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The resources below may be of help in your exploration of Theravada Buddhism. This is one of the few pages on this website that contains links to other websites (indicated by "»").
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- » DharmaNet International (California, USA) has listings to help you find teachers, meditation groups, and Dhamma centers near you. In particular, there are listings of:
Students and would-be students of Pali may find "A Guide to Learning the Pali Language" of some help in getting started with the language. Among other things, that document contains information about Pali language textbooks, how to handle Pali diacritical marks on computers, and where to obtain Pali fonts. The web also offers these excellent resources:
- » BUDSIR -- Buddhist Scriptures Information Retrieval (Mahidol University, Thailand) is a CD-ROM containing the Thai edition of the Pali Tipitaka and Atthakatha (commentaries) in romanized script. Cost: US$300 plus shipping fee.
- » Chattha Sangayana (Sixth Council) Tipitaka CD (Vipassana Research Institute) is a CD-ROM containing the entire Chattha Sangayana (Sixth Council, 1954-1956) edition of the Tipitaka, transcribed from the Myanmar print edition. It also includes the Tipitaka, Atthakatha (commentaries), and Tika and AnuTika (sub-commentaries), all displayed in seven scripts, including Roman and Devanagari. Cost: varies according to shipping destination.
- » Pali-English and English-Pali dictionaries (Sean Whittle) are available online.
- » Pali Language Sources and Resources (Maximilian Sendor) offers many useful tools to help you embark on your Pali studies. It features an online Pali dictionary, an online edition of Narada's Elementary Pali Course textbook, Pali sound files, and more.
- » The Sri Lanka Tripitaka Project (Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Penn. State University, USA) offers a free public-domain electronic edition of the Pali Canon (in romanized Pali) via the Internet. Although this edition hasn't yet been thoroughly proofread, it's still a tremendously valuable resource. (Also available from » JBE's mirror site in the UK.)
- The » UK Association for Buddhist Studies has a number of useful resources, including an outline of » The Contents and Structure of the Pali Canon and its Commentaries.
- The University of Minnesota maintains a » searchable list of institutions in North America offering academic courses in "Less Commonly Taught Languages" (such as Pali).
- Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation
11th Floor
55, Hang Chow South Road Sec 1
Taipei
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: +886 2-23951198
Fax: +886 2-23913415
WWW: none
E-mail: » overseas@budaedu.org.tw
This organization reprints and distributes free Dhamma books from many Buddhist traditions, including Theravada.
- Dhamma Dana Publications
c/o Barre Center For Buddhist Studies
149 Lockwood Road
Barre, MA 01005
USA
Tel: (978) 355-2347
Fax: (978) 355-2798
Dhamma Dana Publications is dedicated to bringing a long-standing Buddhist tradition to America by making high-quality books on Buddhist teachings available for free distribution. Through the generosity of individual donors like yourself, Dhamma Dana publishes original works, whether based on critical scholarly interpretation of the canonical teachings, or on the unique perspective that arises from extensive practical meditative experience. Call or write for more information. Recent offerings include: Dhammapada: A Translation, The Wings to Awakening: An Anthology from the Pali Canon, An Unentangled Knowing: Teachings of a Thai Buddhist Laywoman, and Mind Like Fire Unbound: An Image in the Early Buddhist Discourses
- Inward Path Publisher
PO Box 1034
10830 Penang
Malaysia
Tel/Fax: +60 604 659 6696 and +60 604 890 6696
WWW: » http://www.buddhanet.net/ipp.htm
E-mail: » inwardpath@hotmail.com
Inward Path offers a growing catalog of free Dhamma books in their "Inward Journey" series, by such authors as Nyanaponika Thera, Sayadaw U Silananda, and Francis Story. Contact Inward Journey at the above address if you are interetested in obtaining books, sponsoring the publication of a particular book, or contributing towards the publication Dhamma books.
- Wisdom Audio-Visual Exchange (WAVE)
c/o Mrs Lim Tay Poh
No. 2, Jln Chan Ah Thong
Off Jln Tun Sanbanthan
50470 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
WAVE has an extensive catalog of Dhamma books for free distribution, with titles by such authors as Ajaan Lee, Ajaan Chah, Mahasi Sayadaw, and many others. WAVE welcomes donations to sponsor publication of new books or to reprint old titles.
- Buddhist Cultural Centre
125, Anderson Road
Nedimala-Dehiwala
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 1-734256
Fax: +94 1-736737
WWW: » http://www.lanka.net/bcc
The Buddhist Cultural Centre is a nonprofit distributor of Buddhist books. Their catalog includes an unusual and wide-ranging selection of books, many of which are impossible to find in the US. Excellent overseas mail order service. Ask for their catalog.
- Buddhist Publication Society
54, Sangharaja Mawatha
P.O. Box 61
Kandy
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 8 237283
Fax: +94 8 223679
WWW: » http://lanka.com/dhamma/bps/bps_main.htm
E-mail: » bps@ids.lk (Book orders are not accepted via e-mail.)
The BPS is a nonprofit publisher of books on Theravada Buddhism, with an excellent international mail-order service. Their current international mail-order catalog is available from their website. The BPS runs the Nyanaponika Dhamma Dana Project, which distributes free copies of BPS publications to libraries and schools. Publications from the BPS are now distributed in the Americas (North and South) by Vipassana Research Publications of America (VRPA) and are available for purchase through the Pariyatti Book Service.
- International Buddhist Center -- Buddhist Book Service
The International Buddhist Center
2600 Elmont Street
Silver Spring, MD 20902-2700
USA
Tel: (301) 946-9437
WWW: » http://members.aol.com/uparatana/ibcBuddhistBookService.html
The IBC Buddhist Book Service is a nonprofit international mail order service offering a selection of many titles from contemporary Asian and western Theravada teachers. A number of titles are available free of charge.
- Pali Text Society
73 Lime Walk
Headington
Oxford, OX3 7AD
England
Tel: +44 865-67575
Fax: +44 865-750079
WWW: » http://www.palitext.demon.co.uk
Since its founding in 1881, the PTS (a nonprofit organization) has been the world's pre-eminent publisher of texts from the Pali Canon. They offer a hardbound edition of the complete Pali Tipitaka in romanized Pali, and most of the Tipitaka in English translation. Some of their published translations of key texts are now very badly out of date, and have been superseded by more fluent translations from other publishers (for example, their translation of the Digha Nikaya dates back to 1899; Maurice Walshe's Long Discourses of The Buddha, published by Wisdom Publications in 1987, is a much more useful text.) Nevertheless, many of the translations are still valuable. Their romanized Pali editions are indispensible tools for the serious Pali student. PTS books are distributed througout North America by Pariyatti Book Service.
- Pariyatti Book Service
P.O. Box 15926
Seattle, WA 98115
USA
Tel: (800) 829-2748 or (206) 522-8175
Fax: (206) 522-8295
WWW: » http://www.pariyatti.com/frontpage.htm
The Pariyatti Book Service is a for-profit bookseller with a large online catalog of books on Buddhism and meditation from various publishers, including many » titles from the Buddhist Publication Society and » titles from the Pali Text Society.
- Wisdom Publications
199 Elm Street
Somerville, MA 02144
USA
Tel: (800) 272-4050
WWW: » http://www.wisdompubs.org
Wisdom is a nonprofit publisher and distributor of Buddhist books, including several important modern translations of the Digha, Majjhima, and Samyutta Nikayas.
- Dharma Seed Tape Library
Box 66
Wendell Depot, MA 01380
USA
Tel: (800) 969-SEED or (413) 772-1848
WWW: » http://www.dharmaseed.org
Dharma Seed is a nonprofit publisher and distributor of audio cassette recordings of meditation instructions and teachings by teachers from the » Insight Meditation Society.
- Audio tapes of Dhamma talks by Ven. Sister Ayya Khema, from retreats given in the USA, are available from: Carl Provder, 1416 Elva Terrace, Encinitas, CA 92024, USA. Proceeds to benefit Buddha Haus. Send US$2 for list of tapes.
Revised: Wed 15 November 2000
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