path of Discrimination
Exposition
To Wanderers Aṭṭhaka Nipāta (3 vaggas,each containing ten topics)

Book of the eights

Rāja Vagga Apadāna Buddhavaṃsa
To Kings Navaka Nipāta Stories History of the Buddhas
Book of the nines
Brāhmaṇa Vagga
To Brahmins Dasaka Nipāta Nettippakaraṇa** Cariyāpiṭaka
Book of the tens The Guide Basket of Conduct
Devadaha Vagga
At Devadaha Ekādasaka
Book of the elevens Milindapañha**
Anupada Vagga *The World Tipitaka Edition considers
Milinda’s Questions the Samyutta Nikaya to contain 2.704
One by One
Uparipaṇṇāsa

Suttas, while Bhikkhu Bodhi considers

Suññata Vagga it to contain 2.889. This discrepancy
Peṭakopadesa**
is due to procedural differences in
Emptiness Disclosure calculation.
Vibhanga Vagga
**Only in the Burmese Canon.
Expoitions
Saḷāyatana Vagga
Sixfold Base

Sabba Dānam Dhamma Dānam Jināti

The gift of Dhamma excels all other gifts
(Dh 354)

Abbreviations

An: Anguttara Nikaya Miln: Milindapañha

Dh: Dhammapada MN: Majjhima Nikaya Selection of Suttas
DN: Digha Nikaya SN: Samyutta Nikaya
Iti: Itivuttaka Sn: Sutta Nipata Understanding Reality
Khp: Khuddakapatha Thig: Therigata
Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (SN 22.59) The Three Characteristics
KN: Khuddaka Nikaya Ud: Udana Meditation Suttas
Siṃsapā Sutta (SN 56.31) The Handful of Leaves
Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (DN 22) (MN 10) Foundations of Mindfulness
Brahmajāla Sutta (DN 1) The All-Embracing Net of Views
Ānāpānasati Sutta (MN 118) Mindfulness of Breathing Tilakkhaṇa (Miln 4.7.11) What is and what is not in the World
The Life of The Buddha Kāyagatāsati Sutta (MN 119) Mindfulness of the Body
Ariyapariyesanā Sutta (MN 26) The Noble Search Dvedhāvitakka Sutta (MN 19) Two Kinds of Thought
Mahāsaccaka Sutta (MN 36) Discourse to Saccaka Mahārāhulovāda Sutta (MN 62) Advice to Rāhula
The Chain of Dependent Origination
Mahāsīhanāda Sutta (MN 12) The Lion’s Roar
Kamma - Cause and Effect Nagara Sutta (SN 12.65) The Ancient City
Mahāpārinibbāna Sutta (DN 16) His Last Days
Sakkapañha Sutta (DN 21) Sakka’s Questions Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta (MN 9) Right View
Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta (MN 38) Destruction of Craving
First Teachings Results of Intentions (Dhp 1-2)
Bhavanta (Miln 2.3.5) Gradual Becoming
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11) Turning of the Wheel of Truth Cūḷakammavibhanga Sutta (MN 135) Exposition of Action
Paṭisandahati (Miln 2.2.6) On Rebirth
Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (SN 22.59) The Characteristic of Non Self Monastic Life
Ādittapariyāya Sutta (SN 35.28) The Fire Sermon
Sila - Morality Gaṇakamoggallāna Sutta (MN 107) Gradual Training
The Five Precepts (AN 8:39) Sabbāsava Sutta (MN 2) All the Taints
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The Four Noble Truths Anangaṇa Sutta (MN 5) Without Blemishes

Mahāhatthipadopama Sutta (MN 28) The Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint Result of Giving (Iti 26)
Khaggavisana Sutta (Sn 1.3) The Rhinoceros Horn
Sāleyyaka Sutta (MN 41) The Brahmins of Sālā
Maggavibhanga Sutta (SN 45.8) The Eightfold Path Cūḷasāropama Sutta (MN 30) The Simile of the Heartwood
Sigālovāda Sutta (DN 31) A Code of Discipline
Cūḷagosinga Sutta (MN 31) In Gosinga
Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7) Simile of the Cloth
Advice for living well
Karaṇiya Metta Sutta (Sn 1.8)(Khp 9) Loving Kindness Nibbāna, Enlightenment
Living and Dying
Maṅgala Sutta (Khp 5) Highest Blessings Asaṅkhata Samyutta (SN 43.1 - 44) Paths and 33 Names of Nibbāna
Pabbatopama Sutta (SN 3.25) Simile of the Mountains
Lokavipatti Sutta (AN 8.6) The Eight Worldly Conditions Nibbāna Sutta (Ud 8.1) That Base
Three Divine Messengers (AN 3.36)
Kālāma Sutta (AN 3.65) Relating to Spiritual Teachers and Traditions Nibbāna Sutta (Ud 8.3) The Unborn
Salla Sutta (SN 36.6) The Dart of Painful Feeling
Kakacūpama Sutta (MN 21) The Simile of the Saw Enlightenment (Thig 114-16) (Thig 5.10)
Cūḷamāluṅkya Sutta (MN 63) Speculative Views
Alagaddūpama Sutta (MN 22) The Simile of the Snake The Stone Pillar (AN 9.26)
Bhaddekaratta Suttas (MN 131 - 4) A Fortunate Attachment
Bāhiya Sutta (Ud 1.10) The Concise Teaching
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