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-Most
cultures have a written set
of beliefs that constitute
the code of values and moral
laws for that particular
culture, in Buddhism it is
called Tripitaka.
In all
countries people share
different beliefs and
values due to a variety of
factors. Religion is one of
the most important factors
that shape the society in
terms of its cultural
beliefs, traditions,
philosophical, ethical and
esthetic ideas. This
beliefs, rules and values
for Buddhists are written
and called Tripitaka. The
Tripitaka (sometimes also
written Tipitaka) in
Buddhism is available
translated into several
languages, among other
Tripitaka English, Tripitaka
Korean, Chinese and
Japanese, plus in several
languages of the Indian
subcontinent, Tibetan and
Sri Lanka.
-Now the question is what is
the Tripitaka?
The
Tripitaka means three
baskets in Sanskrit and
Tipitaka is the writing in
Pali. The word Tripitaka is
used to define the canonical
texts or Buddhist
scriptures. Different
versions of the scriptures
have been introduced into
Buddhism over the last 2000
years, there are many
Tripitaka definition. The
sacred canon of the
Hinayana or Theravada
Buddhism, was put together
250 years after Buddha's
departure to Nirvana at the
third Buddhist council in
Pataliputra in India.
Mahinda a younger brother or
son of King Ashoka brought
these texts to Ceylon or Sri
Lanka.
The Tipitaka is divided
into three parts: the
Vinaya-pitaka or code of
ethics, the Sutra-pitaka or
basket of Buddha teaching,
has many text variants.
The third is the
Abhidhamma-pitaka ( "basket
of scholasticism"). These
three main collections of
texts fall again plenty of
different parts.
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Integrated
into the Tripitaka are the
Jatakas or picture story,
a visual interpretation of
Buddha's life. The Jatakas
stories are a important part
in the visual arts of the
particular country.
The probably oldest and most
known version of the
Tripitaka are the Pali
scriptures of the Theravada
Buddhism version. Aeside of the Tripitaka
texts Jatakas illustrate the
legendary stories of
adventures Gautama Buddha
has experienced in his 550
incarnations before he became
the Buddha. He was
the king of the
monkeys, the
parrots, the
elephant, the king
of Benares and Kalinga
and adviser to other kings,
hermits, monks, Brahmins
etc. Each of its
incarnations in his previous
life has a special dedicated
Jataka, there is more
about the
jatakas and the Tripitaka.
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The very first Tripitaka texts
were formed at group
councils of the Sangha
(monastic orders). A senior
monk asked a series of
questions to assembled monks, sometimes
numbering thousands. They
replied by reciting the
appropriate portion of the
canon. The
Buddha's teachings
were preserved in
this way for about
400 years, until
Theravada monks
wrote them down in Pali.
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In the Mahayana
Buddhism a
different version of
Tripitaka
developed. A
main Mahayana scripture,
the Lotus Sutra,
uses the term
Tripitaka to refer
to the literature of the
early schools. On the
other hand, the term Tripitaka
had tended to become
synonymous with
Buddhist scriptures,
and thus continued
to be used for Chinese, Tibetan,
Thai and Myanmar or
Burmese collections.
The Chinese form of
Tripitaka, "Sanzang" was sometimes
used as an honorary
title for a
Buddhist
monk who has
mastered all the Tripiṭaka canons,
in particular in the
case of the Tang
Dynasty monk Xuanzang, whose
pilgrimage to India
to study and bring
Buddhist scriptures back
to China was
portrayed in the
novel Journey to the
West as "Tang Sanzang".
Because of the
popularity of the
story, the term in "Sanzang"
is often erroneously
understood
as a name of the
monk Xuanzang.
One such screen
version of this is
the popular 1979
Monkey TV series.
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Here is a picture
of the Buddhist Tripitaka from a
old monastery at
Bagan, Burma or
Myanmar. In the
Monasteries at Bagan
are still many old
Tripitaka to see. If
you want to have a
look you need to go
with a experienced
tour guide. |
-The Tripitaka War
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In
1056 A.D., in
Myanmar or Burma,
the Buddhist Monk
Shin Arahan,
came from Thaton to
Bagan. The dedicated
Buddhist monk met a
dynamic King
Anawrahta and they
started to make
historic changes at
the capital of that
time, Bagan and
later to all
Myanmar.
Anawrahta became a
pure Theravada
Buddhist with
great dedication.
First of all he
abolished the Ari
sect. To foster the
Buddhism, he needed
Buddhist scriptures
or Tripitaka. King
Manuha of Thaton in
southern Myanmar had
Buddhist scriptures
but bluntly refused
to share them with
Anawrahta. In 1057
A.D. Anawrahta made
war on Thaton (1057
A.D.), destroyed the
Mon dynasty and
thirty one elephant
loads of the
Buddhist scriptures
were carried to
Bagan.
Manuha and his
family were taken
prisoners and
about 30.000 Mon
crafts men, artistes
and skilled workers
were also brought to
Bagan. Out of this
historic event
Myanmar or Burma
emerged as a leading
Buddhist country.
Shin Arahan,
Buddhist scriptures,
Mon craftsmen and
Anawrahta, with his
people together
started building the
glorious Bagan.
Bagan people, during
Anawrahta reign
and after, became so
well-versed in the
Buddhist scriptures
that, it is said,
even village girls
could discuss
metaphysics with the
learned monks from
great monasteries.
In
the years after
Anawrahta's death
persons among the
royal class —
King Kyaswa,
Princess Thanbyin
and others became
great teacher of
Buddhism and held
held regular classes
teaching monks the
Tripitaka in Pali
and Sanskrit texts.
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Buddha at
Bagan

The
Myanmar or Burma
Pagoda and Temple
City of Bagan |
-Buddha teachings
come as Buddhism
scriptures or the
Buddhist bible.
Over time a lot
of variants of
Buddha's teaching
has developed.
The main streams
are manifested in
two religious
scriptures, one
is the Theravada
Buddhism direction
and the other is
Mahayana Buddhism
plus countless
sub directions.
Also a lot of
different mediums
were used for a
Tripitaka. Some
form of paper,
bamboo slab, palm
leaf, inscriptions
in walls at various
Buddhist Temple,
but all finally are
for the purpose to
preserve history and
to proliferate Buddhist
tradition
and teaching.
Probably the
largest book ever
has been a Tripitaka
buildup at the
Kuthodaw pagoda in
Mandalay Myanmar or
Burma.
This Myanmar
Tripitaka stone
libraries has
hundreds of marble
slabs with the
Buddhist canonical
texts of the
Tripitaka inscribed.
729 marble slabs
with the whole of
the Tripitaka (Pali
canon) in the
Theravada Buddhism
version are on
display. Each stone
table with Buddhist
scriptures is housed
in a small shrines.
Aside of this
religious scripture
at the Myanmar
Buddhist temple
there are the Jakata
Stories, in modern
words it could be
defined as a book
full of comics
depicting the
lifecycles of the
Buddha. The Jakata
stories are a part
of the Tripitaka in
visual form and
there are many.
Alone in the
Pahtodawgyi Pagoda
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Kuthodaw
Pagoda |

Buddhist
Scriptures |

Largest Book |
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at Amarapura is a set of 550
Jataka plaques carved in
marble.
Buddhist monks are the
keeper of the Buddhist
scriptures and
traditions in various
pagodas, temples and
Buddhist monasteries. |
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Buddhism,
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