The three pitakas are Sutta Pitaka, Abhidhamma Pitaka and Vinaya Pitaka. Sutta Pitaka It has around 10 thousand sutras related to Buddha and his close associates.

The Pali Canon, which records what are believed to be the Buddha’s words, is divided into three parts, called the Tipitaka, or the Three Baskets: (1) the Sutta Pitaka, collections of stories and ...

Tipitaka, in Pali, as in Tripitaka in Sanskrit, means 'Three Baskets' and refers to the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism, comprising three collections: the Vinaya Pitaka (Sangha rules), the Sutta ...

the Sutta Pitaka (teachings of the Buddha) This contains the whole of Buddhist philosophy and ethics. It includes the Dhammapada which contains the essence of Buddha's teaching.

Traditional Theravāda relies heavily on the Pāli Canon, particularly the Sutta Pitaka, where the Buddha’s earliest recorded teachings are found. Monks and laymen study these texts as a ...