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• Happy Āsāḷha Pūjā

  Today is Āsāḷha Pūjā, the last day before the annual rains retreat, and to celebrate the occasion I’m happy to announce what we’ve been working on the last few months: the significant expansion of our free library further into the history of Buddhism and the workings of the mind with the launch of seven new bibliographies!

• Study Time

  This month we’ve added three sections to our library on Karma, Philosophical Dialogues, and Time.

• An Empty New Year

  Kicking off the new year, I’m happy to announce the addition of four new sections to our library on Cosmology (Saṃsāra), Emptiness (Śūnyatā), Epistemology (Pramāṇa), and Communication Studies.

• Meditation After the Rains

  This month we celebrate the end of this year’s rains retreat with five (!) new bibliographies on the Saṅgha, the history of Buddhism and three new subtopics under “Meditation”:

• Back to School

  Introducing subtopics to Buddhist Philosophy and the Human World.

• Happy Vesak

  In which I announce a new bibliography on Buddhism and Nature.

• Happy New Year

  This December I’m happy to announce that a new page on the Pāli Language has been added to our library.

• Back to School

  Autumn is in the air and many new leaves have fallen into our library this month, especially on Buddhist Nuns and how the Dharma came West.

• Finding Peace in the Turmoil

  This month, we added two new sections to our library on Samatha and Vipassanā Meditation.

• The Types of Mahāyāna

  This month, the University expanded our Mahāyāna offerings with new sections of the library dedicated to Chan and Vajrayāna Buddhism.

• Returning to the Basics

  This past four months, OBU has added no new courses or bibliographies to the site. The first third of 2022 has, however, seen:

• More Sutta Studies with Bhikkhu Bodhi

  This month, we’ve added hundreds of lectures by Bhikkhu Bodhi on the Majjhima and Aṅguttara Nikāyas.

• Wandering for the Benefit of Many

  The end of the summer’s rains retreat is traditionally when Buddhist monks would begin to tour the countryside, following the Buddha’s instruction to “wander […] out of compassion for the world” (Kd 1:8).

• Engaged Buddhism

  This month, we’ve added a new bibliography on Engaged Buddhism!

• Indian Buddhism

  As promised last month, this month we continue to explore Buddhist India: this time after the Buddha, with bibliographies on Indian Buddhism after the Buddha (up to the first sectarian splits) and on Buddhist pilgrimage today.

• In the Buddha's World

  This month I’ve added two, new bibliographies to the site on the world of Early Buddhism: The Buddha’s India and Characters in the Early Buddhist Texts.

• Vinaya Studies and The Mind Stilled

  This short month saw two major additions to The University: an advanced course on Nibbāna (following up on our previous course) and a new bibliography of Vinaya Studies (following up on our previous bibliographies on monasticism and the canon).

• The Buddha in the Pāli Texts

  This month saw a number of technical upgrades to the site and the addition of a new syllabus on the Buddha along with a few other new pieces to the university library.

• 你好, āvuso!

  Hello, friend! Today I’m happy to announce the addition of a new feature and a few new courses for the more serious scholars, as well as a few polemics on contemporary issues which are near and dear to my heart.

• Introducing 6 (!) More Courses

  The last few months I’ve been busy adding a number of courses to the site and today I’m proud to announce the completion of the University’s new catalog of (now) ten courses.

• The Two Traditions of Buddhism

  This month the library took its first tentative steps towards covering the different forms of Buddhism, with new bibliographies on Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism.

• The Nikayas and Āgamas

  This month I’ve added information to the library on the four main Nikayas (the Digha, Majjhima, Saṃyutta, and Aṅguttara) along with their parallel Āgamas (the Dīrgha, Madhyama, Saṃyukta, and Ekottarika).

• The World and the Early Buddhist Texts

  Following on the Pāli Canon readings from last month, this month the library added tags on the Vinaya and Sutta Pitikas as well as the Chinese Agamas. I’m especially happy to share this translation of the Canonical Vinaya:

• Two New Bibliographies

  This month I’m happy to announce two bibliographies on more advanced topics: nibbāna and the Pāli Canon.

• A New Reading List on Meditation

  Today I’m proud to finally announce the meditation reading list.

• May Flowers

  This months readings are back to basics. There are two new topical reading lists on Monastic Buddhism and Buddhist Ethics and I’ve added a number of suttas to the library.

• April Showers

  This month I’ve gotten a solid start on migrating over content from my Google Drive folder. You’ll now find four new topic tags added to the library.

• Welcome to the University

  Today I’m happy to welcome you to The Open Buddhist University at GitHub. Congratulations on your admission!

• Introducing four (!) new courses on Buddhism

  Today I’m happy to announce the publication of not one, but four new courses on the fundamentals of Buddhism:

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