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The Pali/English English/Pali suttas are linked to each other by number [meaning you can click the sutta number to toggle between the Pali and the English].
There is now an Index to Proper Names which links to the Biographical information for important characters that is contained in the notes of The Book of Ones.
The Book of Ones in Pali
These files take approximately 1 minute each to download over 28.8k modems; they require the MOZPALI font for viewing.
This text is compiled from the Pali Text Society Edition, edited by The Rev. Richard Morris, Second Edition, Revised by A.K.Warder, and the Vipassana Research Institute version [where there were differences I generally used the Pali Text Society version]. I have proofread this text carefully and have corrected a few errors that occurred in both editions from which I copied material. Please let me know if you find additional errors. The suttas have been numbered consecutively throughout but for reference the Pali Text Society "Chapter Numbers" have been inserted in square brackets as have the "End-Titles" of the Vipassana Research Institute edition.
The Book of Ones Translated from The Pali
by Michael Olds
[Again, please note: These files take approximately 1 minute each to download over 28.8K modems. They do not require the MOZPALI font for viewing.]
Suttas 188-234 [this file was just too long; it has been broken into two files. Please let me know if there are any linking problems that result. -- much supplemental material on important Bhikkhus*]
Suttas 235-247 [Supplemental material on important Female Bhikkhus*]
Suttas 248-257 [Supplemental material on important Male Lay Followers*]
Suttas 258-295 [Supplemental material on important Female Lay Followers*]
Supplemental materials gathered primarily from The Pali Text Society's Dictionary of Pali Proper Names and The Psalms of the Early Buddhists, used with permission. Now indexed in Index of Proper Names
For Your Edification and Delight
This is from the Introduction (please note that this download is not the absolute final edition; that will have to wait for a period of settling in):
This edition is being set up with the pleasure of enjoyment of this great work in mind. It is being set in a special script designed with the idea that every letter of our alphabet carries deep meaning. Almost every sutta occupies it’s own page. The intent is that the combination of individual sutta presentation together with an unusual typeface will slow down the reader sufficiently to allow the penetration of some of the true magic present in this book.
I have done my best to translate this book for both meaning and readability. This edition contains very few Pali words and no commentary, explanations, apologies, sutta numbers, chapter heads, or notes. [I have made one exception in the case of a note on Makkhali which, if not included, would render the two accompanying suttas meaningless today, and I should also point out that there are one or two suttas which are exact repetitions. This is not an error. These repetitions are made in the case of ideas that belong in groups, where two groups contain the same concept. Distinctions between groups is not always too clear!] If you would like to examine the Pali, or the translation along with accompanying notes, you need look no further than the links above.
It is my hope that readers will print this out using the highest quality printer settings and on fine paper, and seek to bind it themselves such that the final product is a work to be treasured and read time and time again.
This Download is 650KB Zipped! It contains a further ZIP file of the American Pictogram Font to be used for display. Please note that as a consequence of the layout of this font, this edition will not display properly in any other font without some extensive editing -- I want you to use this font!
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