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Australian Monk Takes On The Mammoth Task To Bring Buddha’s Discourses Into One Place By Kalinga Seneviratne   Source:-indepthnews As Buddhists across the world celebrate the triple anniversary of Vesak on May 26 that marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha, this IDN-Lotus News special feature by Kalinga Seneviratne—46th in a series—focuses on a landmark project in the dissemination of the Buddha’s teachings. Click here for previous reports. SYDNEY (IDN) — A former musician turned Buddhist monk, Bhante Sujato, an Australian, has taken up a mammoth task to translate and publish thousands of Buddhist texts known as Sutta (discourses of the Buddha) into many languages. Accompanied by Sri Lankan Kandyan dancers and drummers, he recently launched an Internet portal ‘Sutta Central’ to make the Buddha’s teachings available to the world free of charge. The word Sutta derived from the ancient Indian language Pali in which the Buddha preached his dhamma (teachings) and ...