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
Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
- tiltbillings
- Posts: 23046
- Joined: Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:25 am
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
- Yay!!!
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
Good stuff Zom.
All the best,
Geoff
All the best,
Geoff
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
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.
Mike
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.
Mike
- tiltbillings
- Posts: 23046
- Joined: Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:25 am
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
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.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
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;
Mike
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;
Mike
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
Indeed. And it doesn't require a power source and operating system!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;
kind regards
Ben
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
And may I add, Anumodana to all those involved in the project.
The Vism is a jewel!
kind regards
Ben
The Vism is a jewel!
kind regards
Ben
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
Excellent!!
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.
- BB
- BB
- Bhikkhu Pesala
- Posts: 4646
- Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:17 pm
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
Good news indeed.
Blog • Pāli Fonts • In This Very Life • Buddhist Chronicles • Software (Upasampadā: 24th June, 1979)
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
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.
Kammalakkhano , bhikkhave, bālo, kammalakkhano pandito, apadānasobhanī paññāti
(The fool is characterized by his/her actions/the wise one is characterized by his/her actions/Wisdom shines forth in behaviour.)
(AN 3.2 Lakkhana Sutta)
(The fool is characterized by his/her actions/the wise one is characterized by his/her actions/Wisdom shines forth in behaviour.)
(AN 3.2 Lakkhana Sutta)
- Beneath the Wheel
- Posts: 49
- Joined: Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:41 pm
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
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.
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.
- DNS
- Site Admin
- Posts: 17186
- Joined: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:15 am
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, Estados Unidos de América
- Contact:
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
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.
Good news. I have a few hard copies, but that is a good feature with the word find / search function.
- ancientbuddhism
- Posts: 887
- Joined: Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:53 pm
- Location: Cyberia
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
Finally a PDF copy of this is out! Unfortunately it is without bookmarks or links in the Contents pages for navigation.
“I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.” – Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854
Secure your own mask before assisting others. – NORTHWEST AIRLINES (Pre-Flight Instruction)
A Handful of Leaves
Secure your own mask before assisting others. – NORTHWEST AIRLINES (Pre-Flight Instruction)
A Handful of Leaves
Re: Visuddhi Magga on Access To Insight
Any plans for a Vimutti Magga?
- "And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting oneself one protects others? By the pursuit, development, and cultivation of the four establishments of mindfulness. It is in such a way that by protecting oneself one protects others.
"And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting others one protects oneself? By patience, harmlessness, goodwill, and sympathy. It is in such a way that by protecting others one protects oneself.
- Sedaka Sutta [SN 47.19]