Old News Archive: March 1997

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[30 Mar 97] Access to Insight's second birthday! Some offerings:
- Itivuttaka — An Anthology (Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.) — many of these suttas have also been indexed in the General Index.
- Message for a Globalized World, an essay by Bhikkhu Bodhi
- To The Last Breath — Dhamma Talks on Living and Dying by Ajaan Maha Boowa (now in PDF/Acrobat format )
- A Guide to Awareness by Somdet Phra Ñanasamvara (now in PDF/Acrobat format)
[28 Mar 97] Link added:
- Pali Language Sources and Resources is an excellent new website with everything you need to embark on your Pali studies. It offers an online Pali dictionary, an online edition of Narada's Pali textbook, Pali sound files, and more.
[14 Mar 97] New Books:
- Refuge: an Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
- The Autobiography of a Forest Monk, by Ajaan Thate
[13 Mar 97] Suttas added and indexed:
- Vitakkasanthana Sutta: The Relaxation of Thoughts (MN 20). The Buddha presents five ways of responding to unskillful thoughts that may arise during concentration practice.
- Samadhanga Sutta: The Factors of Concentration (AN 5.28). The Buddha outlines the "five-factored noble right concentration," to explain how the progressive development of the four mundane stages of jhana (absorption) leads to the development of the supranormal powers and Awakening.
[10 Mar 97] Access to Insight no longer blocked by CyberPatrol. Due to an error on the part of Microsystems, Inc., Access to Insight was incorrectly placed on CyberPatrol's "CyberNOT" list of blocked sites for several weeks. The error has now been corrected. If you should discover that this site is blocked by any of the internet blocking programs, please let me know.
[7 Mar 97] Suttas added and indexed:
- Ayacana Sutta: The Request (SN 6.1). Immediately after his Awakening, the Buddha receives a visit from Brahma Sahampati, who pleads with the Buddha to teach the Dhamma, for the sake of those "with little dust in their eyes."
- Garava Sutta: Reverence (SN 6.2). Shortly after his Awakening, the Buddha reviews the world around him, searching for another being whom he could now rightly consider to be his teacher.
[2 Mar 97] Basic Breath Meditation Instructions (Thanissaro Bhikkhu)
[1 Mar 97] Link changed: The Cambridge Insight Meditation Society has a new website.