# Plain Dharma — Old wisdom. Plain English.

> Old wisdom. Plain English. (iPhone/iPad app by Flexbike, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plain-dharma/id6774981366 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Flexbike, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1689373373)
- Category: Books, Reference
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 60 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-11
- Data updated: 2026-07-31
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plain-dharma/id6774981366/reviews.md

## What is Plain Dharma?

Plain Dharma offers the six foundational teachings of the Buddha in plain modern English — free, and dedicated to the public domain.

These are the discourses at the root of the whole tradition: the first talk in the deer park, the teaching on not-self, the fire sermon, loving-kindness, the foundations of mindfulness, and how to decide what to believe. They're rendered for a first-time reader who'd rather understand than wade through footnotes — the structure, the repetitions, and the key images are kept; the archaic English is stripped away.

• Read all six in about an hour
• Listen to the narrated audiobook
• Highlight passages and keep private notes — with an optional account to sync across your devices
• Also available in Simplified Chinese
• No ads, no tracking, nothing to buy

Everything here — the text, the audio, and the art — is CC0 / public domain. Copy it, print it, translate it, remix it, share it freely. A small gift, offered in the spirit of the dharma.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-26

Loop the audio. Turn on Loop in the player and the narration starts over when it reaches the end — good for falling asleep to.

### 1.0 — 2026-06-11

No release notes.

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