{"id":54510,"date":"2025-10-13T12:42:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/?p=54510"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:42:47","slug":"buddhism-the-tripitaka-and-the-three-baskets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/buddhism-the-tripitaka-and-the-three-baskets\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddhism, the Tripitaka and the three baskets\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Year 3 Jemison have learned this week that the Buddhists scriptures are known as the Tripitaka which means &#8216;three baskets&#8217; This is because the original writing were wrote on palm leaves and stored in baskets. 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