The Open Buddhist UniversityDec 28, 2024

📰 The Pāli Apadāna Collection (A free, 42-page article from 1994)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/pali-apadana_cutler-sally

The Pāli Apadāna Collection

A general introduction to the collection.

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The Open Buddhist UniversityNov 30, 2024

📖 Exalted Utterances (A free, 233-page book from 2008)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/booklets/exalted-utterances_anandajoti

Udāna: Exalted Utterances

It struck me then, and still strikes me now, as being the ideal book to introduce students to a study of the language of the texts. There are a number of reasons for this. The first is that the Udāna is made up of related prose and verse sections…

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The Open Buddhist UniversityNov 26, 2024

🆓 Peta Vatthu (A free resource translation from 2017)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/reference/stories-of-ghosts_mahamevnawa-monastery

Stories of Ghosts: Peta Vatthu

An online edition of Mahamevnawa Monastery’s translation of the Petavatthu. The monastery has also produced a delightful audiobook of the Petavatthu in English, which you can listen to for free on their website (courtesy of SoundCloud).

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The Open Buddhist UniversityNov 24, 2024

📖 A meaningful translation of the Dhammapada (A free, 103-page book from 2021)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/booklets/sayings-of-the-dhamma_sujato

Sayings of the Dhamma: A meaningful translation of the Dhammapada

A crisp translation of the Pāḷi classic along with a thoughtful introduction.

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The Open Buddhist UniversityOct 24, 2024

📖 An uplifting translation of the Udāna (A free, 106-page book from 2018)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/booklets/heartfelt-sayings_sujato

Heartfelt Sayings: An uplifting translation of the Udāna

Eighty short discourses in mixed prose and verse translated line-by-line into plain English.

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The Open Buddhist UniversityOct 21, 2024

📕 Buddha's Sayings (A free, 65-page book of #poetry from 1991)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/monographs/buddhas-sayings_ireland

The Itivuttaka: Buddha’s Sayings

Ireland’s translation skillfully captures both prose and verse, staying true to the original meaning while offering a smooth, poetic rendition of the text. 

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The Open Buddhist UniversityOct 14, 2024

🧑‍🏫 A Course on the Sutta-Nipāta (A free, 2400-minute online course from 2004)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/course-on-the-sutta-nipata_bodhi

A Course on the Sutta-Nipāta

In this series of lectures given at Bodhi Monastery beginning in October 2004, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi explains some of the most popular and beautiful suttas in the Pāli Canon:

The Open Buddhist University
The Open Buddhist UniversityOct 4, 2024

📖 A Refreshing Translation of the Suttanipāta (A free, 399-page book from 2018)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/booklets/refreshing-translation-of-the-suttanipata_sujato

Anthology of Discourses: A Refreshing Translation of the Suttanipāta

The obsession with seeing portions of the Suttanipāta as early is a holdover of the mid-20th century enthusiasm for discovering a “Buddha before Buddhism”, seeking a “truly authentic” teaching before it was institutionalized as rigid doctrine. Somehow, this search always ends up conflated with the racially-charged effort to divest Buddhism of its “cultural” (read “Asian”) elements.

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The Open Buddhist UniversityAug 28, 2024

📰 On Feminism, Aestheticism and Religiosity (A free, 22-page article from 1995)

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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/therigatha_rajapakse-vijitha

Therīgāthā: On Feminism, Aestheticism and Religiosity

Considered overall, what the verses of Thig record in different ways is just one central thing: the success of committed Buddhist soteriological endeavours.

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ŚraddhāpaDec 1, 2022
Recently I’ve been studying the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā and I’m looking forward to presenting a paper on it at a conference next month. My translation of the full text is online at www.sraddhapa.com/vajra although I’m still thinking about how I might refine and improve it.
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