What is Pali Canon?
[[File:Tipitaka2.jpg|thumb|Standard collection of Pali Canon.]] {{Theravada Buddhism}} The '''Pali Canon''' is the main set of [[Scripture|scriptures]] in the [[Theravada Buddhism|Theravada Buddhist]] tradition. It's in the [[Pali language]] and is one of the most complete early [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] collections.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Norman|first=K. R.|date=2001-05-21|title=A Dictionary of Pali, Part I, A-Kh. Margaret Cone.|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v18i2.14459|journal=Buddhist Studies Review|volume=18|issue=2|pages=252–253|doi=10.1558/bsrv.v18i2.14459|issn=1747-9681}}</ref> It comes mainly from the [[Tamrashatiya]] school of [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lee|first=Byung-wook|date=2021-03-31|title=A Study on Popular Buddhism of Cheontae Jong from Viewpoint of Buddhist Reformation|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.21718/eabc.2021.45.09|journal=Journal of Eastern-Asia Buddhism and Culture|volume=45|pages=239–274|doi=10.21718/eabc.2021.45.09|issn=2714-0938}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hannabuss|first=Stuart|date=2004|title=Encyclopedia of Buddhism|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09504120410552426|journal=Encyclopedia of Buddhism|volume=18|issue=6|pages=12–13|doi=10.1108/09504120410552426|issn=0950-4125}}</ref> After [[Gautama Buddha]] passed away, his [[students]], Ananda recited the Sutta Pitaka, and Upali recited the Vinaya Pitaka, two of three parts of the [[Tripitaka|Tripiktaka]], during the [[Buddhist Councils|First Buddhist Council]]. The teachings were then preserved orally. The [[Tripitaka|Tipitaka]], transmitted to [[Sri Lanka]] during [[Ashoka|King Ashoka's]] time, was first spoken and later written down on [[Palm tree|palm leaves]] during the [[Buddhist Councils|Fourth Buddhist Council]] in 29 BC, about 454 years after [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha's]] death.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Collins|first=Steven|date=1987|title=G. Dhammapala, Richard Gombrich and K. R. Norman (ed.): Buddhist studies in honour of Hammalava Saddhatissa. xvi 262 pp., front. Nugegoda, Sri Lanka: University of Sri Jayawardenapur