The Sutra Pitaka (सूत्र पिटक) — "basket of discourses" — is the second of the three baskets (pitakas) of the Buddhist canon, containing the Buddha's teachings in the form of dialogues, sermons, and discourses. In Theravada tradition, it consists of five nikayas (collections): Digha Nikaya (long discourses), Majjhima Nikaya (middle-length discourses), Samyutta Nikaya (connected discourses), Anguttara Nikaya (numerical discourses), and Khuddaka Nikaya (miscellaneous). In Mahayana tradition, additi
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