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Vishvantara lives in a Buddhist women’s residential community, works as a piano teacher and has called herself a poet since 1993 though she generally writes little and publishes less (through laziness, mostly). A collection of her poems were published in September 2015 by Happenstance. In the noughties she won first prize in the Poetry London competition and has twice been commended in the National.

PRINCIPAL TEXTS OF THE KHUDDAKA NIKĀYA VOLUME 2

PRINCIPAL TEXTS OF THE KHUDDAKA NIKĀYA VOLUME 2

Anonymous / Various Translators
Read by Jinānanda, Elizabeth English, Ratnādhya, Taradasa, Vishvantara, Tejasvini
25 hours 33 minutes
 
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This is Volume 2 of Dharma Audiobooks’ ground-breaking overview of Principal Texts of the  Khuddaka Nikāya, the fifth section of the Sutta Pitaka in the Theravāda Pāli Canon. Far less known than the first four (Dīgha Nikāyā, Majjhima Nikāya, Saṁyutta Nikāya, Aṅguttara Nikāya) perhaps because of its character as an anthology rather than a self-contained work, it nevertheless contains gems which are only too easily overlooked or even underappreciated! Continue Reading →

Vishvantara

Vishvantara

Vishvantara-26Vishvantara lives in a Buddhist women’s residential community, works as a piano teacher and has called herself a poet since 1993 though she generally writes little and publishes less (through laziness, mostly). A collection of her poems were published in September 2015 by Happenstance. In the noughties she won first prize in the Poetry London competition and has twice been commended in the National.

THERIGATHA

therigathaTHERIGATHA – Poems of Early Buddhist Nuns

Translated by K.R. Norman and C.R.F. Davids
Read by Vishvantara and Jinananda
4 hours 29 minutes
 

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This remarkable collection of 73 verses contained in the Khuddaka Nikaya section of the Pali Canon dates from the 6th century BCE. It is said to be the earliest voices of women in recorded history. The verses, some brief, some more extended, are the utterances of the Bhikkhunis, the nuns at the time of the Buddha, concerning their life and their ‘awakening’. Continue Reading →