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Where can I find the Chinese Canon Agama in English translation?
Where can I find the Chinese Canon Agamas in English translation?
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Good source of Buddha stories and what they mean
Try again.
I have an idea for a comic book I would like to attempt. It is based in a contemporary setting and sort of outlines the principles of buddhism without actually comingout and saying so.
What I am after is a good source of Buddha stories…
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Where to find multilingual and/or beautifully typeset Buddhist texts?
I recently stumbled upon a lovely collection of well-typeset Vietnamese Buddhist texts. It must have taken tremendous effort to typeset this bilingual Chinese-Vietnamese edition of the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra in LaTeX, for example.
As a computational…
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What's the most important teaching of the Buddha in the canon?
Or, what would be the best teaching to spark an interest in someone who knows little or nothing about the teachings of the Buddha?
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Is there a Buddhist equivalent to Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations"?
What I mean by equivalent is in significance and style. Marcus Aurelius was an extremely important man and was forced to deal with specifically difficult problems in life. This adds weight to his words.
Is there any very famous Buddhist diary? One…
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What Is the significance of 'Sal Tree' in Buddhism?
'Sal Tree' is revered by most people in sri lanka and most temple in the country grown it. Is this tree mentioned in the buddhist tradition?
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Is this forum a place for Buddhist Hermeneutics?
Buddhist Hermeneutics could be the objective study of Buddhist texts (from my limited understanding).
Is hermeneutics possible in Buddhism? There are so many allegories and parables in Buddhist texts, I feel that an objective study of these texts…
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Why are many links on SuttaCentral showing page not found error?
Namo Budhhaya. I had bookmarked many Suttas from SuttaCentral but most of them are showing page not found error.
For example : This link and this link.
I wonder why are many links on SuttaCentral showing page not found error?
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Why did Dr. BR Ambedkar convert to buddhism?
Me text-book and dad(historian + buddhist) told me that the father of the indian constitution converted into buddhism towards the end of his life.
Can anyone please tell me why he did so?
Tnx for all the help
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Where can I learn more about 孔明點將?
A relative of mine did some kind of praying ritual in front of a Buddha where she had a canister of 100 or so sticks, and on each stick there is a Chinese number from 1 to 100. My relative started shaking the canister and eventually stick number 9…
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