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upCal - Myanmar Uposatha Calendar And Dawn Rise App

Upcal - Myanmar Uposatha calendar and dawn time app 🎉 Upcal version 2.2 (2021-10-26) 1. Info Upcal has has three variants: HTML, Andrpid app, and iOS widget (via Scriptable app). 🌅  upCal HTML 🌅 u p Cal Android app  Download APK from  upCal Android releases 🌅 iOS widget  read instructions Functions: Designed for Buddhists or ones who care about dawn-rise, noon time and Uposatha dates (Myanmar Uposatha dates). It shows calculated  Myanmar uposatha dates  for the current device month & dawn-rise timetable for the current date and location. List a whole year Uposatha dates of any year. Dawn-rise time table for a whole month (Android and HTML only, iOS widget not yet). iOS widget screenshots Whole year Uposatha dates: Android and HTML screenshots Main screen on Android:  Dawn-rise time table for a whole month:  2. iOS/iPadOS Widget Instructions (for iOS version >= 14 only) 1. Install Scriptable Scriptable  app by  Simon Støvring ...

Tipitaka pali applications for Android and Apple iOS/iPadOS devices

These are some Tipitaka apps for Android and iOS/iPadOS powered devices. On a Windows computer, you may try CST4 software published by VRI, check: https://tipitaka.org/cst4 It was also possible to install it on Ubuntu using Wine with some custom settings. However, there were some limitations. If it is really necessary, you may consider to use a virtual machine on Ubuntu instead . 1. For Android devices 1.1. In Myanmar script (developed by a Myanmar developer -  Pndaza) 1. Tipitaka pali http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mm.pndaza.tipitakapali 2. Tipitaka Myanmar (translation) http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mm.pndaza.tipitakamyanmar 3. Pāḷi nissaya (APK installation file ~764 MB) http://www.mediafire.com/file/q8grhvlrvsgl0tw 4. Aṭṭhakathā nissaya (APK installation file ~1.16 GB) http://www.mediafire.com/file/yk0v37m04kjan8o 5. Ṭīkā nissaya (APK installation file ~327 MB) http://www.mediafire.com/file/ez5pqqqtvgfj6mw While opening a page i...

Transcribe Dhamma Talks for free with Live Transcribe & Sound Notifications app by Google

Introduction If you wish to transcribe a Dhamma talk (from speech to text), what are you going to do? And have you ever thought of how to help a deaf person to "listen" to a Dhamma talk (live)? For the transcription task, there are many solutions now. Some are free, some are not. For paid services, one can use industrial services offered by IBM, Amazon, or Google, and so many other AI powered ones. Some also have free or trial for such premium services, but with some limits (monthly audio length, paid features, etc...). For free solutions, there are many ways to accomplish this task too. This post will introduce one simple, free and effective way to do it with an Android powered phone/device. We are going to use the power of Google speech recognition for free through the app " Live Transcribe & Sound Notifications " (developed by Google). The app should also be very helpful to the deaf people when trying to communicate with others. If you find this app ...

Pa-Auk Tawya Monastery Meditation Course Books

Pa-Auk Tawya Meditation Manual Course Book & others Pa-Auk Tawya Meditation Manual (new font) Download all (~ 6.1 MB) If the above link does not work, try this link (same content):  https://github.com/vpnry/paauk/raw/main/docs/Pa-Auk_Meditation_Manual.zip It consists of the following eBooks: 1 directory, 13 files Pa-Auk_Meditation_Manual ├── 01 Samatha and Rupa(A5).pdf ├── 02 Nama (newFont14.5.11)(A4).pdf ├── 03 Patticca(5thMethod)(newFont14.5.11).pdf ├── 04 Paticca (1st Method)(new font14.5.11).pdf ├── 05 PATHANA (new font14.5.11) 3.pdf ├── 06 CFMP(LakkhanaRasa)(2011).pdf ├── 07 Vipassana(all) (newFont14.5.11)3.pdf ├── 14 Ways En-Ch.pdf ├── 14 Ways Singhalese.pdf ├── NUTRIMENT- BORN MATERIALITY.pdf ├── Nutriment-born(Revised19.12.2012)5(Lg+A4).pdf ├── Recollection of Past Lives by Abhinna Etc.pdf └── Rupa+Nama Tables (all) 10.pdf Pa-Auk Tawya Meditation Chart in Various Languages Download  Pa-Auk Tawya Meditation Charts Other Dhamma materials For other eBooks, you can c...