Published On:Wednesday 10 September 2014
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Buddha’s Teachings
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The teachings of Lord Buddha in the course of 45 years of his Buddhahood have been divided into three collections called Tripitaka in pali, meaning “Three Baskets” literally.
The first collection is known as “Sutta Pitaka”. It is the conventional teaching in which Buddha used common vocabulary to explain His teaching. Practical aspects of tranquility meditation and insight meditation are included in this collection.
The second collection is called “Vinaya Pitaka”. It is the authoritative teaching in which Buddha used His authority over the monks to lay down rules and disciplines for them to follow. These disciplines embody the highest code of ethics and can surely purify one’s action, speech and thought, thus making one noble and respectful.
The third collection is “Abhidhamma Pitaka”. It is the higher teaching of the Buddha. Here Buddha employed abstract terms to describe the ultimate realties in the Universe and Nibbana which is the highest goal of Buddhism.
So Abidhamma may be regarded as the ultimate teaching of Lord Buddha.
The principles and the causal relations which Buddha expounded in Abhidhamma are so natural, so logical and so beautiful that they can pin point the root cause of miseries in the world and the ways to eradicate these miseries. The most wonderful thing about Buddha’s teaching is that the teaching contain both theory and practice, and they clearly and exactly define the human values, the best moral code, the eternal peace and the noble eightfold path leading to that peace. All these valuable teachings have been verified tine and again by millions of Ariyas. i.e., noble persons who had trodden on the path, and can still be verified at any time any an able person who will earnestly and steadfastly follow the path. [ Source: https://www.facebook.com/soshanvumi ]
The first collection is known as “Sutta Pitaka”. It is the conventional teaching in which Buddha used common vocabulary to explain His teaching. Practical aspects of tranquility meditation and insight meditation are included in this collection.
The second collection is called “Vinaya Pitaka”. It is the authoritative teaching in which Buddha used His authority over the monks to lay down rules and disciplines for them to follow. These disciplines embody the highest code of ethics and can surely purify one’s action, speech and thought, thus making one noble and respectful.
The third collection is “Abhidhamma Pitaka”. It is the higher teaching of the Buddha. Here Buddha employed abstract terms to describe the ultimate realties in the Universe and Nibbana which is the highest goal of Buddhism.
So Abidhamma may be regarded as the ultimate teaching of Lord Buddha.
The principles and the causal relations which Buddha expounded in Abhidhamma are so natural, so logical and so beautiful that they can pin point the root cause of miseries in the world and the ways to eradicate these miseries. The most wonderful thing about Buddha’s teaching is that the teaching contain both theory and practice, and they clearly and exactly define the human values, the best moral code, the eternal peace and the noble eightfold path leading to that peace. All these valuable teachings have been verified tine and again by millions of Ariyas. i.e., noble persons who had trodden on the path, and can still be verified at any time any an able person who will earnestly and steadfastly follow the path. [ Source: https://www.facebook.com/soshanvumi ]
