This outline displays the publication of books in the Vipassana Research Iinstitute’s Devan±gari-script edition of the Chaμμha Saªg±yana (Sixth Council) Tipiμaka. The names of the volumes are displayed in italics with the suffix “-p±¼i” indicating the volume is part of the root Tipiμaka, rather than commentarial literature. This outline lists the root volumes only. Please note: These books are in P±li only, in Devan±gari script, and are not for sale from Pariyatti or from VRI. No set of English translations is available. For further information please see: tipitaka.org Vinaya Piμaka Sutta Piμaka Abhidhamma Piμaka Tipiμaka (three “baskets”) (Three divisions, printed in 5 books) 1. Sutta Vibhaªga [two books containing rules for the bhikkhus and bhikkhunis, outlining eight classes of offences] (1) P±r±jika-p±¼i Bhikku Bhikkhuni p±r±jik± (expulsion) 4 8 saªghadises± (meetings of the Sangha) 13 17 aniyat± (indeterminate) 2 0 nissagiy± p±cittiy± (expiation with forfeiture) 30 30 (2) P±cittiya-p±¼i suddha p±cittiy± (ordinary expiation) 92 166 p±tidesaniy± (confession re: alms food) 4 8 sekhiya (concerning etiquette & decorum) 75 75 adhikaraºasamath± (legal process) 7 7 (concludes with bhikkuni vinaya rules) ______ ______ 227 311 2. Khandaka [two books of rules and procedures] (3) Mah±vagga-p±¼i (10 sections [khandhakas]; begins with historical accounts of the Buddha’s enlightenment, the first discourses and the early growth of the Sangha; outlines the following rules governing the actions of the Sangha: 1. rules for admission to the order (upasampad±) 2. the uposatha meeting and recital of the p±timokkha 3. residence during the rainy season (vassa) 4. ceremony concluding the vassa, called pav±raº± 5. rules for articles of dress and furniture 6. medicine and food 7. annual distribution of robes (kaμhina) 8. rules for sick bhikkhus, sleeping and robe material 9. mode of executing proceedings of the Sangha 10. proceedings in cases of schism (4) C³¼avagga-p±¼i (or Cullavagga) (12 khandakas dealing with further rules and procedures for institutional acts or functions, known as saªghakamma: 1. rules for dealing with offences that come before the Sangha (saªgh±disesa) 2. procedures for putting a bhikkhu on probation 3. procedures for dealing with accumulation of offences by a bhikkhu 4. rules for settling legal procedures in the Sangha 5. misc. rules for bathing, dress, etc. 6. dwellings, furniture, lodging, etc. 7. schisms 8. classes of bhikkhus and duties of teachers & novices 9. exclusion from the p±timokkha 10. the ordination and instruction of bhikkhunis 11. account of the 1st council at R±jagaha 12. account of the 2nd council at Ves±li 3. Pariv±ra-p±¼i [a summary of the vinaya, arranged as a catechism for instruction and examination] (5) Pariv±ra-p±¼i The fifth book of vinaya serves as a kind of manual enabling the reader to make an analytical survey of the whole of Vinaya Piμaka. [Seven sections of systematic, abstract exposition of all dhammas; printed in 12 books] 1. Dhammasaªgaº² (enumeration of the dhammas) (1) Dhammasaªgaº²-p±¼i 2. Vibhaªga-p±¼² (distinction or analysis of dhammas) (2) Vibhaªga-p±¼² 3. Dh±tukath± (discussion of elements; these 1st three sections form a trilogy that must be digested as a basis for understanding Abhidhamma) 4. Puggalapaññatti (designation of individuals; ten chapters: the 1st dealing with single individuals, the 2nd with pairs, the 3rd with groups of three, etc. (3) Dh±tukath±-Puggalapaññatti-p±¼² 5. Kath±vatthu-p±¼² (points of controversy or wrong view; discusses the points raised and settled at the 3rd council, held at the time of Aoeoka’s reign, at Patna) (4) Kath±vatthu-p±¼² 6. Yamaka-p±¼² (book of pairs; a use of paired, opposing questions to resolve ambiguities and define precise usage of technical terms) (5) Yamaka-p±¼², Vol I (6) Yamaka-p±¼², Vol II (7) Yamaka-p±¼², Vol III 7. Paμμh±na (book of relations; the elaboration of a scheme of 24 conditional relations [paccaya] that forms a complete system for understanding the mechanics of the entire universe of Dhamma) (8) Paμμh±na-p±¼i, Vol I (9) Paμμh±na-p±¼i, Vol II (10) Paμμh±na-p±¼i, Vol III (11) Paμμh±na-p±¼i, Vol IV (12) Paμμh±na-p±¼i, Vol V (Five nik±yas, or collections) 1. D²gha-nik±ya [34 suttas; 3 vaggas, or chapters (each a book)] (1) S²lakkhandavagga-p±¼i (13 suttas) (2) Mah±vagga-p±¼i (10 suttas) (3) P±μikavagga-p±¼i (11 suttas) 2. Majjhima-nik±ya [152 suttas;15 vaggas; divided in 3 books, 5 vaggas each, known as paºº±sa (‘fifty’)] (1) M³lapaºº±ssa-p±¼i (the ‘root’ fifty) 1. M³lapariy±yavagga (10 suttas) 2. S²han±davagga (10 suttas) 3. Tatiyavagga (10 suttas) 4. Mah±yamakavagga (10 suttas) 5. C³¼ayamakavagga (10 suttas) (2) Majjhimapaºº±sa-p±¼i (the ‘middle’ fifty) 6. Gahapati-vagga (10 suttas) 7. Bhikkhu-vagga (10 suttas) 8. Paribb±jaka-vagga (10 suttas) 9. R±ja-vagga (10 suttas) 10. Br±hmana-vagga (10 suttas) (3) Uparipaºº±sa-p±¼i (means ‘more than fifty’) 11. Devadaha-vagga (10 suttas) 12. Anupada-vagga (10 suttas) 13. Suññata-vagga (10 suttas) 14. Vibhaªga-vagga (12 suttas) 15. Sa¼±yatana-vagga (10 suttas) 3. Sa½yutta-nik±ya [2,904 (7,762) suttas; 56 sa½yuttas; 5 vaggas; divided into 6 books] (1) Sag±thavagga-sa½yutta-p±¼i (11 sa½yuttas) (2) Nid±navagga-sa½yutta-p±¼i (10 sa½yuttas) (3) Khandavagga-sa½yutta-p±¼i (13 sa½yuttas) (4) Sa¼±yatanavagga-sa½yutta-p±¼i (10 sa½yuttas) (5) Mah±vagga-sa½yutta-p±¼i Vol I ( 6 sa½yuttas) (6) Mah±vagga-sa½yutta-p±¼i Vol II ( 6 sa½yuttas) 4. Aªguttara-nik±ya [9,557 suttas; in11 nip±tas, or groups, arranged purely numerically; each nip±ta has several vaggas; 10 or more suttas in each vagga; 6 books] (1) Eka-Duka-Tika-nipata-p±¼i (ones, twos, threes) (2) Catukka-nipata-p±¼i (fours) (3) Pañcaka-nipata-p±¼i (fives) (4) Chakka-Sattaka-nipata-p±¼i (sixes, sevens) (5) Aμμhaka-Navaka-nipata-p±¼i (eights, nines) (6) Dasaka-Ekadasaka-nipata-p±¼i (tens, elevens) 5. Khuddaka-nik±ya [the collection of small books, a miscellaneous gathering of works in 18 main sections; it includes suttas, compilations of doctrinal notes, histories, verses, and commentarial literature that has been incorporated into the Tipiμaka itself.; 12 books] (1) Kuddhakap±tha,Dhammapada & Ud±na-p±¼i 1. Kuddhakap±tha (nine short formulae and suttas, used as a training manual for novice bhikkhus) 2. Dhammapada (most famous of all the books of the Tipiμaka; a collection of 423 verses in 26 vaggas) 3. Ud±na (in 8 vaggas, 80 joyful utterances of the Buddha, mostly in verses, with some prose accounts of the circumstances that elicited the utterance) (2) Itivuttaka, Suttanip±ta-p±¼i 4. Itivuttaka (4 nip±tas, 112 suttas, each beginning, “iti vutta½ bhagavata” [thus was said by the Buddha]) 5. Suttanip±ta (5 vaggas; 71 suttas, mostly in verse; contains many of the best known, most popular suttas of the Buddha (3) Vim±navatthu, Petavatthu, Therag±th± & Therig±th±-p±¼i 6. Vim±navatthu (Vim±na means mansion; 85 poems in 7 vaggas about acts of merit and rebirth in heavenly realms) 7. Petavatthu (4 vaggas, 51 poems describing the miserable beings [petas] born in unhappy states due to their demeritorious acts) 8. Therag±th± (verses of joy and delight after the attainment of arahatship from 264 elder bhikkhus; 107 poems, 1,279 g±thas) 9. Therig±th± (same as above, from 73 elder nuns; 73 poems, 522 g±thas) (4) J±taka-p±¼i, Vol. I (5) J±taka-p±¼i, Vol II 10. J±taka (birth stories of the Bodisatta prior to his birth as Gotama Buddha; 547 stories in verses, divided into nip±ta according to the number of verses required to tell the story. The full J±taka stories are actually in the J±taka commentaries that explain the story behind the verses. (6) Mah±nidessa-p±¼i (7) C³¼anidessa-p±¼i 11. Nidessa (commentary on two sections of Suttanip±ta) Mah±nidessa: commentary on the 4th vagga C³¼anidessa: commentary on the 5th vagga and the Khaggavis±ºa sutta of the 1st vagga (8) Paμisambhid±magga-p±¼i 12. Paμisambhid±magga (an abhidhamma-style detailed analysis of the Buddha’s teaching, drawn from all portions of the Vin±ya and Sutta Piμakas; three vaggas, each containing ten topics [kath±]) (9) Apad±na-p±¼i, Vol. I 13. Apad±na (tales in verses of the former lives of 550 bhikkhus and 40 bhikkhunis) (10) Apad±na, Buddhava½sa & Cariy±piμaka-p±¼i 14. Buddhava½sa (the history of the Buddhas in which the Buddha, in answer to a question from Ven. Sariputta, tells the story of the ascetic Sumedha and D²paªkara Buddha and the succeeding 24 Buddhas, including Gotama Buddha.) 15. Cariy±piμaka (35 stories from the J±taka arranged to illustrate the ten p±ram²) (11) Nettippakarana, Peμakopadesa-p±¼i 16. Nettippakarana (small treatise setting out methods for interpreting and explaining canonical texts) 17. Peμakopadesa (treatise setting out methods for explaining and expanding the teaching of the Buddha) (12) Milindapañha-p±¼i 18. Milinda-pañha (a record of the questions posed by King Milinda and the answers by Ven. Nagasena; this debate took place ca. 500 years after the mah±parinibb±na of the Buddha)
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