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Calendar 2023

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• The Buddhist year is currently 2567. The Buddhist Year of 2568 begins on the Full-moon day of Vesākha in May 2024.
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• Updated archives on the Home Page (20/8/2023)
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• Updated the Maṅgala Sutta, and An Exposition of the Maṅgala Sutta (13/12/2022)
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• Replaced “Lord” with “Venerable sir,” or “Blessed One,” as appropriate (17/10/2022)
• An Exposition of the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta published by Motilal Banarsidass (30/9/2022)
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