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From: sandy@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Sandy Dance)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.eastern
Subject: Re: eastern texts (in electronic image)
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>    From: stone@mprgate.mpr.ca (Darren Stone)
>    Subject: Eastern religious texts in computer form?
>    Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd.

>    I've seen a version or two of the Christian Bible
>    available on ftp sites and other such computer
>    sources.  But are there any eastern religious texts
>    available in a similar format?

>    - Darren -

I believe the Vipassana Meditation centre at Igatpuri,  India under
the guidance of S.N. Goenka have a project to transcribe the Buddhist
Pali texts onto IBM PCs.  I could provide their address if you're 
interested in contacting them.

Sandy   sandy@cs.mu.oz.au   Melbourne University