sutta
Buddha's recorded teaching
Sutta is a discourse or teaching attributed to the Buddha, preserved in the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
The suttas record dialogues, sermons, and instructions on meditation, ethics, and the nature of reality.
The monk studied the suttas each morning.
The Sanskrit equivalent is sutra, more common in Mahayana traditions.
Buddhist scriptural language
- TheravadaBuddhism of the elders
- VinayaBuddhist code of conduct
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- recitationOral delivery from memory
chanting · memorization · oral tradition · commentary · Buddhaghosa
Focused attention practice
- monkCloistered religious devotee
- sanghaBuddhist religious community
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
recollection · study · memorizing · reflection · monastic · Theravada · Mahayana · practitioner
Enlightened spiritual founder
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- sermonClergy's worship address
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
dialogue · instruction · simile · parable · questioner · monastery · assembly · listener
Cosmic moral order
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- Four Noble TruthsBuddhism's core teaching
impermanence · suffering · liberation · enlightenment · mindfulness · concentration · wisdom · compassion
Pali
Buddhist scriptural language
recitation · chanting · memorization · oral tradition · commentary · Buddhaghosa
meditation
Focused attention practice
contemplation · recollection · study · memorizing · reflection · monastic · Theravada · Mahayana · practitioner · insight
Buddha
Enlightened spiritual founder
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- sermonClergy's worship address
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
doctrine · dialogue · instruction · simile · parable · questioner · monastery · assembly · listener · exposition
dharma
Cosmic moral order
Four Noble Truths · impermanence · suffering · liberation · enlightenment · mindfulness · concentration · wisdom · compassion · equanimity
suttacommentary
Explanatory remarks on events
interpretation · exegesis · gloss · paraphrase · vinaya
- Kama SutraSanskrit treatise on erotic love