Editing Sutta Piṭaka (section)

==Contents==
{{see|List of suttas}}
There are five [[nikaya]]s (collections) of suttas:
# [[Digha Nikāya]] ({{IAST|dīghanikāya}}), the "long" discourses.
# [[Majjhima Nikāya]], the "middle-length" discourses.
# [[Saṁyutta Nikāya]] ({{IAST|saṃyutta-}}), the "connected" discourses.
# [[Anguttara Nikāya]] ({{IAST|aṅguttara-}}), the "numerical" discourses.
# [[Khuddaka Nikāya]], the "minor collection".

=== Digha Nikāya ===
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This includes ''[[Mahasatipatthana Sutta|The Greater Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness]]'', ''The Fruits of the Contemplative Life'', and ''The Buddha's Last Days''. There are 34 long suttas in this nikaya.

=== Majjhima Nikāya ===
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This includes ''Shorter Exposition of Kamma'', ''Mindfulness of Breathing'', and ''Mindfulness of the Body''. There are 152 medium-length suttas in this nikaya.

=== Samyutta Nikaya ===
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There are, according to one reckoning, 2,889, but according to the commentary 7,762, shorter suttas in this Nikaya.

=== Anguttara Nikāya ===
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These teachings are arranged numerically. It includes, according to the commentary's reckoning, 9,565 short suttas grouped by number from ones to elevens. According to [[Damien Keown|Keown]], "there is considerable disparity between the Pāli and the Sarvāstivādin versions, with more than two-thirds of the sūtras found in one but not the other compilation, which suggests that much of this portion of the Sūtra Piṭaka was not formed until a fairly late date."<ref>A Dictionary of Buddhism, by Damien Keown, Oxford University Press: 2004</ref>

=== Khuddaka Nikāya ===
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This is a heterogeneous mix of sermons, doctrines, and poetry attributed to the Buddha and his disciples. The contents vary somewhat between editions. The Thai edition includes 1-15 below, the Sinhalese edition 1-17 and the Burmese edition 1-18.
# [[Khuddakapatha]]
# [[Dhammapada]]
# [[Udana]]
# [[Itivuttaka]]
# [[Sutta Nipata|Suttanipata]]
# [[Vimanavatthu]]
# [[Petavatthu]]
# [[Theragatha]]
# [[Therigatha]]
# [[Jataka tales|Jataka]]
# [[Niddesa]]
# [[Patisambhidamagga]]
# [[Apadāna|Apadana]]
# [[Buddhavamsa]]
# [[Cariyapitaka]]
# [[Nettipakarana]] or Netti
# [[Petakopadesa]]
# [[Milinda Panha]]
For more on these editions also see [[Pali Canon]]