Yellow Robe - A Real Buddhist's Journal

1. MN 101-120 Published
(News/Site)

Thanks so much to Chris Burke’s contribution once again, and the work has been published @ http://www.yellowrobe.com/pali-canon/sutta-piaka/majjhima-nikaya.html  ...

2. Subscribe to Yellow Robe Newsletter!
(News/Site)

I’m happy to announce that the Yellow Robe newsletter is setup, and visitors can now subscribe to it. The Yellow Robe newsletter is aimed to send weekly or monthly suttas from the Pali Canon as well as ...

3. Digitalizing English Translation of Pali Canon
(News/Site)

I’m engaging in a project to digitalize the English translation of the Pali Canon. It is a large project as there are a lot of texts to translate. I am planning to use Wisdom Publication’s books. Although ...

4. Where can I download the Pali Canon
(FAQs/Pali Canon)

You may visit http://www.tipitaka.org/ to download.

5. What is the Pali Canon (Tipitaka)
(Pali Canon/General)

The authentic teachings of Gotama the Buddha have been preserved and handed down to us and are to be found in the Tipiṭaka. The Pāli word, Tipiṭaka', literally means `the three baskets' (ti=three + piṭaka=collections ...

6. In This Very Life - The Liberation Teachings of the Buddha
(Teachings/General)

... usual translation of the Pali word thīna, which actually means a weak mind, a shrunken and withered, viscous and slimy mind, unable to grasp the meditation object firmly. As thīna makes the mind weak, ...

7. The Progress of Insight
(Practice/Meditation)

...  Translated from the Pali with Notes by Nyanaponika Thera Source: Transcribed from a file provided by the BPS. Third BPS edition 1994.  ...

8. Biography of Venerable U Silananda Sayadaw
(Books/U Silananda Sayadaw)

... Certificate of Education Examination held by the University of London in Ceylon) with distinctions in Pali and Sanskrit. While he was in Ceylon he made a brief return to Burma and during that trip he ...

9. Biography of Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
(Books/Mahasi Sayadaw)

... Nimmala acting as his preceptor. Within four years Ven. Sobhana passed all three grades of the Pali scriptural examinations conducted by the Government.   Practice of Vipassana Ven. Sobhana next ...

10. Online Resources of Patimokkha
(Practice/The Patimokkha)

... Prince Dighavu [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. This is surely one of the most dramatic stories in the Pali Canon -- a tale of murder, intrigue, and revenge -- which teaches the wisest way to "settle an old ...

11. The Patimokkha for Bhikkhuni
(Practice/The Patimokkha)

The Bhikkhuni Patimokkha The Bhikkhunis' Code of Discipline Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu For free distribution only. Contents Translator's Introduction  ...

12. The Patimokkha for Bhikkhus
(Practice/The Patimokkha)

... p.1) The Bhikkhu Patimokkha The Bhikkhus' Code of Discipline Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu For free distribution only. Contents Parajika -- Rules entailing ...

13. What is the Triple Gem?
(Practice/The Triple Refugee)

... simply a person who wishes the religion well. So if anything in this book is defective -- in terms of the expression or the Pali -- I hope that knowledgeable people will forgive me, for it's not the case ...

14. Advices for Practice
(Teachings/General)

In Buddhism, the actual practice is far more important than everything else. We wish to give some good words of advice. 1. If one chooses to read the Pali Canon on one's own, it's better that there is ...

15. What is Dependant Origination
(Teachings/Dependant Originations)

... such as eye, visual form, etc. Sense-bases are the product of nama-rupa (consciousness and corporeality) which results from viññana (consciousness) which is again caused by namarupa. The full Pali texts ...

16. The Teaching of Non-Self
(Teachings/Non-Self)

...  I have taken out and translated most of the Pali words into English as well as rendering the sentences for better understanding. This is the abridged version of the original book, and the original book ...

17. What is Nibbana
(Teachings/Nibbana)

... "The Debate of King Milinda" in which I abridged the translation of the Milinda Pañha. The Milinda Pañha is an ancient Pali book compiled in the form of a dialogue between a Buddhist Sage, Nagasena, and ...

18. Where to Find Authentic Teachings
(Teachings/General)

The authentic teachings of Gotama the Buddha have been preserved and handed down to us and are to be found in the Tipitaka. The Pali word, 'Tipitaka', literally means 'the three baskets' (ti-three + pitaka ...

19. The Zen school calls its method the "Direct Path to Enlightenment," is it true?
(FAQs/Buddha's Teachings)

... discern things as they actually are. This was no different than the instructions found in the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, which has its source and authenticity from the Pali Canon. Therefore the Zen ...

20. Sects of Buddhism
(History/Sects and Schism)

... has become a cliché today, and people should be careful with it. The following is an example of what a false Buddha Dhamma is like. New schools such as the Dhammakaya uses Pali Canon as its main scripture, ...