Is this the correct way to fill "elisions"?

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AN 2.280-309
I want to fill all elisions, from 281… Is this the correct way? I’m using gemini AI to fill it because i dont understand anything when they use elision, so total is 300 paragraphs instead of 30?

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For the well-being and comfort of the Saṅgha. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For keeping difficult individuals in check and for the comfort of good-hearted mendicants. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For restraining defilements that affect this life and protecting against defilements that affect lives to come. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For restraining threats to this life and protecting against threats to lives to come. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For restraining faults that affect this life and protecting against faults that affect lives to come. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For restraining hazards that affect this life and protecting against hazards that affect lives to come. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For restraining unskillful qualities that affect this life and protecting against unskillful qualities that affect lives to come. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples. What two? Out of sympathy for laypeople and for breaking up factions of mendicants with corrupt wishes. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For inspiring confidence in those without it, and increasing confidence in those who have it. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For the continuation of the true teaching and the support of the training. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the monastic code for his disciples.

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  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For the well-being and comfort of the Saṅgha. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For keeping difficult individuals in check and for the comfort of good-hearted mendicants. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For restraining defilements that affect this life and protecting against defilements that affect lives to come. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For restraining threats to this life and protecting against threats to lives to come. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For restraining faults that affect this life and protecting against faults that affect lives to come. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For restraining hazards that affect this life and protecting against hazards that affect lives to come. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For restraining unskillful qualities that affect this life and protecting against unskillful qualities that affect lives to come. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples. What two? Out of sympathy for laypeople and for breaking up factions of mendicants with corrupt wishes. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For inspiring confidence in those without it, and increasing confidence in those who have it. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples.

  • For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples. What two? For the continuation of the true teaching and the support of the training. For these two reasons, mendicants, the Realized One laid down the recitation of the monastic code for his disciples.

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Hi PaddyVu,

Deciphering the elipses is a common conundrum! The good news is that the suttas are self-referencing when it comes to the content replaced by the elipse. In any single division on SuttaCentral – for example, the Aṅguttara division (AN), there is always a first, complete rendering of the content. After that first instance, the elipses replace the exact content.

There are fancier ways of explaining this, but that one should work (I think :thinking:).

No need to use AI for this. Simply go back to the first iteration, without elipse. Then you know exactly what the elipses refer to.

It will take some research but that’s how I’m doing it. Hope this helps!

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Deciphering the elipses is a common conundrum! The good news is that the suttas are self-referencing when it comes to the content replaced by the elipse. In any single division on SuttaCentral – for example, the Aṅguttara division (AN), there is always a first, complete rendering of the content. After that first instance, the elipses replace the exact content.

There are fancier ways of explaining this, but that one should work (I think :thinking:).

No need to use AI for this. Simply go back to the first iteration, without elipse. Then you know exactly what the elipses refer to.

It will take some research but that’s how I’m doing it. Hope this helps!

I understand the point about looking at the first paragraph, because the previous ones were the same, but this part is so confusing that I’m asking if writing it out completely like this is correct? I really need to know that. Because it only says 280-309, meaning only 30 paragraphs, but if I use AI and piece it together, there are as many as 300 paragraphs.

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Yes! It will significantly increase the volume of the suttas. I’m saying this as someone who has done precisely that – typing it out by hand – in Pali, even, because I’ve been learning the suttas in Pali.

So you are on the right track :+1:… no need for AI to verify this. Just ask your fellow sutta readers, as you’re doing now :grinning_face:.

Some people are publishing suttas with the content, not the ellipses. Or developing non-AI software to do it on a screen. I dont know about those efforts. They can help people with a disability who isn’t in a position to type it all out.

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So you are on the right track :+1:… no need for AI to verify this. Just ask your fellow sutta readers, as you’re doing now :grinning_face:

Bless you. Thank you so much!
I think Ai is a skillful means to support spiritual practice.

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You might reconsider this.

The Sutta Central Discuss & Discover forum is AI-Free and we don’t allow any use of AI generated posts, images and especially translations of Buddhist texts for extremely important reasons.

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We strongly suggest reading AI-2: Machine translations of suttas are the wrong solution for the wrong problem .

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You might reconsider this.

The Sutta Central Discuss & Discover forum is AI-Free and we don’t allow any use of AI generated posts, images and especially translations of Buddhist texts for extremely important reasons.

Please read AI-1: Let’s Make SuttaCentral 100% AI-free Forever

We strongly suggest reading AI-2: Machine translations of suttas are the wrong solution for the wrong problem .

That’s not what I meant. I’m not using AI to translate, but rather to correct errors in existing translations or to write complete articles using abbreviations.
For example, in my country (Vietnam), the available translation written by the professor is like this. At first, I thought it was correct, but when I used AI, I realized it was wrong because I didn’t realize it myself:
Ta không thấy một pháp nào khác, này các Tỷ-kheo, do pháp ấy, các pháp thiện chưa sanh được sanh khởi, và các pháp bất thiện đã sanh được đoạn tận, này các Tỷ-kheo, như tinh tấn tinh cần. Với người tinh cần tinh tấn, này các Tỷ-kheo, các pháp thiện chưa sanh được sanh khởi, và các pháp thiện đã sanh được đoạn tận.
In english is :
“I do not see any other state, O monks, by which unarisen wholesome states arise and arisen unwholesome states are abandoned, like energy and diligence. For one who is diligent and energetic, O monks, unarisen wholesome states arise, and arisen wholesome states are abandoned.”

You see? There’s a mistake

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