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VISUDDHIMAGGA — THE PATH OF PURIFICATION is now available to download

Dear all,

The pdf version of the book VISUDDHIMAGGA — THE PATH OF PURIFICATION is now available online to download for free.
This is an important classic text. The author of this book is Venerable Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa. This English version was translated from the Pali by Venerable Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli.

Many thanks to the BPS editors, Mr. John Bullitt of Access to Insight, and other people for their efforts making this version available.Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu!

Please kindly download this book from:
Google Doc (Menu File-> Download original):
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=1KPQNjQZu7VlxCgd5HBKKF1nnFv3JF91rHKq8Z5l-83UNK0NoHIKY0APD6rgZ&hl=en_GB

Or:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2vb2o610hjvj9

Or:
http://www.box.net/shared/acah84rlz915yd9tp9yt 

You can download by
Or from:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org
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VISUDDHIMAGGA — THE PATH OF PURIFICATION
A bow of gratitude to the many ATI volunteers who helped with the transcription of this important classic text! — jtb
Visuddhimagga — The Path of Purification: The Classic Manual of Buddhist Doctrine and Meditation, translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli. “The Visuddhimagga is the ‘great treatise’ of Theravada Buddhism, an encyclopedic manual of Buddhist doctrine and meditation written in the fifth century by the great Buddhist commentator, Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa. The author’s intention in composing this book is to organize the various teachings of the Buddha, found throughout the Pali Canon, into a clear and comprehensive path leading to the final Buddhist goal, Nibbana, the state of complete purification. In the course of his treatise Buddhaghosa gives full and detailed instructions on the forty subjects of meditation aimed at concentration, an elaborate account of the Buddhist Abhidhamma philosophy, and detailed descriptions of the stages of insight culminating in final liberation” [summary from the back cover of the BPS edition]. [Not available in HTML]
Source: http://www.accesstoinsight.org

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FDA Unveils Final Cigarette Warning Labels

“A picture is worth a thousand words”

These warning labels will be required on packing labels of all cigarette brands by Oct. 22, 2012.

Let wait and see how.

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High Resolution Image Formats*
The zipped folder contains all of the cigarette health warnings.
Cigarette Health Warning Images on Cigarette Packs JPEG format (14 MB)

The PDF contains a composite of all of the images.
• English PDF format (PDF 4 MB)
• Spanish PDF format (PDF 4 MB)

The zipped folder contains all of the cigarette health warnings.
• English JPEG format (14 MB)
• Spanish JPEG format (14 MB)

Source:
http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/Labeling/CigaretteWarningLabels/ucm259214.htm
http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/21/fda-unveils-final-cigarette-warning-labels/

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