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Monthly Zoom Rooms -- Sutta Study
FoEBT's's sutta study continues in February 2024 with the discourse, 'To Vacchagotta on the Three Knowledges' (MN71).
You can read the sutta here: suttacentral.net/mn71.
Sessions include reading, discussion, and the occasional deep dive into the Pāḷi.
FoEBT's monthly Sutta Study Zoom Rooms currently focus on the Middle-Length Discourses (Majjhima Nikāya). The intention is to work through suttas identified as likely to be early, as per 'Studies in the Origins of Buddhism', by Govind Chandra Pande.
Previous Zoom Room topics:
Sutta Study: The Shorter Discourse with Māluṇkya (MN63)
Sutta Study: The Buddha's Advice to Rāhula (MN61), part 2
Sutta Study: The Buddha's Advice to Rāhula (MN61), part 1
Sutta Study: Longer Simile of the Heartwood (MN29)
Sutta Study: The Noble Search (MN26), part 3
Sutta Study: The Noble Search (MN26), part 2
Sutta Study: The Noble Search (MN26), part 1
Sutta Study: Relay Chariots (MN24)
Sutta Study: Jungle Thickets (MN17)
Sutta Study: The Simile of the Cloth (MN7)
Hope within Dependent Origination in Our Changing World
Right View and Climate Change
Dependent Origination and Climate Change
Right Livelihood and Climate Change
Right Effort and Climate Change
New -- language study affiliate links
YogicStudies is an online learning platform offering top-notch teachers of Pāḷi and Sanskrit. An FoEBT trustee recently completed the Yogic Studies Pāḷi 103 course and found it extremely worthwhile. Using the affiliate links below supports FoEBT:
Pāḷi - https://www.yogicstudies.com/a/2147527876/bMGxya2N
Sanskrit - https://www.yogicstudies.com/a/2147532295/bMGxya2N
Please see the sidebar for other resources for language study, including both free and paid resources.
Dependent Origination Books available
Free copies of Leigh Brasington's book, 'Dependent Origination and Emptiness', are available in hard copy through FoEBT. Please contact us for details,
or download the free e-book at Leigh's website, http://sodapi.leighb.com/.
Pātimokkha books & PDF available
A few printed copies remain for distribution in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
If you are a monastic or lay practitioner interested in a hard copy for use in supporting your personal practice, please get in touch through the 'Contact' page.
Bhikkhunī Pāṭimokkha
It was our great pleasure to be involved with printing the fourth edition of the Bhikkhuni Pāṭimokkha, prepared by Ayya Tathaaloka and Nimmala Bhikkhuni, two Buddhist nuns in North America. A total of 500 copies were printed for distribution primarily in the UK and Europe. Some funds remain for one additional print, probably in North America.
For students of Pāḷi, what is particularly helpful is the book includes the Pāḷi on the left pages alongside English translation on the right pages. This arrangement is a great support for learning and improving Pāḷi.
If you are interested in receiving a copy of this book for your own personal practice, please contact us.
NEW way to contribute to FoEBT's work.
Please visit our new KindLink page, where you can make donations and see what projects we're fundraising for.
Resources for Learning Pāḷi
Free
There are many free resources for language study. Here are a few:
Recordings of courses taught by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
https://www.baus.org/en/teaching/learning-pali/
Excellent and varied printed materials from Ānandajoti Bhikkhu.
https://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/
PaliBlogspot has extensive written materials, great for understanding grammar. https://palistudies.blogspot.com/p/resources.html
Paid
YogicStudies offers courses in Pāḷi, Sanskrit, and Buddhism.
The Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS) also offers paid Pāḷi classes.
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