Photographs from Wat Phra Kaew

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 19th February, 2012

Report on hospital visits in Bangkok and photographs from Wat Phra Kaew in the Royal Palace Compound

Why the Buddha Suffered

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 12th February, 2012

A new text and translation of a section of the Apadāna, together with its commentary, explaining why the Buddha suffered in his last life.

Photographs from Wat Arun, the Temple of the Dawn

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 5th February, 2012

New photo album from Wat Arun, the Temple of the Dawn, in Bangkok showing the Prangs, Viharn, Pavillions and Murals from the Ubosot.

New Website: Sri Lankan Pali Texts

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 8th January, 2012

Launch of a new website of image files of the Pāḷi pages from the Sri Lankan Buddha Jayanti Tipitaka Granthamālā.

Ajahn Sujīvo chanting Dhammacakkappavattanasuttam

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 1st January, 2012

As a blessing for the New Year here is a chanting of the First Discourse of the Buddha by Ajahn Sujivo.

Photographs of Two Chinese Temples

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 18th December, 2011

I have just published two new web albums on the Photo Dharma website that I took recently at nearby Chinese temples. They were taken to try out my new camera which is advertised as being especially useful in low light conditions.

E-books page on Ancient Buddhist Texts

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 4th December, 2011

New E-books page for Ancient Buddhist Texts, where the whole English section is now available in epub and mobi format complete with attractive covers.

Flip-books on Ancient Buddhist Texts

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 27th November, 2011

English texts are now uploaded to a new and rather good-looking platform for the publication of pdfs, which automatically converts the files to flip-books, which are quick to load and present nicely in the browser.

Revision of the Materials on Mindfulness on ABT

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 20th November, 2011

I have just completed what turned out to be a major revision of the materials on Mindfulness on the Ancient Buddhist Texts website.

Light on Pāḷi Pronunciation by Ledi Sayadaw

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 16th October, 2011

A translation of the first eight of the explanations in the Niruttidīpanī by Ledi Sayadaw, which deal with the sound-system and pronunciation in Pāḷi.

New Translation of the Thematic Discourses about Nuns

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 9th October, 2011

Publication of a text and translation of the Bhikhhunīsaṁyuttaṁ which contains some very profound teachings, in various formats, including audio.

Monastic Dawnrise and Midday

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 2nd October, 2011

A new calculator to find out the correct time for dawnrise and midday which are crucial for many of the monastic disciplinary rules and for lay people undertaking the uposatha.

Facebook Comments: Dynamic Urls on Static Pages

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 18th September, 2011

A note on how to insert the Facebook Commenting social plugin via javascript on static pages and make the url dynamic.

Conversion of Ancient Buddhist Texts to Unicode

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 11th September, 2011

Over the past couple of weeks I have made a new Unicode font and I have now converted the whole of the Ancient Buddhist Texts website to this format.

Mount Kailash, A Pilgrim’s Companion

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 4th September, 2011

A short book by Ven Dhammika as a companion to Mount Kailash has now been published on the Photo Dharma website, with extra photographs he took along the way.

Publication of A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 28th August, 2011

Publication of the teachings of Bhikkhu Sumedha on pain, stress and illness, gathered while he was working in the Intensive Care Unit at Peradeniya General Hospital during the last ten years of his life.

Photographs from Wat Sri Suphan in Chiang Mai

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 14th August, 2011

A report on my stay at Wat Sri Suphan in Chiang Mai, the wonderful art work that is found there and the support they are giving to the local traditions of Lanna arts and crafts.

Photo Albums from the Temples around Chiang Mai

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 7th August, 2011

A report on some of the Temples I visited in the immediate Chiang Mai area, including Wat Phra That Doi Suthep.

Chiang Mai: Photos of Temples in the Old City

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 31st July, 2011

Photographs from the temples in the old City, which are some of the oldest in Chiang Mai, and were often built with Royal patronage, along with recollections of my visit to the various Temples.

Chiang Mai: Photo Albums of Modern Structures

Posted by Anandajoti on Sunday, 24th July, 2011

This post covers my trip to Fang, Tha Ton and Chiang Rai and the modern temples and other buildings that we found there, including the White Temple and the Black House.

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