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Wikipitaka is an attempt to compile and complete an English translation of the Tipitaka, the Buddhist sacred scripture, and its commentaries in order to enable complete features of online text: searching, browsing, linking, instant editing as well as looking up terms in an online dictionary.

There are now suttas in Wikipitaka. Please help us to grow by contributing. See the To Do page for ideas. It really is easy to help once you get started!

Our Goal
Our goal is to unify a standardized English translation of the Tipitaka. Also, along side with the Tipitaka, we would like to aggregate every aspect of the text: significances, commentaries, and interpretations.

Because there is no online, complete English translation of the Tipitaka, and it is quite a shame for a World Religion like Buddhism not to have one, it is important to compile and complete this online version as soon as possible!

Features
Wikipitaka offers another dimension of Buddhist study. With searching tool, one can easily find a passage in the massive Tipitaka in a second. Also, in reading the text, one can find a link to the Encyclopedia of Buddhism (only accessible to Stanford students) which will help readers with the understanding of some Pali terminologies used in the translation.

The expansive characteristic of Wikipitaka will create an extensive tool to study Buddhism at every level and for every purpose.

To start, you may visit our Wikipitaka:help on Basic Navigation

Join Us!
The Buddha said: A gift of Dhamma conquers all gifts. Dhammapada XXIV, 354

Help us carry out this great mission, giving this great gift to the world, by sharing the profound Dhamma of the Buddha.

This is the excellent chance to make some Great Karma. By reading and sharing your insight with us, you have accumulated the perfection of wisdom (panna paramitta), for yourself as well as for the world.

How to Help "Completing the Tipitaka"
Simply pickup your Tipitaka or any of the scriptures at hand and translate! You may help us transcribe some translations that available in hardcopy, with proper citation, if you do not want to translate them yourself.

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Maha-satipatthana Sutta
Maha-satipatthana Sutta offers comprehensive practical instructions on the development of mindfulness in meditation. The Buddha describes how the development of continuous mindfulness of the four satipatthana ("foundations of mindfulness" or "frames of reference"), mindfulness of the body, of feelings, of the mind, and of mind-objects, can lead ultimately to full Awakening.

Satipatthana Sutta is oftertime referred in the broad conception of Buddhist meditation in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. Satipatthana is a way of implementing the right mindfulness and, less directly, the right concentration parts of the Noble Eightfold Path. Satipatthana meditation goes hand-in-hand with vipassana, samatha or calming meditation, and anapana meditation. Satipatthana is practiced with the aims of vipassana and most often in the context of Theravada Buddhism although the principles are also practiced in most traditions of Buddhism which emphasize meditation such as the Zen or Soto Zen tradition.

There is also Satipatthana Sutta or sutra which is also known as the Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness. This sutta explains how to systematically cultivate mindful awareness or sati.

Dhammapada
The Dhammapada is an ancient and revered text in Buddhism, especially in Theravada Buddhism. It is one of the most loved and the most cited passages in the Tipitaka because it is one of the more approachable texts in the Buddist canon.

Dhammapada is highly regarded as both poetry and moral teaching. It is one of the texts in the Khuddaka Nikaya (the "Minor Collection"), which is one of the five collections in the Sutta Pitaka. The Sutta Pitaka is one of the three "baskets" of texts in the Tipitaka, the great Pali corpus of Buddhist texts, among the oldest extant Buddhist writings.

Also, Dhammapada contains many short sayings of the Buddha. Many mottos of many Buddhist schools in Thailand are from Dhammapada.

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Passages in Dhammapada

 * Appamadavagga: Heedfulness (21-32)
 * Cittavagga: The Mind (33-43)
 * Pupphavagga: Flowers (44-59)
 * Balavagga: The Fool (60-75)
 * Panditavagga: The Wise (76-89)
 * Arahantavagga: The Arahant (90-99)
 * Sahassavagga: Thousands (100-115)
 * Papavagga: Evil (116-128)
 * Dandavagga: Violence (129-145)
 * Jaravagga: Old Age (146-156)
 * Attavagga: The Self (157-166)
 * Lokavagga: The World (167-178)
 * Buddhavagga: The Buddha (179-196)
 * Sukhavagga: Happiness (197-208)
 * Piyavagga: Affection (209-220)
 * Kodhavagga: Anger (221-234)
 * Malavagga: Impurity (235-255)
 * Dhammatthavagga: The Just (256-272)
 * Maggavagga: The Path (273-289)
 * Pakinnakavagga: Miscellany (290-305)
 * Nirayavagga: Hell (306-319)
 * Nagavagga: Elephants (320-333)
 * Bhikkhuvagga: Monks (360-382)
 * Brahmanavagga: Brahmans (383-423)


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