BL301 - Pali Buddhist Canon: An Analytical and Historical Study 3

The course focuses on the following aspects: origin and development of the Pāli Buddhist canon through analytical and historical study of the Tipitaka texts; introducing the distinction between the canon and scripture; the evolution of the Pāli canonical literature based on the Dhamma and Vinaya; criteria for identification of the early and late strata of the Pāli canon; the division of the canon into three Pitakas and five Nikāyas and different traditions about the Khuddakanikāya.