Talk:Tipitaka

if this is the same thing as the Pali canon, why are there two separate articles? Tuf-Kat

I'm not sure it's right to say that Tipitaka and Pali Canon are synonymous. Don't all Buddhists refer to their scriptures as Tipitaka (such as Sanzang in Chinese)? Seems like it would be fairer to move this article back to Pali Canon, and make a new article at Tripitaka to discuss Buddhist scriptures more generally. Nat Krause 09:06, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

hi nat. I agree. Tipitaka is Pāli for the 'three treasuries', and the P;#257;li scriptures are known as the P;#257;li Canon. But yes every Buddhist school has their 'Tripitaka' (Sanksrit) except maybe the Zen school. But Tripitaka is a general name for Buddhist scriptures. The Buddhist pages in Wiki are in the macrocosm, much like the Buddhism is in the microcosm - something of a mish mash. I contemplated tidying the whole thing up at one point, but after re-writing large amounts of the Buddhism page I didn't feel up to attempting a complete redesign from the ground up - so many pages and links to consider!

But yes move Tipitaka back to Pali Canon and start a new page for Buddhist scriptures generally. Maybe look at the traditional classic division into sutra, vinaya, abhidharma, tantra, and commentary. mahābāla 10:20, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Tipitaka and Pali Canon are synonymous. The standard practice is to use Sanskrit for Buddhism in general, Pali for specifically Theravada. Therefore the redirect from this page should be to Pali Canon, not to Tripitaka. Peter jackson 09:13, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In certain contexts, it may be implied that Tipitaka refers to the Pali Canon rather than other collections. However, this is not always the case, and it may simply be that the author was using Pali terms rather than Sanskrit. The usual practice on Wikipedia is to make the Pali term redirect to the Sanskrit term, or vice-versa (depending on the title of the actual page). For example, bhikshu redirects to bhikkhu. For this reason, I am changing this page to redirect to Tripitaka rather than Pali Canon. Tengu800 04:38, 29 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]