One term — and you read the literal passages side by side: 62 selected text collections in Pāli, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan and further languages, across eight families of transmission. The sources are what count; AI translation and AI summary are added on top, clearly marked as such. None of these traditions is covered completely.
◉ What this is good for
A word like karma or emptiness stands in a different context in the Pāli canon than in Zen, in Vedānta or among the Sufis. Instead of working through ten books, here you lay the passages themselves side by side — in order to compare them, not to equate them.
◎ How it works
- 1. Enter a term — in English or in the original (jhāna, emptiness).
- 2. Read the passages — corpus, language and location are given with every passage.
- 3. Switch on the aids — source translation, AI translation and AI explanation are marked separately.
✦ How to get the most out of it
- Start with a precise term — it hits better than a whole sentence.
- Compare two terms: enter nirvana vs moksha.
- Compare traditions: choose 2–4 traditions on the right and tick the box — or use the compare button above the results when it appears.
- Nothing fitting? Release the filters, try another spelling, read the passage in context.
- Reading the colours: every colour is a family of transmission — not a language. The language is spelled out next to it.
Colour key — every colour stands for a family of transmission:
What is being searched?
— an overview of the 62 collections
Ordered by collection, with the number of searchable passages.
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