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5 Nikayas of Theravada Buddhism: PHILOSOPHY Dīgha Nikāya Collection of Long Discourses of the Buddha This Collection in the Suttanta Pitaka, named Dīgha Nikāya as it is made up of thirty-four long discourses of the Buddha, is divided into three divisions: (a) Sīlakkhandha Vagga, Division Concerning Morality (b) Mahā Vagga, the Large Division (c) Pāthika Vagga, the Division beginning with the discourse on Pāthika, the Naked Ascetic. (a) Sīlakkhandha Vagga Pāḷi - Division Concerning Morality This division contains thirteen suttas which deal extensively with various types of morality, namely, Minor Morality, basic morality applicable to all; Middle Morality and Major Morality which are mostly practised by Samaṇas and Brāhmaṇas. It also discusses the wrong views then prevalent as well as brāhmin views of sacrifice and caste, and various religious practices such as extreme self-mortification. (b) Maha Vagga Pāḷi - The Large Division The ten suttas in this division are some of the most important ones of the Tripitaka, dealing with historical, and biographical aspects as well as the doctrinal aspects of Buddhism. The most famous sutta is the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta which gives an account of the last days and the passing away of the Buddha and the distribution of his relics. Mahāpadāna Sutta deals with brief accounts of the last seven Buddhas and the life story of the Vipassi Buddha. Doctrinally important are the two suttas: the Mahānidāna Sutta which explains the Chain of Cause and Effect, and the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta dealing with the four Methods of Steadfast Mindfulness and practical aspects of Buddhist meditation. (c) Pāthika Vagga Pāḷi This division is made up of eleven shorter discourses of a miscellaneous nature. They deal with the Buddhas rejection of wrong and severe asceticism practised by followers of many sects; they deal also with the periodical evolution and dissolution of the universe, the accounts of Universal Monarchs and the thirty-two physiognomic characteristics of a great man. There is one discourse, Siṅgāla Sutta, addressed to a young brāhmin showing the duties to be performed by members of the human society. The last two suttas, Saṅgīti and Dasuttara, are discourses given by the Venerable Sāriputta and they contain lists of doctrinal terms classified according to subject matter and numerical units. The style of their composition is different from the other nine suttas of the division. Majjhima Nikāya Collection of Medium Length Discourses of the Buddha. This collection of medium length discourses is made up of one hundred and fifty-two suttas in three books known as paṇṇāsa. The first book, Mūlapaṇṇāsa, deals with the first fifty suttas in five vaggas; the second book, Majjhimapaṇṇāsa consists of the second fifty suttas in five vaggas too; and the last fifty-two suttas are dealt with in five vaggas of the third book, Uparipaṇṇāsa, which means more than fifty. The suttas in this Nikāya throw much light on the social ideas and institutions of those days, and also provide general information on the economic and political life.END= NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).LINH NGHIA VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST TEMPLE.LOCATION AT KHANH HOA VIETNAM.MASTER=THICH TRUNG TUONG,BIG ABBOT AT LINH NGHIA BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN VIETNAM.( GOLDEN ZEN BUDDHIST MONASTERY.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.16/4/2023.