This project would not have been possible without the assistance of many people. It would have been prohibitively expensive and time-consuming if not built upon previous open-source software projects.
People
Chris Claudius created the overall web design, including the June 2025 overhaul. Owen L. (@MageOwl) made the floating media player. His father Michael contributed to early architecture decisions.
Ajahn Ṭhitapañño helped liase with Abhayagiri Monastery and Kirschbaum Development to host the Archive on abhayagiri.org. Ajahn Suhajjo helped with the Pāli tag scheme, teacher chronology, documentation, and license details. Debbie Stamp contributed her memories to the history of Abhayagiri Thanksgiving Retreats. Krooba Kai edited the audio for several recent Q&A sessions and provided ordination dates and Pāli names for many Thai Ajahns.
Ajahn Thee Sabbajayanto and Janejira Sutanonpaiboon translated the Archive landing page on abhayagiri.org.
Tan Issaro and Mike Adair edited the recordings from Winter Retreat 2025: Readings from The Island. Benedikt Aepli helped transcribe these sessions.
Projects
The Archive relies upon many common open-source and freeware tools. In addition to the python modules listed in requirements.txt, we would like to specifically acknowledge:
- mp3DirectCut: Fast, lossless audio splitting
- autoComplete.js: Powerful vanilla Javascript auto complete engine
- Sutta Central: Free, well-organized translations of most of the Pāli Canon
- Sutta Central Express: A faster version of Sutta Central
- Reading Faithfully: Easy links to free sutta translations
Texts
The first few words of cited Dhammapada verses come from The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from the Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita, with an Introduction by Bhikkhu Bodhi (Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, ©1985 Buddhist Publication Society). Transcribed from the print edition in 1996 by a volunteer under the auspices of the DharmaNet Transcription Project, with the kind permission of the BPS. Used under the following license:
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Photo/image Credits
- Series - Winter Retreats: Dave Getzschman
- Want to Help?: Somkid
- Credits: Jonny Breeze
- Key topic icons created by Ajahn Kovilo and ChatGPT
- Other icons from Lucide, FontAwesome, and ReShot
