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• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Beginnings — good starting points for newcomers to this site
• Download the whole website — step-by-step instructions
• ATI on many devices (offline edition, iPads, iPhones, more...)
• 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
• Random sutta | random article

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Getting help :	– Frequently Asked Questions about Access to Insight – Glossary – Abbreviations, symbols, and sutta numbering schemes – How to download: files | the entire website
Finding things :	– Search engine – Indexes: General | Author | Title | Sutta | Proper Names | Similes | Number – List of Translations by Translator – BPS publications – PDF files – Old news
For beginners (and everyone else, too) :	– Getting Started – Study guides – Pali Language Study Aids | Coping with Pali Diacritics – 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 – Vimanavatthu – Petavatthu – Theragatha – Therigatha – Milindapañha – Abhidhamma Pitaka – Commentaries and post-canonical texts – List of Translations by Translator
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 – PDF files
Miscellaneous :	– Technical Notes – Pali diacritics. You can copy and paste these letters when you need them for searches: ā   ī   ū   ṅ   ṃ   ñ   ṭ   ḍ   ṇ   ḷ   Ā   Ī   Ū   Ṅ   Ṃ   Ñ   Ṭ   Ḍ   Ṇ   Ḷ