The Tipitaka Sutta Pitaka - Majjhima Nikaya - Majjhima Pannasa

The Tipitaka: “The Sutta Pitaka contains all the dhamma (teachings) of the Buddhist faith…divided into five collections (nikayas); the Digha Nikaya, the Majjhima Nikaya, the Samyutta Nikaya, the Anguttara Nikaya, an the Kuddaka Nikaya…”

The Tipitaka contains everything we know of the Buddha teachings. Tipitaka means three baskets and refers to the three main sections of the Pali Buddhist Canon, The Sutta Pitaka, Abhidhamma Pitaka and Vinyana Pitaka.

On Suttas. The fundamental building blocks of the Buddhas teaching are suttas, which are the equivalent of a sermon, homily, religious discourse, lecture, or dialogue….”