At 16:52 10.02.2008 +0000, you wrote:

>--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Fernquest" <bayinnaung@...> wrote:
> >
> > Dear List;
> >
> > "King's of the Buddha's Time" (1983) by Bhikkhu Amritananda of Nepal
> > (now deceased)
> >
> > This is a really fantastic book that I would recommend to anyone
> > interested in Pali literature.
> >
> > It is full of useful background information and puts Jataka stories
> > into context.
> >
> > Often you hear names when reading the Tipitaka that can sometimes
>not
> > have meaning for the reader due to limitations in knowledge. This
>book
> > weaves together disparate parts of the Tipitaka into biographies and
> > narratives and provides this background info.
> >
> > It only cost 80 baht (2.5 US dollars) at the bookstore across from
>Wat
> > Benjamapopit (sorry for spelling) which leads me to believe that the
> > price was set more to cover the cost of paper than to make any
>profit,
> > with an aim to disseminating this work as widely as possible.
> >
> > Which leads me to conclude that a lot of authors of works probably
> > would be open to making their work available on the internet, if
>asked
> > politely with objective of non-profit dissemination made clear.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Jon
>
>
>Jon,
>
>How would somebody from the U.S. go about getting a copy? When I
>search for it online it leads me back here to this post!
>
>-DaveK

It seems to be available online here:

http://www.bdcu.org.au/jdhcollection/catalogue.html

This is a pay site, so I have not looked further into it.

But please note the correct spelling of the title:

Kings of the Buddha's Time (not King's ...)

I would, however, also be interested in knowing how to obtain the book.
Reading on the screen may be OK some times, but I prefer that old-fashioned
technology called "books" ... :-)

Yours,

Kåre A. Lie
http://www.lienet.no


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