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Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:15 am
by Zom
I was a bit surprised, but:

Visuddhimagga — The Path of Purification 2011.08.07

A bow of gratitude to the many ATI volunteers who helped with the transcription of this important classic text! — jtb

Visuddhimagga — The Path of Purification: The Classic Manual of Buddhist Doctrine and Meditation, by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli.
"The Visuddhimagga is the 'great treatise' of Theravada Buddhism, an encyclopedic manual of Buddhist doctrine and meditation written in the fifth century by the great Buddhist commentator, Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa. The author's intention in composing this book is to organize the various teachings of the Buddha, found throughout the Pali Canon, into a clear and comprehensive path leading to the final Buddhist goal, Nibbana, the state of complete purification. In the course of his treatise Buddhaghosa gives full and detailed instructions on the forty subjects of meditation aimed at concentration, an elaborate account of the Buddhist Abhidhamma philosophy, and detailed descriptions of the stages of insight culminating in final liberation" [summary from the back cover of the BPS edition]. [Not available in HTML]


Direct link to download PDF:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... on2011.pdf

:reading: :tongue:

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:31 am
by tiltbillings
  • Yay!!!

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:36 am
by Nyana
Good stuff Zom.

All the best,

Geoff

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:49 am
by mikenz66
The project was announced some time ago.
http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.ph ... =20#p32156" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Nice to see that it's done!

This is a huge improvement over the pirated scan discussed in the above thread. Having a searchable PDF will be very useful.

:anjali:
Mike

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:49 am
by tiltbillings
The nice thing about having this text in PDF is a search function, making it so much easier to find things. This is an important text and it is a good thing to have it available in such a format.

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:53 am
by mikenz66
Does anyone have an idea of how much has been modified/corrected in this edition?

BPS lists it at $13.75, so a paper copy is very affordable.
http://www.bps.lk/translationsfrompali.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

:anjali:
Mike

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:13 am
by Ben
mikenz66 wrote: BPS lists it at $13.75, so a paper copy is very affordable.
http://www.bps.lk/translationsfrompali.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Indeed. And it doesn't require a power source and operating system!
kind regards

Ben

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:19 am
by Ben
And may I add, Anumodana to all those involved in the project.
The Vism is a jewel!
kind regards

Ben

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:03 am
by bodom
Excellent!!

:anjali:

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:53 pm
by Bhikkhu Pesala
Good news indeed. :anjali:

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:21 am
by phil
Nice, an indication perhaps that the forces that be at ATI are mending the dismissive attitude towards Abhidhamma that they show in their brief intros to the tipitika, at least it was like that last time I checked. Abhidhamma galore in Vism.

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:25 pm
by Beneath the Wheel
This is great. Very glad to see this available.

If anyone wants to take a shot at making a kindle-friendly version I'd be very grateful. I've tried my hand it it already and I just can't get Calibre to handle it correctly.

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:48 pm
by DNS
tiltbillings wrote:The nice thing about having this text in PDF is a search function, making it so much easier to find things. This is an important text and it is a good thing to have it available in such a format.
:thumbsup:

Good news. I have a few hard copies, but that is a good feature with the word find / search function.

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:48 pm
by ancientbuddhism
Finally a PDF copy of this is out! Unfortunately it is without bookmarks or links in the Contents pages for navigation.

Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:55 pm
by daverupa
Any plans for a Vimutti Magga?