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Ancient Buddhist Texts
website last updated June 30th, 2009
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Indian Prosody: Texts and Studies
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Maps of Ancient Buddhist India
Audio Readings of Selected Texts
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Documents Released During 2009:
mp3 Audio Files:
The First Discourse on the Bases for Talk, January 2009
Texts and Translations:
The Discourse about the Belief Systems, January 2009
Pañhamakathàvatthusuttaü
The First Discourse on the Bases for Talk, January 2009
Pattakammasuttaü
The Discourse about Suitable Deeds, March 2009
Uruvilvàto »ùipatanaü Gamanaü
The Journey from Uruvilvà to »ùipatana, May 2009 (PDF ONLY)
Dharmacakrapravartanagàthà
Verses on the Rolling of the Dharma-Wheel, May 2009 (PDF ONLY)
English Texts:
The Discourse on the Belief Systems, January 2009
The Discourse on the Belief Systems, January 2009
The Discourse about Suitable deeds, March 2009
The Discourse on Arising and Ceasing (The Fourth Discourse of the Buddha), May 2009
The Explanation and Analysis of Conditional Origination from the Beginning, May 2009
The Journey from Uruvilvà to »ùipatana, May 2009 (PDF ONLY)
Verses on the Rolling of the Dharma-Wheel (PDF ONLY)
Maps:
Some Maps illustrating the Growth of the Dispensation (May, 2009)
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