Āgama Section

The Āgama Section is a major division of the Taishō Tripiṭaka, the standard edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon. It preserves some of the earliest Buddhist teachings, including sūtras that purport to record the words and dialogues of the Buddha and his disciples. These texts are related to the Āgamas and correspond broadly to the Sutta Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon, the primary scriptural collection of Theravāda Buddhism.
The Āgama Section represents the Chinese Buddhist tradition’s transmission of early Buddhist scripture, translated primarily from Sanskrit and other Indian languages between the 2nd and 7th centuries CE. It comprises the first two volumes of the Taishō Tripiṭaka and includes text numbers 1–151.
Major collections in this section include the Dīrghāgama, Madhyamāgama, Saṃyuktāgama, and the Ekottarikāgama. It also contains individually translated sūtras outside these collections, such as the Dharmacakrapravartana Sūtra, which recounts the Buddha’s first teaching following his enlightenment.