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# Other Theravada Sources

The resources below may be of help in your exploration of Theravada Buddhism. This is one of the few pages on this website that contains links to other websites (indicated by "»").

## Contents

- Learning and practicing meditation
- The Pali language
- Printed books
  - Books available free of charge
  - Books for sale
- Audio and video recordings
- Electronic books and texts
- Other lists of links

## Learning and practicing meditation

- » DharmaNet International (California, USA) has listings to help you find teachers, meditation groups, and Dhamma centers near you. In particular, there are listings of:
  - » Theravada meditation groups and Dhamma centers in the USA
  - » Theravada Dhamma centers around the world

## The Pali language

If you are new to Pali you might find "A Guide to Learning the Pali Language" useful in getting started with the language. Among other things, that document contains information about Pali language textbooks, how to handle Pali diacritical marks on computers, and where to obtain Pali fonts. The web also offers these excellent resources:

- Pali Canon: On-line editions:
  - » The Pali Tipitaka (Vipassana Research Institute) contains the Chattha Sangayana (Sixth Council, 1954-1956) edition of the Tipitaka, transcribed from the Myanmar print edition.

  - » The Sri Lanka Tripitaka Project (Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Penn. State University, USA) offers a free public-domain electronic edition of the Pali Canon (in romanized Pali) via the Internet. Although this edition hasn't yet been thoroughly proofread, it's still a tremendously valuable resource. (Also available from » JBE's mirror site in the UK.)

- Pali Canon: CD-ROM editions:
  - » BUDSIR -- Buddhist Scriptures Information Retrieval (Mahidol University, Thailand) is a CD-ROM containing the Thai edition of the Pali Tipitaka and Atthakatha (commentaries) in romanized script. Cost: US$300 plus shipping fee.

  - » Chattha Sangayana (Sixth Council) Tipitaka CD (Vipassana Research Institute) is a CD-ROM containing the Chattha Sangayana (Sixth Council, 1954-1956) edition of the Tipitaka, transcribed from the Myanmar print edition. It also includes the Tipitaka, Atthakatha (commentaries), and Tika and AnuTika (sub-commentaries), all displayed in seven scripts, including Roman and Devanagari. Cost: varies according to shipping destination.

- Pali language learning resources:
  - » Andy's Pali Page (Andy Shaw) offers detailed information about Pali fonts, Pali sound files, and free software to help Pali students learn the language.

  - » Pali Language Sources and Resources (Maximilian Sendor) offers an online Pali dictionary, an online edition of Narada's Elementary Pali Course textbook, Pali sound files, and more.

  - » The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary (U. of Chicago), the best Pali-English Dictionary around, is now available online.

  - The » UK Association for Buddhist Studies has a number of useful resources, including an outline of » The Contents and Structure of the Pali Canon and its Commentaries.

  - The University of Minnesota maintains a » searchable list of institutions in North America offering academic courses in "Less Commonly Taught Languages" (including Pali).

## Printed books

### Books available free of charge:

- Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation
  11th Floor
  55, Hang Chow South Road Sec 1
  Taipei
  Taiwan, R.O.C.
  Tel: +886 2-23951198
  Fax: +886 2-23913415
  WWW: none
  E-mail: » overseas@budaedu.org.tw
  This organization reprints and distributes free Dhamma books from many Buddhist traditions, including Theravada.

- Dhamma Dana Publications
  c/o Barre Center For Buddhist Studies
  149 Lockwood Road
  Barre, MA 01005
  USA
  Tel: (978) 355-2347
  Fax: (978) 355-2798
  Dhamma Dana Publications is dedicated to bringing a long-standing Buddhist tradition to America by making high-quality books on Buddhist teachings available for free distribution. Through the generosity of individual donors like yourself, Dhamma Dana publishes original works, whether based on critical scholarly interpretation of the canonical teachings, or on the unique perspective that arises from extensive practical meditative experience. Call or write for more information. Recent offerings include: Dhammapada: A Translation, Itivuttaka: A Translation, The Wings to Awakening: An Anthology from the Pali Canon, An Unentangled Knowing: Teachings of a Thai Buddhist Laywoman, and Mind Like Fire Unbound: An Image in the Early Buddhist Discourses

- Inward Path Publisher
  PO Box 1034
  10830 Penang
  Malaysia
  Tel/Fax: +60 604 659 6696 and +60 604 890 6696
  WWW: » http://www.buddhanet.net/ipp.htm
  E-mail: » inwardpath@hotmail.com
  Inward Path offers a growing catalog of free Dhamma books in their "Inward Journey" series, by such authors as Nyanaponika Thera, Sayadaw U Silananda, and Francis Story. Contact Inward Journey at the above address if you are interested in obtaining books, sponsoring the publication of a particular book, or contributing towards the publication Dhamma books.

- Wisdom Audio-Visual Exchange (WAVE)
  c/o Mrs Lim Tay Poh
  No. 2, Jln Chan Ah Thong
  Off Jln Tun Sanbanthan
  50470 Kuala Lumpur
  Malaysia
  WAVE has an extensive catalog of Dhamma books for free distribution, with titles by such authors as Ajaan Lee, Ajaan Chah, Mahasi Sayadaw, and many others. WAVE welcomes donations to sponsor publication of new books or to reprint old titles.

### Books for sale:

- Buddhist Cultural Centre
  125, Anderson Road
  Nedimala-Dehiwala
  Sri Lanka
  Tel: +94 1-734256
  Fax: +94 1-736737
  WWW: » http://www.lanka.net/bcc
  The Buddhist Cultural Centre is a nonprofit distributor of Buddhist books. Their catalog includes an unusual and wide-ranging selection of books, many of which are impossible to find in the US. Excellent overseas mail order service. Ask for their catalog.

- Buddhist Publication Society
  54, Sangharaja Mawatha
  P.O. Box 61
  Kandy
  Sri Lanka
  Tel: +94 8 237283
  Fax: +94 8 223679
  WWW: » http://www.beyondthenet.net/bps/bps_main.htm
  E-mail: » bps@ids.lk (Book orders are not accepted via e-mail.)
  The BPS is a nonprofit publisher of books on Theravada Buddhism, with an excellent international mail-order service. Their current international mail-order catalog is available from their website. The BPS runs the Nyanaponika Dhamma Dana Project, which distributes free copies of BPS publications to libraries and schools. Publications from the BPS are distributed in the Americas (North and South) by Pariyatti Book Service and in Europe by Wisdom Books.

- International Buddhist Center -- Buddhist Book Service
  The International Buddhist Center
  2600 Elmont Street
  Silver Spring, MD 20902-2700
  USA
  Tel: (301) 946-9437
  WWW: » http://members.aol.com/uparatana/ibcBuddhistBookService.html
  The IBC Buddhist Book Service is a nonprofit international mail order service offering a selection of many titles from contemporary Asian and western Theravada teachers. A number of titles are available free of charge.

- Pali Text Society
  73 Lime Walk
  Headington
  Oxford, OX3 7AD
  England
  Tel: +44 865-67575
  Fax: +44 865-750079
  WWW: » http://www.palitext.demon.co.uk
  Since its founding in 1881, the PTS (a nonprofit organization) has been the world's pre-eminent publisher of texts from the Pali Canon. They offer a hardbound edition of the complete Pali Tipitaka in romanized Pali, and most of the Tipitaka in English translation. Some of their translations of key texts are now very badly out of date, and have been superseded by more fluent translations from other publishers (for example, their translation of the Digha Nikaya dates back to 1899; Maurice Walshe's Long Discourses of The Buddha, published by Wisdom Publications in 1987, is a much more useful text.) Nevertheless, many of the translations are still valuable. Their romanized Pali editions are indispensible tools for the serious Pali student. PTS books are distributed in North America by Pariyatti Book Service.

- Pariyatti Book Service
  P.O. Box 15926
  Seattle, WA 98115
  USA
  Tel: (800) 829-2748 or (206) 522-8175
  Fax: (206) 522-8295
  WWW: » http://www.pariyatti.com/frontpage.htm
  The Pariyatti Book Service is a nonprofit bookseller with a large online catalog of books on Buddhism and meditation from various publishers. Pariyatti is the official North American distributor for the Buddhist Publication Society and the Pali Text Society.

- Wisdom Books
  25 Stanley Road
  Ilford
  Essex
  IG1 1RW
  England
  Tel: +44 208 553 5020
  Fax: +44 208 553 5122
  WWW: » http://www.wisdom-books.com/
  Wisdom Books is a for-profit publisher and distributor of Buddhist books and is the official European distributor for the Buddhist Publication Society.

- Wisdom Publications
  199 Elm Street
  Somerville, MA 02144
  USA
  Tel: (800) 272-4050
  WWW: » http://www.wisdompubs.org
  Wisdom is a nonprofit publisher and distributor of Buddhist books, including several important modern translations of the Digha, Majjhima, and Samyutta Nikayas.

## Audio and video recordings

- Dharma Seed Tape Library
  Box 66
  Wendell Depot, MA 01380
  USA
  Tel: (800) 969-SEED or (413) 772-1848
  WWW: » http://www.dharmaseed.org
  Dharma Seed is a nonprofit publisher and distributor of audio cassette recordings of meditation instructions and teachings by teachers from the » Insight Meditation Society.

- Audio tapes of Dhamma talks by Ven. Sister Ayya Khema, from retreats given in the USA, are available from: Carl Provder, 1416 Elva Terrace, Encinitas, CA 92024, USA. Proceeds to benefit Buddha Haus. Send US$2 for list of tapes.

## Electronic books and texts

- » BuddhaNet (Australia) -- an archive of Theravada Buddhist texts (unformatted ASCII, zip-compressed).

- » DharmaNet - Theravada Library (California, USA) -- an archive of Theravada Buddhist texts (unformatted ASCII, zip-compressed).

- » Buddhasasana (Binh Anson) -- a good selection of articles and translations by contemporary authors (mostly Theravadan), in a very readable format (HTML).

- » Theravada Buddhist Women's Resources (Steve Russell) -- a collection of writings by Buddhist women teachers, ancient and modern (HTML).

- » Annotated Bibliography of Buddhism (Here-and-Now, California, USA) provides brief synopses of hundreds of books on Buddhism, and was prepared by the authors of the exceptionally clear and useful textbook » The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction (Fourth Edition).

## Lists of links

- » Buddhist Resource File (Aming Tu, Taiwan)

- » DharmaNet InterLinks: Buddhist Studies (DharmaNet International, California, USA)

- » Global Resources for Buddhist Studies (Penn. State University, Pennsylvania, USA)

- » Sadhu!: The Theravada Buddhism Web Directory (Malaysia)

- » WWW Virtual Library -- Buddhism section (T. Matthew Ciolek, Australia)

Revised: Tue 16 April 2002