Dear friends, it is one of the efforts of the GWV to provide resources for
the study of contemplative traditions. At present we are building our
archives of Asian contemplative thought and practices. We have just
finished updating the resources on the GWV webpage for the study of Asian
contemplative thought and practice. And, we thought you might be interested
in knowing about this valuable resource. You will find the page ³Early Vedic
and Buddhist Literary Resources² at this URL:
http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/pali/index.htm

In the study of Christian theology it is very common to not only make a
thorough study of the Gospels of Jesus, but also the foundational literature
of Christian thought, which is found in the Bible of Judaism. The reason
for this is the Bible is considered the foundational literature of Jesus¹
teaching. In Islamic studies it is also common for an Imam to study the
Gospels of Jesus as well as the Bible, as these literary sources are
considered the foundations of Islamic thought.

It has come to our attention at the GWV that remarkably few Buddhist
teachers have read the Discourses of the Buddha. For a Buddhist priest or
teacher to not be intimately familiar with the foundational literature of
Buddhism is like a Christian priest or minister not having even read the
Gospels of Jesus. Thus we at the GWV would like very much to make it
possible for anyone to study the foundational literature of Buddhism. The
GWV archive of early Buddhist Literature online is at this URL:
http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/Pali/index.htm

We would also like to point out that just as the Bible forms the foundations
of both Christian and Islamic thought so do the Vedas form the foundations
of Buddhist thought. Thus the GWV has begun to build an archive of Vedic
literature as well. That archive is available at this URL:
http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/vedic/index.htm

In the GWV archive of Vedic literature you will find these resources:

the GWV Vedic Language Resource Guide for the Study of the, Yoga Sutras,
Vedic Language and Literature
http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/vedic/Yoga-SutraSources.htm

A Glossary of the language of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/vedic/yogaglos.html

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Sanskrit-English Translation by BonGiovanni
http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/vedic/BonGiovanniysutra.htm

The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, Sanskrit-English Translation & Glossary by
Chip Hartranft
http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/vedic/Hartranftysutra.pdf

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Sanskrit-English Translation by Jhanananda
http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/vedic/Jhananandaysutra.htm

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Sanskrit-English Translation by Satchitananda
http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/vedic/Satchitanandaysutra.htm

Kindest regards

Sotapanna Jhanananda (Jeffrey S. Brooks):

the Great Western Vehicle
http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/index.html