Tripiṭaka 
Tipiṭaka
The Buddha's teachings — Pāli alongside English, segment by segment.
Three piṭakas · ~444,000 segments · Free as Dhamma Dāna
Where to start
Twelve curated entry points across the canon — pick a thread that calls you. Hover any id for its breakdown.
sn56.11
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The Buddha's first sermon — the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path.
dhp1-20
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Opening verses of the Dhammapada — paired and contrasting teachings on mind, anger, and mindfulness.
mn10
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The foundation text on the four establishments of mindfulness — more concise than DN 22.
sn22.59
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The second sermon — the five aggregates as not-self, the awakening of the first five disciples.
dn16
Pivotal moments
The longest sutta in the canon — final journey, final discourses, parinibbāna.
mn26
Pivotal moments
Autobiographical — the Buddha's quest for awakening, from his renunciation to his first teaching.
mn128
Pivotal moments
After the Kosambī dispute the Buddha leaves alone, then explains eleven corruptions of meditation to Anuruddha.
dn22
Practice
Extended satipaṭṭhāna with a full exposition of the Four Noble Truths in the dhammānupassanā section.
mn118
Practice
Sixteen-step breath meditation framework — how the four foundations of mindfulness are fulfilled.
snp1.8
Practice
The classic mettā chant — qualities of one skilled in good and the boundless radiation of love.
an3.65
Foundations
On rational belief — do not accept teachings merely from tradition, scripture, or the authority of a teacher.
sn12.2
Foundations
Each link of the twelvefold chain of dependent origination defined in detail.
How sutta IDs work
Most IDs are a nikāya prefix + number:
dn22 | Dīgha Nikāya · sutta 22 |
mn128 | Majjhima Nikāya · sutta 128 |
sn56.11 | Saṁyutta Nikāya · saṁyutta 56, sutta 11 |
an3.65 | Aṅguttara Nikāya · nipāta 3, sutta 65 |
Khuddaka Nikāya books — usually verse-numbered:
dhp1-20 | Dhammapada · verses 1–20 (range) |
snp1.8 | Sutta Nipāta · vagga 1, sutta 8 |
iti85 | Itivuttaka · verse 85 |
mil3.1.1 | Milindapañha · 3.1.1 |
Vinaya — descriptive prefixes, dash-separated:
pli-tv-bu-pm | Pāli · Theravāda · Bhikkhu · Pātimokkha |
pli-tv-bu-vb-pj1 | … Bhikkhu · Vibhaṅga · Pārājika 1 |
pli-tv-kd1 | … Khandhaka 1 (Mahāvagga) |
pli-tv-pvr10 | … Parivāra 10 |
Abhidhamma — chapter-based:
vb1 | Vibhaṅga · ch. 1 |
kv10.1 | Kathāvatthu · kathā 10, subsection 1 |
patthana1.1 | Paṭṭhāna · section 1, subsection 1 |
A :n.m suffix on any ID points to a specific segment — e.g. mn128:1.1 = segment 1.1 of MN 128. Cross-reference URLs from MCP tools use this form to deep-link a quoted line.
Full structure
All three piṭakas. Counts are sections with at least one indexed segment.