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avatar Buddhist Monks Continue Hunger Strike, Seeking Full Control Over Mahabodhi Temple 54
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avatar Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Equal Rights for Buddhist Bhikkhunis in Sri Lanka 46
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avatar Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Equal Rights for Buddhist Bhikkhunis in Sri Lanka 42
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avatar Roundtable on Sexual Violence at the recent Sakyadhita Conference in Kuching, Malaysia 30
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avatar Karma and morality in EBT 10
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avatar Could be Buddhist… but isn’t (post your quotes) 6
avatar Why didn't the Buddha provide a meditation manual? 5
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avatar Dharma Pearls Has a Substack Now 20
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avatar Viññāṇaṁ means consciousness (and anidassanaṃ means nibbāna) 379
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avatar Dharma Pearls Has a Substack Now 30
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avatar Riddle Me This: Vedic Brahmodya or Buddhist Poetry? 24
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avatar No Experience Beyond the Five Aggregates 10
avatar Traditional Theravada: the world is NOT factually burning embers 8
avatar Are Chinese Agamas less reliable than Pali Nikayas? 7
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avatar 5 precepts of a lay follower 26
avatar Expanding the peyyālas: where to start 19
avatar How come Buddhism never had its own Golden Age for STEM like Islam did? 17
avatar Query Regarding Anapanasati: Focus vs. Control in Anapanasati 14
avatar Places where Dhamma means "Non-Mental Phenomenon" in EBTs? 12

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avatar 5 precepts of a lay follower 58
avatar Expanding the peyyālas: where to start 50
avatar Vedana translated as 'experience'by Ajahn Brahm 50
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avatar Digital Pali Dictionary (DPD) & Chromebooks 33

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avatar Simile of a dog walking behind an elephant 21
avatar How to Overcome Defilements? 20
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avatar Age and the dhamma 20
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avatar Translation of an excerpt from Aṣṭa-Prajñāpāramitā 33
avatar Can sīla with benefit be rendered as “kindness”? 29
avatar The meaning of anattā in "rūpaṃ bhikkhave anattā" - a review 12
avatar [Buddho-Taoist Text Translation] 清靜經 "Sutra on Clarity & Stillness" 12
avatar A Study in Lyrical Translation (Excerpt from Diamond Sūtra) 10

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avatar English Translation of the Sarvāstivāda Bhikkhunī Vinaya now online 25
avatar Can sīla with benefit be rendered as “kindness”? 13
avatar Recluse Bodhi's translation of pali discourses now made FREE by the publishers 12
avatar Publication complète des traductions françaises du Majjhima Nikāya et du Dīgha Nikāya par le Dr. Mohân Wijayaratna 12
avatar DPD online: CST Commentary Definitions Search 11

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avatar Translation of an excerpt from Aṣṭa-Prajñāpāramitā 55
avatar Can sīla with benefit be rendered as “kindness”? 44
avatar Therīgāthā Translation Questions 20
avatar [Buddho-Taoist Text Translation] 清靜經 "Sutra on Clarity & Stillness" 18
avatar The meaning of anattā in "rūpaṃ bhikkhave anattā" - a review 16

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avatar Can sīla with benefit be rendered as “kindness”? 26
avatar English Translation of the Sarvāstivāda Bhikkhunī Vinaya now online 20
avatar Struck by a fire, a hammer, or neither? The verse of Ud8.10 20
avatar [Buddho-Taoist Text Translation] 清靜經 "Sutra on Clarity & Stillness" 19
avatar The Fire Simile with Vatsagotra: A Rough Translation of SĀ 962 19
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