2. What is contained in the Tripitaka?

sacred text - Buddha's teachings passed down.

Explanation: Tripitaka. ... They contain teachings of the Buddha on how to reach enlightenment as well as teachings to help guide Buddhists in their everyday life.

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.