Core Questions In Philosophy Sober Edition 5' title='Core Questions In Philosophy Sober Edition 5' />Frequently Asked Questions About Access to Insight. What is Access to Insight  Access to Insight is an HTML website dedicated to providing accurate, reliable, and useful information concerning the practice and study of Theravada Buddhism, as it has been handed down to us through both the written word of the Pali canon and the living example of the Sangha. Everything available at Access to Insight is offered in full cooperation with the authors, translators, and publishers concerned, with the clear understanding that none of it is to be sold. Please help yourself to whatever you find useful. For more about the copyright status of materials on the website, please read Copyright and Related Issues. The name Access to Insight refers to the collection of files that reside on the Internet domain www. The domain name is owned by the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, which also manages the website. How did Access to Insight start  In early 1. Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, John Bullitt set up a dialup computer bulletin board service BBS in his home in an effort to see if networked computers might be useful as a support for other students and practitioners of Buddhism. Initially dubbed BCBS On. Line, the BBS soon joined Fidonet, an international network of dialup BBSs, and adopted the name Access to Insight node 1 3. Introduction. Female sociopaths are a class of its own. They are much more manipulative than male psychopaths. Download Theme Hp Samsung Monte more. We will distinguish the term sociopath and. By the end of 1. 99. Dharma. Net, Barry Kapkes California based Buddhist BBS network node 9. In early 1. 99. 4 Dharma. Net launched the Dharma Book Transcription Project, of which Bullitt served as librarian, and under whose auspices about a hundred high quality books on Buddhism were transcribed to computer through the dedicated efforts of an international team of volunteer transcribers and proofreaders. These books were soon distributed via Dharma. Net to scores of BBSs around the world. In mid 1. 99. 4 a dialup Internet e mail connection was installed that allowed anyone on the Internet to retrieve these books via an e mail file server. This proved to be a popular service. By late 1. 99. 4 the BBS now independent of BCBS spent far more of its time serving file requests from around the world via the Internet than in handling the requests of local callers. Internet users from far and wide were coming to depend on Access to Insights now rickety and overworked 3. Buddhism. In March 1. November the BBS was closed down. Over the next eighteen years Access to Insight steadily grew from a modest collection of two or three suttas and a handful of articles into an extensively indexed and cross referenced library of more than one thousand suttas and several hundred articles and books. By the end of 2. 01. In 2. 01. 7 Bullitt transferred ownership of the domain name and management of the website to BCBS. To explore ATIs history in detail, see the archives of old news summaries. How can I contact you  If you have a question, please first check to see if it is already answered in the FAQ, the Help file, or the Indexes. If you have questions about the content of this website or about the Dhamma in general please consult a teacher, knowledgeable friend, or one of the online Pali or Dhamma discussion groups. If you have any questions about copyright that arent covered in this document, please direct them to the author or prior publisher of the article in question. If, after reading the above, you still have a pressing need to contact us, you can reach us at bcbs AT dharma DOT org. How did you decide which texts to include on the website  One overarching principle guided my choice of what to include in these pages, and what to leave out a conviction that the teachings found in the Pali canon are just as relevant today as when they were first put into practice 2,6. Philosophy of Biology. Philosophy of biology is the branch of philosophy of science that deals with biological knowledge. It can be practiced not only by philosophers. Archives and past articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly. Watch breaking news videos, viral videos and original video clips on CNN. The Hollywood Reporter is your source for breaking news about Hollywood and entertainment, including movies, TV, reviews and industry blogs. Despite all the obvious material advances in the human world since the Buddhas time, the Four Noble Truths appear to be as vital today as ever suffering and stress still pervade our lives the cause still appears to be craving in all its insidious manifestations and there is no reason to suspect that the Noble Eightfold Path is any less effective today at bringing an end to all that suffering and stress. The emphasis here is on practice. For the most part I selected books, articles, and sutta translations that I personally found helpful to develop a better understanding of the Buddhas teachings, rather than texts that tend to fuel intellectual debates on abstract philosophical concepts. Beyond these basic principles, it all comes down to a matter of personal taste. If you are looking for authors or teachers who are not represented on Access to Insight, a simple Google search may be fruitful. See also Why dont you have translations of ALL the suttas from the Pali canonWhy dont you have translations of ALL the suttas from the Pali canon  Why dont you have such and such a sutta or article Why dont you have any translations or articles by so and so This website aims to be selective rather than comprehensive. It was never my goal to publish translations of every single one of the Tipitakas 1. What you see here is a selection of suttas that meet three criteria 1 they are, in my opinion, good translations 2 I personally found them useful and 3 their copyright holders have provided them for free distribution. Core Questions In Philosophy Sober Edition 5' title='Core Questions In Philosophy Sober Edition 5' />There are many other fine translations of important suttas available in print today, and I encourage you to support their continued publication by purchasing copies. Someday, perhaps, these publishers will make those translations available freely to all. Until then, however, we must learn to make do with what we have. Happily, what we already have is pretty darn wonderful. The same criteria applied to my selection of books, articles, and other materials on the site. See also How did you decide which texts to include on the website Why dont you have any translations or articles in languages other than English  Years ago I decided to limit Access to Insights content exclusively to the English language, simply because I am fluent only in English. I prefer not to put anything on the website that I cant understand myself. Whom can we thank for making all these texts available  My role in assembling Access to Insight was primarily that of facilitator and librarian, helping to bring together under one virtual roof the fruits of the hard work of many people authors, translators, publishers, transcribers, and proofreaders. The unstinting generosity and commitment to the Dhamma demonstrated by these many contributors continues to amaze and inspire me. If you have found anything of value at Access to Insight please join me in thanking those who have made this website possible Bhikkhu Bodhi, former President of the Buddhist Publication Society in Kandy, Sri Lanka, for allowing many of the BPSs publications including its Wheel and Bodhi Leaves titles, among others to be transcribed to computer and distributed on the Internet. Thanissaro Bhikkhu Ajaan Geoff, for kindly making available all his own books and articles, as well as his translations of teachings by many of the great Thai forest masters. Ajaan Geoff has also provided the vast majority of Access to Insights sutta translations close to one thousand of them are his. The many volunteer transcribers and proofreaders who gave their time and energy to make available digital versions of so many fine Dhamma books. Bradford Griffith. Core Questions In Philosophy Sober Edition 5' title='Core Questions In Philosophy Sober Edition 5' />Chitra Weirich. Christopher Sessums. Colleen Mc. Caffrey. Dorothea Bowen. Dimitri Zhelvakov. Jim Mc. Laughlin.