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At the moment only English works have been read in, but I hope to add to these in the coming months, and will try and include Pàëi and Sanskrit recordings also. The readings have been broken into smaller sections to allow for easy access and download.
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ânandajoti Bhikkhu
August 2008
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Table of Contents
The Great Emancipation (Mahàparinibbànasuttaü, DN 16)
The Way to the Beyond (Pàràyanavaggo)
Stream all the Files (41 minutes)
1: Introductory Verses (5 MB, 10.40 mins)
2: The Questions (12 MB, 26.15 mins)
3: Verses on the Recital of the Way to the Beyond (2 MB, 4.30 mins)
Download all 3 mp3s in a 19 MB zip file here
Stream all the Files (5 hours, 20 minutes)
1: The Awakening Tree (13 MB, 28 mins)
6: The Congenitally Blind (29 MB, 64 mins)
7: The Short Discourses (8 MB, 17 mins)
8: The Pàñalã Villagers (20 MB, 44 mins)
Download all 8 mp3s in a 142 MB zip file here
The Ways of Attending to Mindfulness (Satipaññhànasuttaü, MN 10)
Stream all the Files (58 minutes)
Contemplation of the Body (12 MB, 26 mins)
Contemplation of Feelings (1.1 MB, 2.25 mins)
Contemplation of Mind (1.2 MB, 2.40 mins)
Contemplation of (the Nature of) Things (9 MB, 19 mins)
The Advantages of Developing the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness (2.8 MB, 6 mins )
Download all 6 mp3s in a 26 MB zip file here
The Discourse about Mindfulness while Breathing (17 MB, 36 mins) (Link to Text)
The Discourse about Mindfulness related to the Body (16 MB, 35 mins) (Link to Text)
The Discourse to Girimànanda (6 MB, 13 mins) (Link to Text)
The Long Discourse Giving Advice to Ràhula (9 MB, 20 mins) (Link to Text)
The Discourse Concerning Màluïkyaputta (5 MB, 12 mins) (Link to Text)
The Discourse that set the Dhamma Wheel Rolling (6 MB, 12 mins) (Link to Text)
The Discourse giving the Analysis of the Truths (9 MB, 18 mins) (Link to Text)
The Discourse giving the Analysis of Offerings (7 MB, 14 mins) (Link to Text)
The Discourse about the Belief Systems (7 MB, 16 mins) (Link to Text)
The First Discourse on the Bases for Talk (2 MB, 5 mins) (Link to Text)
The Life of the Victorious Buddha (Jinacaritaü)
Stream all the Files (1 hour 45 minutes)
Homage to the Three Treasures and The Far Distant Past (6 MB, 13.19 mins)
The Not-So-Distant Past (20 MB, 45.00 mins)
The Present Time and The Conclusion (21 MB, 47.13 mins)
Download all 3 mp3s in a 49 MB zip file here
The Light of Asia by Sir Edwin Arnold
Stream all the Files (4 hours)
Chapter the First (12 MB, 27 mins)
Chapter the Second (15 MB, 32 mins)
Chapter the Third (17 MB, 38 mins)
Chapter the Fourth (16 MB, 36 mins)
Chapter the Fifth (16 MB, 36 mins)
Chapter the Sixth (22 MB, 48 mins)
Chapter the Seventh (15 MB, 33 mins)