Old News Archive: October 1996

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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.