Yellow Robe - A Real Buddhist's Journal

1. Where can I download the Pali Canon
(FAQs/Pali Canon)

You may visit http://www.tipitaka.org/ to download.  ...

2. What is the Pali Canon (Tipitaka)
(Pali Canon/General)

The authentic teachings of Gotama the Buddha have been preserved and handed down to us and are to be found in the Tipiṭaka. The Pāli word, Tipiṭaka', literally means `the three baskets' (ti=three + piṭaka=collections ...

3. The Progress of Insight
(Practice/Meditation)

... after the passing away of the Buddha. Then the Venerable Upali and the Venerable Ananda answered the questions. At the Sixth Council, it was Tipitakadhara Dhammabhandagarika Ashin Vicittasarabhivamsa who ...

4. Money Rules for Buddhist Monks and Nuns - by Dhamminda Bhikkhu
(Practice/General)

... Thera and he having such a bowl, filled it with ghee and gave it away to the sangha. Tipitaka Culanaga Thera′s disciple also had such a bowl, and so the Thera caused it to be filled with ghee and given ...

5. Biography of Venerable U Silananda Sayadaw
(Books/U Silananda Sayadaw)

... and Daw Ngwe Saw. Education He received his early years' education at Kelly High School, an American Baptist Mission School for boys, in Mandalay. He had his religious education in Tipitaka (Buddhist ...

6. Biography of Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
(Books/Mahasi Sayadaw)

... (the Exalted Wise One). The Sixth Buddhist Council This huge hall was built to house the Sixth Buddhist Council convened in 1955 to recite the Pali Tipitaka and authenticate the texts. On the ...

7. What is Nibbana
(Teachings/Nibbana)

... attained nibbāna after practising for only a week or two, I would be very sceptical, unless they had done a lot of meditation previously. Although there are plenty of accounts in the Tipitaka of rapid ...

8. Where to Find Authentic Teachings
(Teachings/General)

The authentic teachings of Gotama the Buddha have been preserved and handed down to us and are to be found in the Tipitaka. The Pali word, 'Tipitaka', literally means 'the three baskets' (ti-three + pitaka ...

9. Buddhist Councils and Schism References
(Credits/References)

...  Teachings of Tipitaka - Buddha Minders http://www.buddhamind.info/leftside/teachings/ti-pi2.htm Basic Buddhism - The Golden Land Myanmar http://www.myanmar.com/buddhism/councils.html  ...

10. Sri Lanka Timeline
(History/Sects and Schism)

...  Devanampiya - Tissa: B.C. 307 - 267 Arrival in Ceylon of the Arahant Mahinda bringing Pali Tipitaka with Commentaries; Commentaries translated into Sinhalese; Great Monastery founded. ...

11. The Sixth Buddhist Council
(History/Buddhist Councils)

... questions about the Dhamma to the Venerable Bhadanta Vicittasarabhivamsa, who answered all of them learnedly and satisfactorily. The Council took two years, and the Tipitaka and its allied literature ...

12. The Fifth Buddhist Council
(History/Buddhist Councils)

... Mahathera Sumangalasami in the company of 2,400 monks. Their joint Dhamma recitation lasted five months.   It was also the work of this council to cause the entire Tipitaka to be inscribed on ...

13. The Fourth Buddhist Council
(History/Buddhist Councils)

... majority of monks to retain the entire Tipitaka in their memories as had been the case formerly for the Venerable Mahinda and those who followed him soon after. Therefore, as the art of writing had, by ...