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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Digital Dharma

Many people who are interested in Buddhism are interested in finding out what they should read or what should be on their book list to get them started on the path. While there are several dozens if not hundreds of different authors and commentaries on Buddhist teachings, perhaps the best place to start is to go directly back to the source material and interpret it for yourself.

The Buddha's teachings are collected in the Nikayas and also the Dhammapada. There are several different translations and editions widely available at most local bookstores or online.

There are also a few helpful websites that have digitized portions of the above collections:

Access To Insight has a massive free digital library of over 1,000 sutras searchable by subject.

ATI also has a free offline iPhone/iPad/iPod version for those of you that would like to take parts of the Pali Canon with you on the go.

Buddhanet.net is also a great online resource with enough content to easily fill hundreds of hours worth of reading.

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  1. AlexanderJuly 5, 2010 at 9:55 PM

    Also the website http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/index.htm seems to have most if not all of the Buddhist canonical texts.

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  2. UnknownJuly 5, 2010 at 10:22 PM

    thanks Alex.. I forgot to include that one. Also a good resource.

    For anyone that may not be too keen on the digital stuff here are the Amazon links to the Nikaya collections in print format. A must have collection!

    http://amzn.com/086171072X

    http://amzn.com/0861713311

    http://amzn.com/0861711033

    http://amzn.com/0861714911

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