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Chapter 4

Suttantapiṭaka, Dīghanikāya, Pāṭikavagga (Pātikavagga)

Tipiṭaka, Translated Version, Book 11
Sutta Volume 3

Namo Tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambudhassa
Pay homage / to him / the Fortunate One / the Holy One / the Fully-Self

Enlightened One /

Introduction

Sutta Volume 3 mentioned in this Chapter is the translated Tipiṭaka Book 11.

The name of the Sutta is Suttantapiṭaka, Dīghanikāya, Pāṭikavagga. From the
previous chapters, the word “Tipiṭaka” (in Thai as Tepiṭaka) in Pāli is the Buddha

Teachings (Buddha vacana).

To study the Buddha Teachings, the Tipiṭaka learned tend to divide the
content into 3 divisions, namely, Paṭhamabuddhavaccana; Majjhimabuddhavacana;

and Pacchimabuddhavacana. By definition, Paṭhamabuddhavacana is the Utterance

(Udāna) the Buddha spoke out at the first time during the enlightenment under the

Bodhi Tree. For Majjihimabuddhavacana, this means the True Dhamma

(Saddhamma) explained by the Buddha through 45 years of teaching, the one
between Paṭhamabuddhavacana and Pacchimabuddhavacana. The latter is the Last

Teaching of the Buddha while lying down between the two Sala trees, before the

Great Decease.
Besides having the Buddha Teaching divided into 3 divisions, all the Teachings

are also divided into 3 baskets (Piṭaka): Vinayapiṭaka, Suttantapiṭaka, and

Abhidhammapiṭaka of which the detailed explanation has been informed in the

previous chapters. As well, all the Buddha Teachings are preferred to be categorized

into 5 collections (Nikāya), especially the category preferred to apply to
Suttantapiṭaka: the 5 collections names are Dīghanikāya, Majjhimanikāya,

Saṅyuttanikāya, Aṅguttaranikāya and Khuddakanikāya.