Tipitaka Pali Reader vs Plain Dharma

TPR is a software program to help one navigate the vast amounts of Pāḷi texts. The Dictionaries and Search functions are where TPR separates itself from the other Pāḷi readers. It is very fast and totally offline. This application was created at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery in Maymyo. The Mac app supports Sinhala, Myanmar, Thai, and Devanagiri Scripts. The Search function is fast. very very fast. Click on the matrix to limit your search or select all books. As you type, we show you what is available. Click on the word and jump to your searches quickly by list or with a table of search results. The Dictionary panel can display multiple definitions from the selected dictionaries. You can disable or enable them with a simple click to the checkboxes. You can even search for English words you may want to understand clearer by clicking on the English words inside the panel. The dictionaries are also integrated with Sanskrit.

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.