Tripiṭaka: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
No edit summary
Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
Undid revision 1210625107 by 194.230.254.140 (talk)
Line 32:
[[File:Tipitaka scripture.jpg|thumb|Tripiṭaka manuscript from [[Thailand]]]]
[[File:TipitakaGoldPlates.jpg|thumb|Tripiṭaka manuscripts on Gold Plate, [[Burma]]]]
[[File:Korea-Haeinsa Tripitaka Koreana woodblock 2770-06a.jpg|thumb|220x220px|The woodblock of [[Tripitaka Koreana|Tripiṭaka Koreana]] in [[Haeinsa|Hawaii]], [[Hapcheon County|Hapcheon, South Korea]]]]
[[File:022 Writing the Tipitaka (9205327270).jpg|thumb|Tripiṭaka writing]]
[[File:Mandalay kuthodaw.jpg|thumb|The [[Kuthodaw Pagoda]], consisting of 729 [[stupa]]s containing the [[world's largest book]], the Tripiṭaka on marble tablets, at [[Mandalay]], [[Myanmar]]]]
Line 41:
The [[Pāli Canon]] maintained by the [[Theravada|Theravāda tradition]] in [[Buddhism in Southeast Asia|Southeast Asia]], the [[Chinese Buddhist canon|Chinese Buddhist Canon]] maintained by the [[East Asian Buddhism|East Asian Buddhist tradition]], and the [[Tibetan Buddhist canon|Tibetan Buddhist Canon]] maintained by the [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhist tradition]] are some of the most important ''Tripiṭaka'' in contemporary Buddhist world.<ref name="British Library" />
 
''Tripiṭaka'' has become a term used for many schools' collections, although their general divisions do not match a strict division into three piṭakas.<ref name=":0">Mizuno, ''Essentials of BuddhiversionBuddhism'', 1972, English version by Ritik Bhadana, Tokyo, 1996</ref>
 
== Etymology ==