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website last updated Nov 17th, 2011

 

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Original Texts and Studies

Texts and Translations

Texts in English Only

Indian Prosody: Texts and Studies

 

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Reference Materials

Maps of Ancient Buddhist India

Audio Readings of Selected Texts

 

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Documents Released During 2011:

 

Important Changes:

January: Added in a toolbar of each of the pages to make it easy to share with others via your favourite social networking site (thanks to Sherril Lim for the suggestion).

January: Added eBooks (.epub and .mobi) to all files in the English Only section.

April: Added navigation links at the bottom of the page (thanks to Ven. Khemaratana for the suggestion).

May: Started using the Yahoo! Media Player for playing the audio files.

September: Completely converted the site to Unicode.

November: Included Flip-Books in English Only Section.

November: Started eBooks page and remade all eBooks.

 

mp3 Audio Files:

Buddha a poem by Madame A. Christina Albers, January 2011

Buddhist Wisdom Verses, March 2011

Buddhanīti Saṅgaho, March 2011

Pārāyanavagga, March 2011

Dhammapada, April 2011

Examples of Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa, May 2011

Examples for An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon, May 2011

Thematic Discourses about Nuns, September 2011

Satipaṭṭhānavibhanga, October 2011

The Ways of Attending to Mindfulness (DN 22), revised October 2011

The Analysis of the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, revised October 2011

The Matrix from the Abstract Teaching, revised October 2011

 

Original Texts and Studies:

Buddhanīti Saṅgaho, March 2011

Bhikkhunīsaṁyuttaṁ, September 2011

Mahsatipaṭṭhānasuttaṁ, October 2011

Satipaṭṭhānavibhango, October 2011

 

Texts and Translations:

Buddhist Wisdom Verses, March 2011

Aggasāvikā Bhikkhunī, August 2011

Thematic Discourses about Nuns, September 2011

The Ways of Attending to Mindfulness (DN 22), revised October 2011

The Analysis of the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, revised October 2011

The Matrix from the Abstract Teaching, revised October 2011

 

English Texts:

Buddha a poem by Madame A. Christina Albers, January 2011

Buddhist Wisdom Verses, March 2011

Thematic Discourses about Nuns, September 2011

The Discourse about the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, revised October 2011

The Analysis of the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, revised October 2011

The Matrix from the Abstract Teaching, revised October 2011

 

Prosody: Texts and Studies:

Pārāyanavagga, 2nd Revised Edition, March 2011

 

Reference:

Simple Buddhist-Christian Era Conversion Forms, May 2011

Calculator for Monastic Dawn and Midday, September 2011

Light on Pāḷi Pronunciation (Ledi Sayadaw), October 2011