The Sixth Buddhist Council

The picture in my blog header shows the man-made cave used for the Sixth Buddhist Council. Soon after regaining Independence, the Government of Myanmar began plans to hold a Sixth Buddhist Council (Chaṭṭha  Saṅgāyana) in Myanmar, with four other Theravāda Buddhist countries (Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, and […]

Fake News

As far as possible, one should avoid speech that is displeasing to others, but sometimes it is necessary to refute untruths. Nowadays, there is a lot of fake news available as it is easy for rumours to spread without anyone checking the facts. Even […]

Free OpenType Fonts for Pali

I have updated my Pali OpenType font to include all of the currency symbols, including those new in Unicode version 10.0  Download Pali as a  7-Zip  Archive. I need fonts with a wide range of diacritics for Pāḷi and Sanskrit words in Buddhist Publications. Over the […]