It was on the Poson full moon day in June 306 B.C. (i.e. 237 years after the demise of the Buddha), that Arhat Mahinda formally introduced Buddhism including the Tripitaka to Sri Lanka. According to ...

Q9: What are the three baskets of Buddhist scriptures called?Answer: The Tripitaka (Vinaya Pitaka, Sutta Pitaka, Abhidhamma Pitaka) are Buddhist scriptures containing rules, teachings, and philosophy.

Over five hundred monks from 12 different countries have gathered in Nepal's Lumbini for fourth edition of the International ...

The Tripitaka Koreana or Palman Daejanggyeong is a Korean collection of the Tripitaka, or Buddhist scriptures. Carved onto 81,258 wooden printing blocks, it is the essence of Buddhist culture and the ...

Kuthodaw Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa in Myanmar. It houses over 700 slabs inscribed with the Tripitaka. Each slab is 1.5 m tall and together they form what some people think may be the world’s ...

The four-day event, aimed at promoting peace and brotherhood, started with a colourful procession and the lighting of a lamp.

Among the valuable relics in the temple is a complete set of printing blocks for the Tripitaka (the complete corpus of Buddhist sutras) carved in the early 18th century. The collection has 7,240 ...

The procession, which was accompanied by music and traditional instruments, featured a beautifully adorned Buddha statue and a Tripitaka, making its way to the temple through the Peace Lamp.