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Buddha
Tipitaka
The Pali Canon
The Tipitaka (Pali ti, “three,” + pitaka,
“baskets”), or Pali canon, is the collection of primary Pali language
texts which form the doctrinal foundation of Theravada Buddhism. The Tipitaka
and the paracanonical
Pali texts (commentaries,
chronicles,
etc.) together constitute the complete body of classical Theravada texts.
The Pali canon is a vast body of literature: in English translation the
texts add up to thousands of printed pages. Most (but not all) of the Canon has
already been published in English over the years. Although only a small
fraction of these texts are available on this website, this collection can be a
good place to start.
The three divisions of the Tipitaka are:
The collection of texts concerning
the rules of conduct governing the daily affairs within the Sangha โ the
community of bhikkhus (ordained monks) and bhikkhunis (ordained
nuns). Far more than merely a list of rules, the Vinaya Pitaka also includes
the stories behind the origin of each rule, providing a detailed account of the
Buddha’s solution to the question of how to maintain communal harmony within a
large and diverse spiritual community.
The collection of suttas, or
discourses, attributed to the Buddha and a few of his closest disciples,
containing all the central teachings of Theravada Buddhism. (More than nine
hundred sutta translations are available on this website.) The suttas are
divided among five nikayas (collections):
ยท
Digha Nikaya โ
the “long collection”
ยท
Majjhima Nikaya
โ the “middle-length collection”
ยท
Samyutta Nikaya
โ the “grouped collection”
ยท
Anguttara Nikaya
โ the “further-factored collection”
ยท
Khuddaka Nikaya
โ the “collection of little texts”:
o
Udana
o
Jataka
o
Niddesa
o
Patisambhidamagga
o
Apadana
o
Buddhavamsa
o
Cariyapitaka
o
Nettippakarana (included only in the Burmese
edition of the Tipitaka)
o
Petakopadesa ( ” ”
)
o
Milindapaรฑha
( ” ” )
The collection of texts in which
the underlying doctrinal principles presented in the Sutta Pitaka are reworked
and
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C.M. condemns incident involving Dharmdeo Narain Rai’s death in Mumbai Mayawati blames it on Centre, Maharashtra Atiq Khan LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has condemned In a letter to the Centre and the Maharashtra government on The Chief Minister accused the Centre and the Maharashtra government Dharamdeo Rai, migrant labourer from Goria Ghat village in Sant Lucknow: After only three months in Maharashtra, Dharamdev Ramnarain The 25-year-old from Goriya Ghat village in east Uttar Pradeshโs The humanities graduate who found work in a steel manufacturing unit His wife is expecting their second child.
His grieving father Ram Narain Rai, a teacher in a local school in Detailing the events of the night, Mr. Rai told IANS over the phone: โBut just as the train reached Badlapur station (in neighbouring
โMy son and his friends Virendra and Satya Prakash kept on pleading He added that Dharamdev was hit on the head with an iron rod and could not recover. He was declared brought dead when police turned up about 30 minutes later and took him to the nearest hospital. — IANS 185 farmers committed suicide in Karnataka in first half of 2008-09Nagesh Prabhu BANGALORE: The number of reported cases of farmer suicides in The Stateโs agricultural sector has been facing a plethora of The global economic slowdown is likely to depress the prices of The State has not been able meet the sowing target set for the The two drought-prone districts of Kolar and Chikkaballapur, and |
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Uttar Pradesh : One year of development and progress
Steps towards social Democracy
Ms. Mayawati
assumed office of the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the fourth time. Out
of the five year term given by the electorate, she has completed first year of
her rule on May, 2008.
During
the short period, her Government fulfilled its promise made to the people to
bring an end to the โJungle Rajโ and put an effective check on extortion of the
โgoonda taxโ by enforcing the โrule of law by the lawโ for 17 crore people of
the State and creating an ideal climate for all round development of the State.
This augured well for people who gave expression to their feelings in the
recently held by-polls for two Parliamentary seats and three Assembly seats in
which all the BSP candidates won with big margins.. It was priceless gift of
the Mighty Great Minded People of Uttar
Pradesh to the Chief Minister, Ms. Mayawati, one month ahead of the completion
of one year in office.
Last
one year evidenced State Governmentโs resolve to deal with criminals with an
iron hand. This resulted in total normalcy on the law and order front. No
untoward incident took place during the period and all the religious and
national festivals passed off peacefully. Her Government took several historic
and bold decisions which will go down in the history as epoch making. These
decisions are aimed at bettering the lot of deprived and weaker sections of the
society who have been suffering for a long time. This presages the glimmer of
hope in the eyes and smile on the lips of millions of people who found a
messaiah in Ms. Mayawat.
The
decisions like connecting Ballia with NOIDA by Ganga
Express-Way,
Providing employment opportunities to
thousands of people by filling backlog vacancies,
Appointing more than one lakh Arogya
Rakshakas (Protectors of lives of all beings),
Recruitment of 88,0000 primary school
teachers and lifting ban on the recruitment of general category candidates,
Striking at the roots of corruption,
Non-acquisition of of farming land by the
government for industrial purposes,
Banning of auction of small farmersโ land by
the banks,
Opening of big hospitals, medical colleges
and institutions for providing better health and education to common people are
such noteworthy decisions which are bound to have far reaching impact on the
progress of the State. The constructive and positive steps taken by Ms.
Mayawati and her constructive approach would prove milestone in the direction
of transforming Uttar Pradesh into a better and prosperous State.
During
the last 57 years, the State was burdened with loans amounting to crores of
rupees due to the wrong economic policies pursued by previous governments. The
Country has a poor record on distribution of wealth. The economic situation
worsened and the public welfare works could not be carried out in a proper way.
Keeping in view, the problems pertaining to medical and health, education,
power supply and drought conditions of Bundelkhand, the State government
demanded a package of Rs. 80,000 crore from the Central Government. But the
Union Government did not pay attention to it. The Central Government did not
release full amount of the schemes and whatever amount was released was done in
the last days of March. Consequently, the State Government undertook works with
its own resources and got them completed.
Vinay Shankar Tiwari from Gorakhpur in Eastern Uttar Pradesh or somenearby seat on a BSP ticket. His elder son Kushal Tiwari had won
Khalilabad Lok Sabha by-elections on BSP ticket early this year. With
an aim of sending his two sons to Lok Sabha, Tiwari is trying to
strengthen his position in eastern U.P. to counter Hindu Yuva Vahini
chief Yogi Adityanathโs increasing influence. The ruling BSP is
expected to help him in this endeavour.
In a bid to ensure the entry of his son Mahesh Verma into Lok
Sabha, former Speaker of the Assembly Dhaniram Verma has switched to
BSP. The BSP has also named him as party candidate from the Kannauj
seat.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama stands with former President Bill Clinton at a rally in Florida.
Obama is America’s future: Bill Clinton
Washington, October 30: : Democratic White House
front-runner Barack Obama and party veteran Bill Clinton have buried
the hatchet six days before the polls, with the former President
appealing to people to vote for the Illinois Senator who represented
“America’s future”.
“Are you ready for a new President? And are you ready for this
(Obama) new President,” Clinton said during his first joint appearance
with the Democratic nominee for the November 4 polls at a rally in
Kissimmee, Florida last night.
Clinton, whose wife Hillary abandoned her bid for White House
in June after losing in primaries to Obama, told a huge gathering of
over 30,000 people that he was “honoured” to voice his support for the
47-year-old Senator from Illinois.
“The presidential campaign is the greatest job interview in the
world. And on Tuesday, you get to make the hire,” he said, describing
Obama as “America’s future.”
Most US groups back Obama
By Kenneth J. Cooper
BOSTON
Oct. 29: To win an American election, it takes a broad coalition,
and Mr Barack Obama appears to have assembled one, recent polls
indicate.
The Democratic presidential nominee leads or ties Mr John McCain in
almost every demographic group when the electorate is sliced by age,
gender, income or race. By a wide margin, young voters in their 20s
have long favoured Obama, who is 47. The elderly, once sceptical
because of his relative inexperience, have shifted since the stock
market collapse hit their retirement accounts. Mr Obama and Mr McCain,
72, now run about even among voters age 65 and older.
Mr Obama has a big advantage among women, reflecting a “gender gap”
that has benefited Democrats. But Mr McCain appears to have lost the
clear Republican edge with men. Various polls show either an even
split, or an advantage for Mr McCain or Mr Obama.
A poll for Reuters puts Mr Obama ahead with voters from every income
group except those who earn more than $100,000 a year. That prosperous
group tends to favour Republicans because of the partyโs opposition to
higher taxes.
With the majority of voters who are white, Mr Obama runs even with
Mr McCain in a New York Times poll, and two points behind in the
Reuters survey. Mr Obama has an overwhelming edge with fellow black
Americans, and not quite as large a margin with Hispanics.
When race and class are combined, polls for the Times and Newsweek
magazine show Mr Obama with a surprising lead among working-class
whites.
Many had looked askance at a black candidate who attended elite
colleges. But the bad economy appears to have changed some of their
minds. Mr Obama leads by a marginal two points in the Newsweek poll,
but by a solid 10 points in the Times poll.
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