Last month, I was busy adding my translations to SuttaCentral. The entire Dīrgha Āgama has been added as well as 38 more Madhyama Āgama sūtras.
These additions replicate what has already been released at Dharma Pearls for these two Āgamas, except for the end notes. When we finish segmenting the Chinese source texts and adding them to Bilara (which will take quite some time yet), these translations will be transitioned to Bilara. In the meantime, please feel free to report typos and errors of any kind on the forum here. Next month, I will be adding the Saṃyukta and Ekottarika Āgama translations from the Dharma Pearls website, and I’ll continue adding new releases in this way going forward.
The MĀ sūtras added in this update are
MĀ 11: The Rock Salt Parable
MĀ 15: Intention
MĀ 17: Gāminī
MĀ 42: What Purpose
MĀ 43: Don’t Think
MĀ 44: Mindfulness
MĀ 45: Conscience and Modesty
MĀ 46: Conscience and Modesty (2)
MĀ 47: Precepts
MĀ 48: Precepts (2)
MĀ 49: Veneration
MĀ 50: Veneration (2)
MĀ 51: The Origin
MĀ 55: Nirvāṇa
MĀ 56: Meghiya
MĀ 57: A Teaching for the Monks
MĀ 58: The Seven Treasures
MĀ 72: The Legend of King Dīrghāyu
MĀ 73: The Gods
MĀ 74: Eight Thoughts
MĀ 75: The Pure Way to the Imperturbable
MĀ 76: Ugracelā
MĀ 77: The Three Clansmen of Saketa
MĀ 78: Brahmā’s Invitation to the Buddha
MĀ 79: The Greater Gods
MĀ 80: The Rough Cloth
MĀ 82: Crickets
MĀ 83: A Senior Elder’s Drowsiness
MĀ 84: Thornless
MĀ 85: The Genuine Person
MĀ 101: Progressive Mental States
MĀ 127: Fields of Merit
MĀ 146: Parable of the Elephant’s Footprint
MĀ 153: Sugandika
MĀ 176: Dhyāna Practitioners
MĀ 186: Inquiry
MĀ 204: Raṃbhaka
MĀ 210: The Nun Dharmadinnā
I want to thank everyone who has ever done anything or given any support that helped make this translation project possible. This is as much your project as it is mine. Because without you’re help, I would be working in some menial job somewhere not accomplishing much.
My goodness Charles, thank you so very much! Your work is infused with a rare combination of intelligence and warmth, and your translations are a major step forward in understanding early Buddhism. Congratulations, and may you continue to create for a long time!
This month, we’ve added Dharma Pearls translations of the Saṃyukta and Ekottarika Āgamas. This catches SuttaCentral up with the bulk of my work over the past three years. There are a few odds and ends to add yet that aren’t found in the four Chinese Āgama collections.
From the Saṃyukta Āgama, we’ve added 66 new sūtras:
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