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DharmaNet
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online Buddhist community.
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DharmaNet is more than just an electronic mail and file conduit. It is a
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community of Buddhists and non-Buddhists who share a commitment to "service"
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and "practice," improving themselves and their local/global communities.
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DharmaNet is an exploration of how to use these online technologies to
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nurture
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and cultivate generosity, mindfulness, insight.
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All DharmaNet services are offered freely, in the Buddhist tradition of
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//dana// or "generosity." These include:
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* e-mail access to DharmaNet sites around the world
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* echomail conferences, including such subjects as Buddhist Dharma,
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Meditation, Women in Buddhism, Race and Buddhism, Engaged Buddhism,
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Buddhist Ethics, Nonviolence (Ahimsa), Buddhist Studies, News
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From/About Tibet, as well as more specific focuses in Zen, Theravada,
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Vajrayana, and Pure Land traditions.
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* an international file distribution network, disseminating Dharma talks
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and teachings, from such respected teachers as Robert Aitken, Taizan
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Maezumi, John Tarrant, Joanna Macy, the Dalai Lama, Chagdud Tulku
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Rinpoche, Ngakpa Chogyam Rinpoche, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Chan Khong,
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Sister Ayya Khema, Ajahn Chah, Webu Sayadaw, and many others.
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* electronic editions of Buddhist newsletters, such as INQUIRING MIND,
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CLEAR MIND, BLIND DONKEY, BHAVANA SOCIETY NEWSLETTER, SOCIETY FOR
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TANTRIC STUDIES NEWSLETTER, etc., as well as DharmaNet's own bimonthly
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journal, GASSHO
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* an international calendar of Buddhist meditation retreats
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* the DharmaBase project, compiling regional directories of Buddhist
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practice centers, monasteries, and organizations
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* INSIGHT, an Internet "mailing list," allowing Internet users to
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participate in DharmaNet discussions
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* online file libraries at many DharmaNet host sites, as well as on the
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Internet (DharmaNet Electronic File Archive at sunsite.unc.edu)
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* opportunities to serve, such as helping transcribe books from
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publishers such as the Buddhist Publication Society for free
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distribution as "electronic books," helping on the volunteer staff of
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GASSHO, helping collect data for the calendar and directory projects,
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helping establish online liasons with practice centers and monasteries,
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and more.
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If the DharmaNet project interests you and you'd like to be a part of this
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growing online community, please dowwnload the file DHARMA.ZIP from the BBS,
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Body Dharma Online, (modem: 1-510-234-9431) or contact Barry Kapke by e-mail
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(dharma@netcom.com) or by postal mail (DharmaNet International, PO Box 4951,
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Berkeley CA 94704-4951).
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DharmaNet is a service of DharmaNet International, a not-for-profit religious
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and charitable organization.
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