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REFERENCES Buddhist canon.
Tipitaka Buddhist canon (Tripitaka - "three baskets") came to us in several versions, but only one of them, carried theravadinov school, remained completely. In contrast to the canons of other schools, which, judging from the surviving fragments were composed in Sanskrit canon theravadinov got hold on the Pali language, so it is commonly called the "Pali". Making the Pali version went on for almost four centuries: the oldest of the works included in it can be attributed to V. BC. e., later - to the II century. BC. Oe. During this time the texts were recorded and passed on mainly by word of mouth. Record of the canon was in Ceylon about 80 BC. Oe.
Tipitaka consists of three large arches ("baskets"). This Vinaya Pitaka, Sutta Pitaka and Abhidhamma-Pitaka-. Each of the large vaults include several small, small, in turn, have internal partitions, which are often independent of the book. In general, the immense literature of the Buddhist canon can be distinguished two streams. One form works, scientists devoted exclusively to monastic audience, in which questions of Buddhist teaching are developed in depth and complexity, the other - works, addressed to the uninitiated, which give only the most general idea of the Buddhist ideal of Widely used forms of folk and not averse to entertaining. For each of these flows is characterized by their genres.
Sutta.
Sutta-high main genre (scientific) literature canon. In its origin it is associated with the practice of teaching young monks and preaching to the intra-. Sutta is made as a legend of the conversations that led the Buddha during his endless travels (hence the formula introductions: "Thus have I heard"). This attachment to tradition, the figure of the teacher, as well as the dialogic form of discourse pulls together, despite differences in style, composition and nature of the dialogue with the ancient Upanishads.
Event-side sutta is very simple and monotonous. Buddha talks with either monks accompanying him on the road, or the inhabitants of those places where he has to stop. During the conversation, he instructs his interlocutor, instruction may be brief, but often grows into a long sermon. If the source of the Buddha - not a monk, then, after hearing counsel, he immediately decides to become a follower of Buddhism. As uniform events Sutta, so monotonous, and her style. Features of the style, abundant in the formulas and repetitions, are generated on the one hand, the terms of oral transmission and recording of texts, and with another - the practice of ceremonial recitations suttas, which took place during the monthly meetings of the Buddhist community. |
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