☸Tipiṭaka

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Source texts

The canonical Pāli texts are from the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka (CST), digitized by the Vipassana Research Institute (VRI). The original Pāli text has been in the public domain for over two millennia.

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