Old News Archive: May-July 1996

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[21 July 96] HOW TO UNCOMPRESS FILES I've put together some directions on how to uncompress and read those pesky ".zip" files.
[14 July 96] NEW LINK: The Insight Meditation Society now has its own Web site.
[5 July 96] NEW LINK: Sharon Salzberg, one of the founding teachers of the Insight Meditation Society, now has a Web page.
[14 Jun 96] NEW BOOKS: To the Last Breath: Dhamma Talks on Living and Dying, by Ajaan Maha Boowa.
A Guide to Awareness, by Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara.
Maha Kaccana: Master of Doctrinal Exposition, by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
[13 Jun 96] NEW WWW ADDRESS FOR NON-THERAVADA DHARMA CENTER LISTINGS: The listings for centers from non-Theravada traditions have found a new home over at DharmaNet , where you'll find both the list of worldwide Dharma centers , and those in the USA . (Thanks, Barry, for offering to host those files at DharmaNet!) Of course, you can still find listings for Theravada centers right here at Access to Insight.
[10 Jun 96] NEW BOOK: Buddhist Ceremonies and Rituals of Sri Lanka, by A.G.S. Kariyawasam.
[8 Jun 96] NEW BOOK: The Benefits of Walking Meditation, by Sayadaw U Silananda.
[4 Jun 96] NEW BOOK: l'Eloge de l'Attention (French translation of Nyanaponika's Power of Mindfulness)
[1 Jun 96] NEW BOOK: The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation, by Henepola Gunaratana.
[21 May 96] NOTE TO LYNX USERS: There is a known bug with the Lynx web browser that causes it to fail sometimes when you try to download files from ftp file archives. Graphical web browsers (Netscape, Mosaic, etc.) and Lynx's successor, Lynxfm, don't have this problem. If you experience problems downloading files whose URLs begin with "ftp://ftp.std.com/books/Dhammadana", let me know, and I'll try arrange another way for you to get the files.
[20 May 96] CHANGE IN DHARMA CENTER LISTINGS: As of 1 June 1996 I will no longer be maintaining a comprehensive directory of Dharma centers from all Buddhist traditions, simply because I don't have the time to keep all the 500+ listings accurate and up to date. I will, however, continue to do my best to maintain the listings for Theravada Buddhist centers. The listings for meditation practice groups will, for the most part, be unaffected.
[20 May 96] NEW PAGES ADDED: I've added a chronological history (timeline) of Theravada Buddhism.