Tripitaka teaching ［蔵教］ (;  zō-kyō): One of the four teachings of doctrine formulated by T’ien-t’ai (538–597). The teachings of this category are Hinayana and aim at awakening people to the sufferings of birth and death in the threefold world. They urge the practitioners to rid themselves of earthly desires and attachments in order to escape the cycle of rebirths, or transmigration in the six paths.