DHARMA BOOK TRANSCRIPTION PROJECT Bulletin for 1 July 1994 Prepared by John Bullitt (john.bullitt@metta.ci.net) * Asterisks denote recent changes in this file. This file is available via DharmaNet (96:903/1) and FidoNet (1:322/750) by file-request using the "magic name" BOOKNEWS, or via the Internet by sending a message to "booknews@metta.ci.net". It is also available for download at Access to Insight BBS (508/433-5847) and BODY DHARMA ONLINE (510/836-4717). We've put together a draft of guidelines for transcribers and proofreaders. You can either download it from here (SCRIBE.TXT) or order it via the Internet by sending a message to "scribe@metta.ci.net". ================================================================ This bulletin summarizes the current status of DharmaNet's Dharma Book Transcription Project. Begun in 1993, the aim of this project is to make available, in electronic form, free Dharma books, some of which may have previously been printed elsewhere. Once an author grants DharmaNet permission to transcribe and redistribute their book, we invite anyone from our pool of volunteers to begin transcription. The book is then proofread, formatted for the electronic medium, and relased onto the DharmaNet File Distribution Network. From there the book travels freely, far and wide, to Fidonet, Internet, and beyond... In order to respect copyright, we will only consider the following materials for addition to the DharmaNet library: 1. Books which, on the publisher's information page, explicitly give permission to copy and redistribute on a dana basis 2. Books for which the author and/or publisher has given explicit permission for transcription and free redistribution on DharmaNet. ================================================================== ====================== NEWS FROM HERE ========================= Currently about a dozen volunteers are at work transcribing books for this project. If you would like to join in, please let me know! ================================================================ ============== TITLES AWAITING TRANSCRIPTION ================= The following books are awaiting transcription. Permission from the authors/publishers has been granted to distribute these titles on DharmaNet. If you are interested in volunteering to transcribe any of these titles, please let me know. * A Happy Married Life: a Buddhist Perspective (Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda) * A Young People's Life of the Buddha (Bhikkhu Silacara) * The Life of Buddha for Young People (Ven. Ananda Maitreya) The Way It Is (Ven. Ajahn Sumedho) Books by Ven. Visuddhacara (Malaysian Buddhist Meditation Society): Loving and Dying Drinking Tea, Living Life Curbing Anger, Spreading Love Amaravati Buddhist Monastery: All back issues of the "Forest Sangha Newsletter" Buddhist Publication Society -- "Wheel" publications. These are small booklets, between 20-100 pages in length. Wheel #2: Vedanta & Buddhism (Helmuth von Glasenapp) Wheel #48/49: Discourse of the Snake Simile (Nyanaponika Thera) Wheel #162: Facets of Buddhist Thought (KN Jayatilleke) Wheel #170: Mudita: Four Essays Buddhist Publication Society -- "Bodhi Leaf" publications. These are tiny pocket-sized booklets, seldom longer than 30 pages. Bodhi Leaf #102. Bhikkhu Tissa Dispels some doubts (Leonard Price) Other titles: Directions for Insight (K. Khao-suan-luang)vvv These two go together; vvvv To the Last Breath (Ajahn Maha Boowa) ^^^ they're bound in the same book.^ "Directing to Self-penetration", by Kor Khao-suan-luang, Bo Thai, tr. "A Heart Released: The teachings of Phra Ajaan Mun Bhuridatta Thera" "Buddho", by Phra Ajaan Thate Desaransi. Thanissaro Bhikkhu, tr. "Steps Along the Path", by Phra Ajaan Thate Desaransi. Thanissaro, tr ================================================================ ============== TRANSCRIPTIONS IN PROGRESS ================= Mark Blackstad (mblacks@indyvax.iupui.edu) Here and Now -- Ven. Ayya Khema John Bullitt (john.bullitt@metta.ci.net) * "Things as They Are", by Ven. Acariya Maha Boowa. Thanissaro Bh.,tr. Bob Daniel (danielb@puzzler.nichols.com) Wheel #6: The Four Sublime States (Nyanaponika Thera) Myra I Fox (96:605/1) Barry Kapke (dharma@netcom.com): Bodhinyana -- Ajahn Chah Little Dust in our Eyes -- Ayya Khema Pat Lapensee (pat.lapensee@fleming.edu) Wheel #16: Buddhism & Christianity (Helmuth von Glasenapp) Wheel #51: Taming the Mind (PTS) Wheel #259: Nourishing the Roots (Bhikkhu Bodhi) Bodhi Leaf #36: Renunciation (Prince) Bodhi Leaf #87: Buddhism as a Practical Teaching (Seneviratne) Bodhi Leaf #92: Radical Buddhism (Price) Steven McPeak (steven.mcpeak@metta.ci.net): Raj Mendis, Bhavana Society (raj.mendis@metta.ci.net) BPS Wheel #346/348. Buddhist Perspectives on the Ecocrisis BPS Wheel #370/371. Satipatthana Vipassana (Ven Mahasi Sayadaw) BPS Wheel #17. Three Cardinal Discourses by the Buddha (Nanamoli, tr) BPS Wheel #282/284. Going for Refuge & Taking the Precepts (Bodhi) Sabine Miller (sabine.miller@metta.ci.net) Wheel #280: The Position of Women in Buddhism (Dr (Mrs) LS Dewaraja) Maureen Riordan (maureen.riordan@metta.ci.net): * "The Dhamma Teaching of Acariya Maha Boowa in London". Bh. Pannyavado, tr. David Savage (david.savage@lchance.sat.tx.us): * "Looking Inward", by Kor Khao-suan-luang. Thanissaro Bhikkhu, tr. Wheel #21: The Removal of Distracting Thoughts (Soma Thera) Wheel #27: Going Forth: A Call to Buddhist Monkhood (Sumana Samanera) Wheel #90: The Life of Sariputta (Nyanaponika Thera) Wheel #102: Buddhist Reflections on Death (VF Gunaratna) Wheel #206: Lay Buddhist Practice (Bhikkhu Khantipalo) "Basic Themes", by Ajaan Lee Dhammadaro, Thanissaro Bh., tr. "Food for Thought", by Ajaan Lee Dhammadaro. Thanissaro Bhikkhu, tr. Ken Staub (ken.staub@evsc.cld9.com) "Compassion and the Individual" (The Dalai Lama) "The Global Community and the Need for Universal Responsibility" (The Dalai Lama) Shelly Warwick (warwick@cpmail-nz.cis.columbia.edu): Bodhi Leaf #123. Radical Therapy (Lily de Silva) ================================================================ ========== FINAL PROOFING AND/OR FORMATTING ============================ The following books are in the final proofreading and formatting stages and should be released soon. David Savage (david.savage@lchance.sat.tx.us) A Taste of Freedom -- Ajahn Chah Shelli Meyers (sam@it.bu.edu): Be an Island Unto Yourself -- Ayya Khema [10.13.xx] Thanissaro Bhikkhu (c/o john.bullitt@metta.ci.net): * "Reading the Mind", by Kor Khao-suan-luang John Bullitt (john.bullitt@metta.ci.net): * Bodhi Leaf #96: To the Cemetery and Back (Price) Bodhi Leaf #71: The Taste of Freedom (Bodhi) * "The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee". Thanissaro Bhikkhu, tr. The Craft of the Heart (Ajaan Lee; Thanissaro Bh., tr.) [10.14.xx] ================================================================ ============== TITLES RELEASED ================= The following books have been transcribed and are now available for download, file-request, or ftpmail from here and other DharmaNet File Library sites: ALLOFUS.ZIP All of Us (Ayya Khema) ASOKA.ZIP That the True Dhamma Might Last a Long Time: Readings Selected by King Asoka (Thanissaro Bhikkhu) BBESSAYS.ZIP BPS Newsletter cover essays (Nos.1-25, 1985-1993; Bhikkhu Bodhi) BODHI014.ZIP Bodhi Leaf #14: Pride & Conceit (Ashby) BODHI034.ZIP Bodhi Leaf #34. Protection through Satipatthana (Nyanaponika) BODHI042.ZIP Bodhi Leaf #42. Buddhism: A method of mind training (Bullen) BODHI095.ZIP Bodhi Leaf #95: Meditating on No-Self (Sister Khema) BODHI115.ZIP Bodhi Leaf #115. Anapana Sati (Ariyadhamma) BODHI111.ZIP Bodhi Leaf #B111. Our Real Home (Ajahn Chah) BODHI122.ZIP Bodhi Leaf #122. To Light a Fire (Ven. Webu Sayadaw) DL_PEACE.ZIP A Human Approach to World Peace (HH the Dalai Lama) FRAMES.ZIP Frames of Reference (Ajaan Lee; Thanissaro Bh., tr) GOODFOOD.ZIP Food for the Heart -- Ajahn Chah [10.02.02] INMIND.ZIP Keeping the Breath in Mind (Ajaan Lee; Thanissaro Bh., tr) LIVING.ZIP Living Dhamma -- Ajahn Chah [10.02.02] STRENGTH.ZIP Inner Strength (Ajaan Lee; Thanissaro Bhikkhu, tr.) STRAIGHT.ZIP Straight From the Heart (Ajaan Maha Boowa; Thanissaro Bh. tr) TRUEWORD.ZIP Words of Truth: A Prayer for Peace in Tibet (The Dalai Lama) VINAYA.ZIP The Buddhist Monastic Code: The Patimokkha Training Rules Translated and Explained (Thanissaro Bhikkhu). Complete text of this 500+ page comprehensive modern commentary. WHEEL007.ZIP Wheel Publication #7. Practice of Loving-kindness (Nanamoli) WHEEL008.ZIP Wheel Publication #8. Kalama Sutta (Soma Thera, tr) WHEEL014.ZIP Wheel Publication #14. Everyman's Ethics (Narada) WHEEL019.ZIP Wheel Publication #19. Foundations of Mindfulness (Nyanasatta) WHEEL026.ZIP Wheel Publication #26. The Five Hindrances (Nyanaponika) WHEEL061.ZIP Wheel Publication #61/62. The Simile of the Cloth & The Discourse on Effacement (Nyanaponika Thera, tr) WHEEL065.ZIP Wheel Publication #65/66. The Way of Wisdom (Edward Conze) WHEEL083.ZIP Wheel Publication #83/84. With Robes and Bowl (Khantipalo) * WHEEL121.ZIP Wheel Publication #121: Power of Mindfulness (Nyanaponika Thera) WHEEL292.ZIP Wheel Publication #292/293. Buddhist Women at time of Buddha WHEEL337.ZIP Wheel Publication #337/338. One foot in the World (de Silva) WHEEL349.ZIP Wheel Publication #349/350. Inspiration from Enlightened Nuns (Susan Elbaum Jootla) ================================================================ ====================== UNDER CONSIDERATION ===================== The following titles are under consideration. We will be seeking permission to transcribe and redistribute these titles. If you have any to add to this list, please let me know! BPS "Wheel" titles: #15. Dependent Origination (Paticca Samuppada), by Piyadassi Thera #18. Devotion in Buddhism: Three Essays #20. The Three Signata: Anicca, dukkha, anatta #33. Advice to Rahula: Four discourses of the Buddha. #54 The Mirror of the Dhamma (Narada Mahathera, Kassapa Thera) #73. The Blessings of Pindapata, by Bh. Khantipalo #130-31. The Buddhist Monk's Discipline, by Bh. Khantipalo. #226. Buddhism and Sex, by M. O'C. Walshe #234-36. The Miracle of Being Awake, by Thich Nhat Hanh #243-44. Forest Meditations, by Bh. Khantipalo #261. Buddhism and Death, by M. O'C. Walshe #263-34. Maha Moggallana, by Hellmuth Necker #268. On the No-self characteristic, Dr. K.N.G Mendis #271-72. Bag of Bones, by Bh. Khantipalo #294-5.The Buddhist Layman: Four essays #351. The Jhanas, by Bhante Gunaratana #365-6. Metta: Philos & Practice of Univ. Love, Acariya Buddharakkhita #367-9. Dana: The Practice of giving, by Bhikkhu Bodhi Other books: Buddhism in a Nutshell, by Narada. [Recommended by Bhante Gunaratana] Light of Asia, by Sir Edwin Arnold Young People's Life of the Buddha, by Bh. Silacara [Recommended by Bhante Gunaratana] ===================================================================