Quotes:Tripitaka

H. P. Blavatsky

Tripitaka. Lit., “the three baskets”; the name of the Buddhist canon. It is composed of three divisions : (1) the doctrine; (2) the rules and laws for the priesthood and ascetics; (3) the philosophical dissertations and metaphysics: to wit, the Abhidharma, defined by Buddhaghosa as that law (dharma) which goes beyond (abhi) the law. The Abhidharma contains the most profoundly metaphysical and philosophical teachings, and is the store‐house whence the Mahâyâna and Hînayâna Schools got their fundamental doctrines. There is a fourth division — the Samyakta Pitaka. But as it is a later addition by the Chinese Buddhists, it is not accepted by the Southern Church of Siam and Ceylon.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Tripitaka

Zirkoff, Boris

*Tripitaka (Pali, Tipitaka), meaning “Three Baskets”—chief Scriptures consisting of Vinaya-Pitaka, or Rules of Discipline governing the Sangha; the Sutta-Pitaka, or Dialogues and Discourses of the Buddha, containing the Five Nikayas; and the Abhidhamma-Pitaka (lit. “Higher Dhamma”). The Therauada Tipitaka is available from the Pali Text Society. The Mahayana Tripitaka is just beginning to be translated, mainly by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 3, p. 533