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The Essentials:

How to use the search engine
Frequently asked questions about Access to Insight and about Buddhism
Beginnings — good starting points for newcomers to this site
Downloading the entire website — step-by-step instructions
Abbreviations and symbols that are used throughout the website
Glossary of Pali and Buddhist Terms appearing in many texts offered here
Biographical notes about the contributing authors and translators
Indexes to help you locate specific things on the website:

All texts: Index by
Author Index by
Subject Index by
Title

Suttas only: Index of
Suttas Index of
Proper Names Index of
Similes Index by
Number

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Getting help

• Frequently Asked Questions (Access to Insight)
• Frequently Asked Questions (Buddhism)
• Glossary
• Abbreviations, symbols, and sutta numbering schemes
• How to download: files | the entire website

Finding things

• Search engine
• Indexes: Subject | Author | Title | Sutta | Proper Names | Similes | Number
• Other Theravada sources

For beginners
(and everyone else, too)

• Getting Started
• Frequently Asked Questions (Buddhism)
• Learning Pali
• Study guides

• Path to Freedom:

Buddha

Dhamma:

Generosity (dana)
Virtue (sila): 5 | 8 | 10 precepts; uposatha days
Heaven (sagga): 31 planes of existence
Drawbacks (adinava)
Renunciation (nekkhamma)
Four noble truths: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Eightfold path: right view | resolve |
speech | action | livelihood |
effort | mindfulness | concentration; jhana

Sangha

Tipitaka
(Pali canon)

• Vinaya Pitaka

• Sutta Pitaka:

Digha Nikaya
Majjhima Nikaya
Samyutta Nikaya
Anguttara Nikaya

Khuddaka Nikaya:

Khuddakapatha
Dhammapada
Udana
Itivuttaka
Sutta Nipata
Theragatha
Therigatha
Milindapañha

• Abhidhamma Pitaka
• Commentaries and post-canonical texts

Theravada Library

• Contributing authors and translators

• Thai Forest Traditions:

Sao | Mun | Thate | Lee | Khamdee |
Sim | Boowa | Fuang | Chah | Suwat |
Kee Nanayon | Nararatana

• Buddhist Publication Society

• Study guides

Technical Notes

• How you can help Access to Insight
• Dhamma Transcription Project
• The Elements of ATI Style
• List of all files

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