About piṭaka in Kesamuttisutta, (AN3.66)

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Halo, all Kalyāṇamittas.

Could you explain the actual meaning of piṭaka which the Buddha said before Kālāma tribe in Kesamutta? As far as I know the word piṭaka means ‘basket’, and it becomes ‘holy scriptures’ in buddhist world long after the parinibbāna of the Buddha. If it’s true, so the word piṭaka in piṭakasampadāna doesn’t refer to “holy scriptures”. So when the Buddha still alive, what did he mean when he said the word piṭaka? Exposing this, my naughty thoughts arise: What if the Buddha never talking about 10 Things (anussava, parampara, itikirā, piṭakasampadāna, takkahetu, nayahetu, ākāraparivitakka, diṭṭhinijjhānakkhanti, bhabbarūpatā, samaṇo no garūti) we have to investigate when delving in the teaching of particular ascetics? Those 10 Things was just the fabrication of the latter bhikkhus. What about you?

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At MN 95:12.11 we have:

yadidaṁ, bho gotama, brāhmaṇānaṁ porāṇaṁ mantapadaṁ itihitihaparamparāya piṭakasampadāya, tattha ca brāhmaṇā ekaṁsena niṭṭhaṁ gacchanti
“Worthy Gotama, regarding that which by the lineage of testament and by canonical authority is the ancient hymnal of the brahmins, the brahmins come to the categorical conclusion …

The “lineage of testament” (itihitihaparamparā), “canonical authority” (piṭakasampadā), and “ancient hymnal” (porāṇaṁ mantapadaṁ) here obviously refer to the Vedic texts.

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Sādhu sādhu sādhu.

Thank you, Bhante. Finally, I see…