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Thank you Venerable Sir for the detailed instructions. I’ve understood the workflow and will start directly from Row 100 as requested and use Editor number “3”, I’m currently setting up Git, Ruby, and Jekyll on my PC. I’ll reach out if I encounter any technical issues getting Jekyll to run on my system, but otherwise, I will get to work on the middle section of the list soon.
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I just checked out the website, here is some feedback:
- Looks great
- The explanation of what Orthodox Theravada is (home page) is superb.
- Broken link to BPS Online Library here Recommended Books - Orthodox Theravāda
BPS link works (without me changing anything). I just tested (again).
bps.lk
maybe you have a firewall or something.. or maybe you use vpn and they reject vpn. Not sure. Or maybe they have a server problem (i’m in sri lanka).
Would you be interested in helping to review and verify? send me a message. No real coding is needed. but if you can use git, this is good. with ai it is easier.
Take a look at cetana. Here you can see where the website can be of great benefit and authority, once we verify all items. It is a suttanta term, but also an abhidhamma term. Here, abhidhamma is very clearly shown with its connection.
The link it points to is https://www.bps.lk/bps-library/ which doesn’t work, I am talking about this piece of text - You can find the complete BPS library at BPS Online Library.
Sure I can help review and verify, no git though.
I’m not sure what this bps library is that is not working..Maybe you can give the url of the page you are speaking of? We have over 700 pages.
The page listed below has all of the links tested as far as I know. I fixed a few of them.
Dear Venerable Sir, the correct bps link is: BPS On-line Library
The below link gives 404 error.
Ok, I just checked it again, the link for bps on the orthodoxtheravada.org is correct.
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Dear Venerable Sir, I was verifying the glossary, checking the sources, then I came across this site: https://dharmamitra.org
It seems very well done and it explain the terms very well with clarity and full of references and quotes.
I am wondering whether this website is a legit source?
Yes.. it is pretty cool.. confusing at first but gives a quick source..
I tried anusaya just for kicks.
It gives a quote.. and lo and behold, it does exist in the pali (though far from the regular texts).
Never the less, if we need to verify what is there, you would still need to verify the 7 anusaya or remove the mention of 7 anusaya.
Here we can find the quote by searching for satta and anusaya
‘‘satta anusayā – kāmarāgānusayo, paṭighānusayo, diṭṭhānusayo, vicikicchānusayo, mānānusayo, bhavarāgānusayo, avijjānusayo.
“There are seven latent tendencies: the latent tendency of sensual lust, the latent tendency of aversion, the latent tendency of wrong view, the latent tendency of doubt, the latent tendency of conceit, the latent tendency of lust for existence, the latent tendency of ignorance.
However, the quote is useful from Ven Ledi Sayadaw given on your link.
If you actually look up the pali, you can find the 7 anusaya as well just above the quote given (which is useful to include).
Evañca katvā pāḷiyaṃ puthujjanassa sattapi anusayā anusayavāre saha anusentīti uppajjanavāre saha uppajjantīti vuttā.
Therefore, in the Pali, it is stated that for an ordinary person, all seven latent tendencies lie dormant together in the “latent tendency section” (anusayavāra), and arise together in the “arising section” (uppajjanavāra).Yathāha puthujjanassa avijjānusayoca anuseti.
As it is said, the latent tendency of ignorance lies latent in an ordinary person.Kāmarāga.
Sensual lust.Paṭigha.
Resistance.Māna.
Conceit.Diṭṭhi.
Wrong view.Vicikicchā.
Sceptical doubt.Bhavarāganusayoca anusetīti.
And the latent tendency of lust for existence lie latent.Tathā uppajjanavārepīti.
Likewise in the section on arising (uppajjanavāra).Apica, sarūpato pariyuṭṭhānaṃ apatvā santāne pavattamānehi kusalākusalā byākatacittuppādehi saha anurūpā aviruddhā hutvā senti.
Furthermore, without reaching a state of manifestation (pariyuṭṭhāna) in their own nature, they lie latent, being compatible and not conflicting with the arisen wholesome, unwholesome, and indeterminate mental states in the mental continuum.
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The glossary now has a checkmark for human verified entries.
If you want to help you can pick any topic and then send me the suggested edit and the added pali english quote (with sourced book) and I’ll do the rest.
If you know github and are technical, that is better.
We are now 18% of 397 terms. The goal was six months.
If 10 people did one item per day, then it would be finished very quickly.
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Come and join to help with the review and adding quotes to the website glossary. Soon it will be finished without your merit.
You will see that more than 25% is now “verified”
Look at this link and see the stats plus the checkmarks on the items that are finished with verification.
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Dear Venerable Sir, thank you for the detailed instructions in the new emails; I have just read through them. It is elucidating for me too looking at the quotes.
Speaking of quotes, I have been annotating and collecting passages from the Sutta-Piṭaka for some time now. I have compiled a total of 3,408 quotes and hosted them in a GitHub repository: GitHub - meormine/sutta-quotes: A minimalist, responsive web application that displays inspirational quotes from the Pali Canon (Sutta Piṭaka), helping users reflect on the teachings of the Buddha. The app features categorization filters, randomized quote generation, and full responsive layout compatibility. · GitHub
If you find them useful, I would love to dedicate this collection to the new orthodox website project. You can view the live database here to see how they look: https://sutta-quotes.blogspot.com
Sure they are useful, but they are translated by suttacentral.
We would also like to balance with commentary and abhidhamma rather than just Suttas alone. But there is good potential.
When we provide quotes for abhidhamma terms, it is good to use a commentary or abhidhamma text to explain it. I don’t do that always, but often I try to do that. Often words are mixed as Sutta or Abhidhamma. Then you can choose.
We don’t like to link to SC because it opens up an EBT rabbit hole and also has “woke” translations. We would also like a Pāḷi quote with that too. DPR, one of the early Pāḷi text readers had a quote of the day. I have always wanted to put that on the TPR app. Perhaps, we can talk privately about that.
I’m still looking for helpers.
It is all good fun and educational. I’m also getting really good at finding quotes.
The formatting has been made into a “skill” which Antigravity can reformat to the consistent style. Drop the quote in the document and type:
format verified
It will format the text properly and then mark it as “Verified”
Take a look below:
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Hello Venerable Sir, I would love to help.
Glossary now has 200 items verified with great source quotes.
You can pick one for discussion and paste here if you want.
We also need helpers.