Ajahn Brahm's 'Word of the Buddha' now available for download

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Hello everybody.

I just wanted to inform the Discuss & Discover members that The Word of the Buddha by Ajahn Brahm is now available for download and online reading at -

You can download EPUB and PDF versions of the book. There is also online viewing of the book available.

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For those unfamiliar with this wonderful book:

The Sutta Pitaka of the Pali Canon involves much redundancy. Many suttas covering the same subject, often with very little difference in content. Many individual suttas have many repetitions of text within them.

In 1907, the pioneering German monk, Venerable ƑānĢ£atiloka, published the English version of The Word of The Buddha. It is described as ā€œAn outline of the teachings of the Buddha in the words of the Pāli Canon.ā€ Excerpts from the suttas are arranged in a logical order and without repetition. Only 100 pages long.

Ajahn Brahm created a new edition replacing the translations with translations in contemporary English made by native English speakers making The Word Of The Buddha much easier to understand.

It is a great way to get an understanding of what the Buddhaā€™s teachings actually are.

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Thank you very much for this link. The book is wonderful!

With precious texts like this I know that Iā€™m not alone in finding it easier to read, retain and refer to content with an actual printed (rather than electronic) book. However the font on this edition is much too small to print using an on-demand published such as Lulu (which commendably offers many of Bhikkhu Sujatoā€™s books, among others).

I would love to be part of any effort to make this book as easily and readily available as Ajahn Brahmā€™s other books.