The Tipiṭaka is a vast record, containing in modern script more than 24 million characters in over forty printed volumes. The Tipiṭaka (which means, literally, "three baskets") is arranged in three divisions: Vinaya Piṭaka, Sutta Piṭaka, and Abhidhamma Piṭaka.
- “Vinaya Piṭaka contains the rules of conduct for the monastic order.
- Sutta Piṭaka is a collection of discourses on various subjects by the Buddha.
- Abhidhamma Piṭaka is a compendium of profound teachings elucidating the functioning and interrelationships of mind, mental factors, matter and phenomena transcending all of these.” (T. Bullitt. 10 May 2011)
The first canon that is the rule for the monks and female monks ( Bukkhunis) is called Vinaya in Pali since during the time of the Buddha so really that now all monks have to study and follow by its having 227 for male monks , 313 rules for female monks ,and 110 rules for novices.The second canon which is the collection of the teaching of the Buddha has stories of His many existences of life of 550 stories called Sutantta Canon.The third Canon is the wisdom of highest knowledge being called Abhidhamma that shows the way how to get the way of goal of Nibbana, liberation of suffering by concerning with phenomena of nature of the truth, and Buddha declared that the way of practicing of Meditation to get Nibbana. Everything is being changed by cause and effect, because of cause and effect.
