Pāli Language

Pāli is the language in which the Buddha's teachings were collected and maintained in the ‘Pāli Canon’. The Pāli Canon, or Tipiṭaka (ti-three + piṭaka-basket), consists of the Vinaya Piṭaka (discipline for the monks), the Sutta Piṭaka (discourses by the Buddha) and the Abhidhamma Piṭaka (higher teaching). Studying these texts is called pariyatti, applying the teaching to practice is called paṭipatti.