སྡེ་སྣོད། | Glossary of Terms
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སྡེ་སྣོད།
- sde snod
- piṭaka
- Term
- piṭaka
- སྡེ་སྣོད།
- sde snod
- piṭaka
A collection of canonical texts according to subject, the piṭakas are usually Vinaya, Sūtra and Abhidharma. There is also, as in this sūtra, the collection of Mahāyana teachings known as the bodhisattvapiṭaka. Originates from the term “baskets” originally used to contain these collections.
- piṭaka
- སྡེ་སྣོད།
- sde snod
- piṭaka
A collection of canonical texts according to subject, the piṭakas are usually Vinaya, Sūtra, and Abhidharma. It can also refer, as in this sūtra, to the collection of the Mahāyana teachings, which is known as the bodhisattva-piṭaka. The word originates from the term “baskets,” originally used to contain these collections.
- collections
- སྡེ་སྣོད།
- sde snod
- piṭaka
Literally, the “baskets,” or collections containing the Buddha’s teachings.