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From Wikipitaka - The Completing Tipitaka

Hello Wikipitaka,

Congratulations on starting this great project.

I've tried contacting the email address you give but it has died.

I was wondering whether you would be interested to extend the scope of your project. I am involved in study and translation of corresponding Suttas and Vinaya in Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan. There are vast numbers of suttas out there that are far less known than the pali, yet equally deserving of being regarded as Buddhavacana. I am not referring to the Mahayana Sutras, but to the canonical texts of the early schools. These days these texts languish in the Chinese and other canons, virtually unread, although there is growing appreciation of their value among the Chinese Buddhist community. The Theravadins, sadly enough, remain almost totally unaware that such texts even exist. My life's work is to make the texts available so that we understand such teachings are common to all Buddhists, and are not the exclusive property of the Theravada school. Some of the work i am involved in my be seen at the following links:

http://ekottara.googlepages.com/home http://www.suttacentral.net/ http://santifm1.0.googlepages.com/

I would be happy to help with translations, structuring the sections that correspond with the Pali, and publicizing the project among other scholars interested in this area. I think this would be a wonderful way to enhance our understanding of the Buddha's Dhamma as the foundation for all Buddhist schools.

My email is sujato@gmail.com

Looking forward to hear from you!