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The this app app offers a growing digital library of the Buddhist sūtras set within a minimal, functional design for a clean reading experience. this app’s interactive Reading Room is a leading resource for accurate and nuanced translations of the words of the Buddha used by scholars of Buddhist Studies, Tibetan Buddhist teachers of the living tradition, and practitioners.  Ability to read bilingually or to compare translations with source Tibetan e-Kangyur folios integrated throughout the publications. this app is a global nonprofit initiative to translate all 231,000 pages of the Buddha’s words from the Tibetan Buddhist Canon and making them available in English, for free, for the first time ever.  A dynamic collection of Buddhist sūtras encompassing teachings on everything from meditation techniques to epic and inspirational journeys and narratives; from profound presentations of philosophical logic to short stories illustrating the workings of karma.  As a grants-based translation project and online publication house, we leverage and integrate new technologies to make our digital library of the Buddha’s wisdom as accessible and beneficial as possible to readers, practitioners, and scholars around the world.  All our interactive tools are designed to aid your practice and to help you study, these remain fully functional even when you’re switching off in a meditation retreat or working towards a digital detox.  Our work relies upon the dedicated and collaborative effort of scholars, professionals, volunteers, advisors, and sponsors around the world, working remotely and online, across continents.  Interactive reading tools such as pop-up definitions of key terms like “samsara” or “non-duality” in a comprehensive trilingual glossary.  With almost 200 sūtras already available, the dynamic collection on your app will continue to grow for the next 90 years.  Access a dynamic collection of teachings on the mind, straight from the source.  Narratives, dialogues, stories and more that expound upon the nature of reality and offer solutions that develop the mind’s capacity for equanimity.  Easily select passages from sūtras and share real Buddha quotes with your friends and loved ones.  Access to sūtra-specific introductions that articulate its key concepts, its narrative frameworks, and its socio-historical context.  Search function that allows you to look for characters, places, or philosophical concepts such as ‘Mañjuśrī’ ‘Vārāṇasī’ or ‘Bodhicitta’.  Together we translate for preservation and engage through open access for the benefit of all sentient beings.