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October 1996

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Source: Prepared by jtb for Access to Insight.
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  • [31 Oct 96] New Index — There's now a separate Index of individual Suttas
  • [29 Oct 06] Verses from the Theragatha and Therigatha — A selection of lovely verses from the "Verses of the Elder Monks and Nuns" in the Khuddaka Nikaya is now available.
  • [27 Oct 96] New feature — I've set up a Community Bulletin Board, where I'll post announcements that may be of interest to visitors here. If you have announcements you'd like to post here, just let me know.
  • [26 Oct 96] New book — The Wings to Awakening: An Anthology from the Pali Canon, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
  • [26 Oct 96] Sutta added — The Discourse to Visakha on the Uposatha with the Eight Practices (The Buddha explains to Visakha, a laywoman, the benefits of observing uposatha days.)
  • [25 Oct 96] New essays by Bhikkhu Bodhi: Walking Even Amidst the Uneven (BPS Newsletter, 2nd mailing 1996)
    Meeting the Divine Messengers (BPS Newsletter, 1st mailing 1996)
  • [24 Oct 96] I've filled in some of the major gaps in the Pali canon pages, and put a link to those pages right on the home page.
  • [23 Oct 96] Reorganization underway — I'm in the process of making some systematic changes throughout this website — hundreds of small (and mostly invisible) changes that I hope will add up to a simpler, clearer organization of things. There may be a few snags over the next few days (bad links, etc.) as I iron out the bugs, so please be patient. If you find any bugs, please let me know.
  • [21 Oct 96] New hypertext book — The Dhammapada (BPS edition, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita) is now online.
  • [13 Oct 96] The Buddhist Monastic Code is back in print! Copies of the revised 1996 edition are available upon request from the author.
  • [13 Oct 96] New links added:
    • Insight Meditation Society has a new home page address
    • Barre Center for Buddhist Studies has a new home page address
    • The Vipassana Tribune, from Malaysia, publishes a twice-yearly collection of articles and book extracts by vipassana teachers from around the world.
    • Supplements and study aids to accompany the college-level textbook, The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction (Fourth Edition), are now available.
  • [3 Oct 96] New link added — Vipassana Metta on Maui — Vipassana Metta Foundation (Kula, HI)
  • [3 Oct 96] I've changed the home page, to clarify the main divisions of Access to Insight's offerings. Thanks, Dorothea Bowen, for your valuable suggestions.
Revised: Tuesday 2007-08-14
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