"Paracanonical texts" is used by Western scholars to refer to various texts on the fringes of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism (cf. Apocrypha), usually...

the fact that Theravāda rejects the authenticity of the Mahayana sutras (which appeared c. 1st century BCE onwards). Modern Theravāda derives from the...

commentaries on the commentaries (Pali: aṭṭhakathā) on the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism, written in Sri Lanka. This literature continues the commentaries'...

Path of Purification), is the 'great treatise' on Buddhist practice and Theravāda Abhidhamma written by Buddhaghosa approximately in the 5th century in...

Tripiṭaka), the canon of the Theravāda school. It consists of seven sections or books. There are also three Abhidhamma type texts which are found in the Khuddaka...

of Buddhism in China: Han or Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Theravada Buddhism. There is no definitive answer to the time when Buddhism was...

doctrine of "non-self" Anupiṭaka Greco-Buddhism Khuddaka Nikāya Paracanonical texts (Theravada Buddhism) Ship of Theseus Pesala (Bhikkhu.) (1991). The Debate...

Nyanatiloka Mahathera Pali Literature Pali Text Society Palm-leaf manuscript Paracanonical texts (Theravada Buddhism) Pariyatti (bookstore) Pitakataik...

Lankavong Theravāda, and numerous monasteries, Buddha images and stupas were built during the Sukhothai period. The study of Pali Buddhist texts was also...

certain esoteric practices, views and texts within Theravada Buddhism. It is sometimes referred to as Tantric Theravada due to its parallel with tantric traditions...

what are generally considered to be the earliest texts. When found in later texts (e.g., the paracanonical Milindapañha), it generically refers to state...

inscriptions do not refer to this council or the schism. According to Theravāda sources, the Theravāda school maintains the Vibhajjavāda doctrines that were agreed...

Burmese: ဆဋ္ဌမသင်္ဂါယနာ; Sinhala: ඡට්ඨ සංගායනා) was a general council of Theravāda Buddhism, held in a specially built Mahā Pāsāṇa Guhā (Great Cave) and...

commentaries on the Pali Canon Pali Paracanonical texts (Theravada Buddhism), inspirational and devotional texts in Pali Pali Dome, a volcano in British...

various texts on different topics: Mahaparitta - A small collection of texts taken from the Suttapitaka Suttasamgaha - A selection of texts from the...

Study of the Abhidhamma Pitaka and Theravāda Abhidhamma is a traditional specialty pursued in depth by some Theravada monks. The Abhidhamma Pitaka is also...

philosopher and commentator of the Theravada, but is also criticised for his departures from the canonical texts[citation needed]. The name Buddhaghosa...

four sublime states (Brahmaviharas) and one of the ten pāramīs of the Theravāda school of Buddhism. The cultivation of benevolence (mettā bhāvanā) is...

Patthana Anupitaka — non-canonical or extra-canonical Pāli literature Paracanonical texts Commentaries — commentaries on the Tipitaka Subcommentaries — commentaries...

determination" and "resolute determination." In the late canonical literature of Theravada Buddhism, adhiṭṭhāna is one of the ten "perfections" (dasa pāramiyo),...

of the Tripiṭaka, the definitive canonical collection of scripture of Theravada Buddhism. The other two parts of the Tripiṭaka are the Sutta Piṭaka and...

Canon Paracanonical texts (Theravada Buddhism) Atthakatha Khuddaka Nikaya List of Pali Canon anthologies Pali literature Subcommentaries, Theravada Matthews...

(1881). Vinaya Texts. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Retrieved 26 Sep 2007 from "Internet Sacred Texts Archive" at http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe13/index...

Text Society, volume XXVIII Bollée in Pratidanam (Kuiper Festshcrift), pub Mouton, the Hague/Paris, 1968 The Guide, Pali Text Society Paracanonical texts...

there is considerable agreement across versions, the Sanskrit and Chinese texts are more or less identical to each other and both slightly different from...

of the Tripiṭaka, the definitive canonical collection of scripture of Theravada Buddhism. The other two parts of the Tripiṭaka are the Vinaya Piṭaka (Basket...

from Sanskrit into Chinese. Among these texts is the Mahāyāna Mahāprajñāpāramitā Mañjuśrīparivarta Sūtra. This text was separately translated by both monks...

beautiful mental factors in Theravāda Abhidhamma tradition cittapassaddhi is one of beautiful mental factors in Theravāda Abhidhamma tradition the seven...

Paññā Paññāsa Jātaka Papañca Parable of the Poisoned Arrow Paracanonical texts (Theravada Buddhism) Paramartha Paramita Parinibbana (Parinirvana) Parinibbana...

themselves with the original Sthavira sect of India. The Dīpavaṃsa lauds the Theravāda as a "great banyan tree," and dismissively portrays the other early Buddhist...