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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en">  <head>  <title>BPS On-line Library</title>  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <meta name="keywords" content="Buddhist Literature, Download, Buddhism, Suttas, Buddhist Texts, Dharma" /> <meta name="description" content="For authentic literature on Buddhism" /> <meta name="Revisit-after" content="30 days" /> <meta name="robots" content="all,index" /> <meta name="psbot" content="noindex,nofollow" />   <link href="css/style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /> <link href="css/menu.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /> <script> function open_win1(win,wid) { // alert ("passed " + win + " " + wid); window.open(win, 'mywindow', 'width=' + wid + ', toolbar=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes, copyhistory=no, left=0, top=0'); } </script> </head> <body> <div id="page_wrapper"> <div id='page_header' style='background: beige url("img/ban-art/hdr14.jpg") 0 0 no-repeat;'> <p class='title'><span style=' color:maroon; text-shadow:2px 3px 4px #fff;'>Buddhist Publication Society</span></p> <p class='slogan' ><span style=' color:maroon; text-shadow:1px 2px 4px #fff;'>For Authentic literature on Theravada Buddhism</span></p> </div>  <script> function open_win1(win,wid) { // alert ("passed " + win + " " + wid); window.open(win, 'mywindow', 'width=' + wid + ', toolbar=no, location=no, directories=no, status=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes, copyhistory=no, left=0, top=0'); } </script> <ul id='menu'> <li><a href='index.php'>Home</a></li> <li><a href='bookshop.php' title='About the BPS online bookshop'>Bookshop</a> <ul> <li><a href='bookshop-search.php' title='Search for title, author, keyword, or catalog no.'>Browse the bookshop</a></li> <li><a href='bookshop-newbps.php' title='New BPS titles'>New from BPS</a></li> <li><a href='bookshop-arrivals.php'>New from Other Publishers</a></li> <li><a href='bookshop-reprints.php' title='Popular titles re-issued'>Reprints</a></li> <li><a href='bookshop-coming.php'>Coming soon from BPS</a></li> <li><a href='orderinginfo.php'>Ordering Information</a></li> <li><a href='distributors.php'>Distributors</a></li> <li><a href='pub-index.php'>Index of all Publications</a></li> <li><a href='sinhala_books.html'>Sinhala books</a></li> <li><a onclick="open_win1('helporder.php','700')">Bookshop Help</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href='library.php' title='Publications formatted for downloading'>Library</a> <ul> <li><a href='library-search.php'>Browse the Library</a></li> <li><a href='library_books.php'>Book Publications</a></li> <li><a href='library_wheels.php'>Wheel Publications</a></li> <li><a href='library_bodhileaves.php'>Bodhi Leaves</a></li> <li><a href='library_newsletters.php'>Newsletters</a></li> <li><a href='library_other_publi.php'>Other Publications</a></li> <li><a href='pub-index.php'>Index of all Publications</a></li> <li><a href='study.php'>Pali & Sutta Study</a></li> <li><a href='library-index.php'>All Library Pubs.</a></li> <li><a onclick="open_win1('helplib.php','700')">Library Help</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href='aboutus.php'>About BPS</a> <ul>  <li><a href='bps-history.php'>The History of the BPS</a></li> <li><a href='dhamma_dana_project.php'>Dhamma Dana</a></li> <li><a href='visitus.php'>How to Find Us</a></li> <li><a href='contactus.php'>Contact us</a></li> <li><a href='notice_board.php'>Notice Board</a></li> <li><a href='relatedlinks.php'>Links</a></li> <li><a href='help.php'>Help & FAQ</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href='donations.php'>Support & Donations</a> <ul> <li><a href='membership.php'>Membership</a></li> <li><a href='#'>Volunteering</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>  <a href='googlesearch.php' style='margin-left:30px;'> SEARCH BPS</a> </li> </ul>  <div id="content_wrapper"> <div id="left_side">   <h1>BPS On-Line Library</h1> <p>The BPS offers all of its Bodhi Leaf and most Wheel Publications for reading or downloading from the Library section of this web site. Moreover, we also offer some popular books such as <em>The Buddha and His Teachings.</em></p> <p>(Wheels and Bodhi Leaves have been collected and republished in book format. Bound volumes of the Wheels may be found <a href="bookshop-search.php?c=04&t=0&p=1&l=1&s=1&i=&a=&k=&d=bw&styp=l">here,</a> and Bodhi leaves <a href="bookshop-search.php?c=04&t=0&p=1&l=1&s=1&i=&a=&k=&d=bb&styp=l">here.</a>)</p> <p>To visit our libraries of Book Publications, Wheel Publications, Bodhi Leaves, Newsletters, and others, please click a link on the Library sub-menu above.</p> <p>HTML versions of all of the Bodhi Leaves, Wheels, and Books in the online library may also be downloaded in a <a href="library_archives.php">compact ZIP archive</a>.</p> <h4>Displaying Pali and Sanskrit Characters</h4> <p>Our publications are available in the following formats:</p> <ul> <li><span class="subhead">Plain text HTML</span>. No special characters (except ñ) will be found in these documents.</li> <li><span class="subhead">HTML with proper Pali diacriticals</span>. For these you will need a unicode-compliant font. Since the advent of Windows Vista, the Times New Roman font contains all of the special diacriticals that we use. A few of the library pages use URW Palladio Pali, a special 8-bit font that contains the diacriticals used in Pali. See the <a href="#downloads">downloads</a> section, below.</li> <li><span class="subhead">For Windows® XP and earlier,</span> you must download either <a href="pali_misc/URWPalladioITU.zip">URW Palladio ITU</a>, or Times New Roman version 5.01 (available <a href="http://ibc.ac.th/faqing/node/33">here</a>). Moreover, the DejaVu series fonts for Linux and MAC contain the necessary diacritical characters. These fonts are available on that page. For sans-serif fonts, note that Windows® Tahoma font contains the necessary diacriticals. </li> <li><span class="subhead">PDF format</span>. Consider these to be printer-ready versions of our on-line library publications. All special fonts are are embedded. Page size is international A4.</li> <li><span class="subhead">ePub and MOBI e-books</span>. Although the font specification for eBooks has been in effect for several years, it is unfortunate that support for the specification is spotty at best. For this reason, most of our ePub offerings are in plain text format. For readers that support Unicode characters, the proper character is specified, as well as a font substitution table. It is hoped that your ePub reader contains either Times New Roman version 5.01, DejaVu, or Tahoma fonts. </li> </ul> <p>Please visit our <a href="pali_misc/fontsdl.html">fonts</a> page to download the open-source fonts used on this site.</p> <h4 id="study">Pali Study</h4> <p>For those interested in learning the Pali Language we have offered two Pali-English dictionaries. The first, written in Microsoft® Access 97, contains both Pali-English and English-Pali entries. The second, called <em>Pali Lookup</em>, uses the Velthuis format to input diacritical characters, but displays the results in the open-source font Times_CSX. (This font will be automatically installed along with Pali Lookup.) Pali Lookup is a Pali-English dictionary only, but includes some useful functions such as providing a word usage count and complete declenation of each noun and adjective.</p> <p><span class="subhead">The Digital Pali Reader</span> is a handy add-on for Firefox web browsers. It contains all of the features of the software listed above, and more. See <a href="http://pali.sirimangalo.org/">http://pali.sirimangalo.org/</a> for details or to download.</p> <h4 id="downloads">Download</h4> <ul> <li><a href="pali_misc/pali%20english%20-%20english%20pali%20dict.zip">Pali–English & English–Pali Dictionary</a></li> <li><a href="pali_misc/pali-lookup.zip">Pali Lookup</a></li> <li>BPS Pali Font (8-bit): <a href="pali_misc/URWPalladioPali.zip">URW Palladio Pali</a></li> <li>Unicode Pali font: <a href="pali_misc/URWPalladioITU.zip">URW Palladio ITU</a>. Please see our <a href="pali_misc/fontsdl.html">fonts page</a> for more information.</li> <li>All Bodhi Leaves, Books, Misc. Items, and Wheels can be downloaded in bulk <a href="library-search.php#bulk">here.</a></li>   </ul> <p> </p> <p><input type="button" value="Help" onclick="open_win1('helplib.php','700')"/></p> </div>  <div id="right_side"> <div class="feature_box_right"><h2>Library quick links</h2> <ul class="arrow_list"> <li><a href='library-search.php'>Search Library</a></li> <li><a href='library_books.php'>Book Publications</a></li> <li><a href='library_wheels.php'>Wheel Publications</a></li> <li><a href='library_bodhileaves.php'>Bodhi Leaves</a></li> <li><a href='library_newsletters.php'>Newsletters</a></li> <li><a href='library_other_publi.php'>Other Publications</a></li> <li><a href="library_archives.php">ZIP archives</a></li> </ul> </div>  <div class='feature_box_right'> <h2 >Random items</h2> <h3 style='background:transparent;margin-top:-12px;'>from the BPS library</h3> <ul class='arrow_list'> <li><a href='library-search.php?t=0&c=00&s=0&a=wh365&first=0'>WH365/366: <i>Metta the Philosophy & Practice of Universal Love</i>, by Acharya Buddharakkhita</a></li> <li><a href='library-search.php?t=0&c=00&s=0&a=nl007&first=0'>NL007: <i>Newsletter</i>, by Various</a></li> <li><a href='library-search.php?t=0&c=00&s=0&a=bl133&first=0'>BL 133: <i>Taste of the Holy Life</i>, by Susan Elbaum Jootla</a></li> <li><a href='library-search.php?t=0&c=00&s=0&a=wh208&first=0'>WH208/211: <i>Anguttara Nikaya: An Anthology II</i>, by Nyanaponika Thera</a></li> <li><a href='library-search.php?t=0&c=00&s=0&a=nl015b&first=0'>NL015b: <i>Exploring the Wheels</i>, by Ayya Nyanasiri</a></li> </ul> </div>  <p style="margin-top:20px;"> </p>  <p style="text-align:center;color:transparent;">vertical spacer<br> <a href="https://plus.google.com/116206302868206781828/about" target="_blank" title="Visit our Google page"> <img src="img/google+.png" style="margin:0 5px; border:0;" height="24" width="24" alt="google button"/></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/buddhist.publication.society" target="_blank" title="Visit our Facebook page"> <img src="img/facebook.png" style="margin:0 5px; border:0;" height="24" width="24" alt="facebook button" /></a>  <img src="img/facebook-share2-New.png" style="margin:0 5px; border:0;" height="24" width="59" alt="Facebook-share button" onclick="window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bps.lk','facebook-share-dialog','width=626,height=436');" title="Share our Facebook page"/> </p> </div>  <div class="spacer"> <p>Page updated Sunday 13 Jan 2013 5:35PM</p> </div> </div>  <div id='footer'> <div class='col1'> <p><a href='site_map.php'>Site Map</a></p> <p><a href='relatedlinks.php'>Links</a></p> <p><a href='contactus.php'>Contact Us</a></p> </div> <div class='col1'>  <p>Buddhist Publication Society<br/> P.O. 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