Plain Dharma
Old wisdom. Plain English.
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
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.
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Loop the audio. Turn on Loop in the player and the narration starts over when it reaches the end — good for falling asleep to.
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Information
- Seller
- Flexbike, Inc.
- Size
- 63.3 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Dedicated to the public domain (CC0 1.0)