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Hello friends 🙏 — I’ve just finished re-translating four cornerstone Awakening to Reality essays into 24 languages with the help of the newest generation of AI translation models. Independent studies released this year show that large language models trained in 2024-25 are cutting machine-translation error rates by roughly half compared with 2023 systems, especially in long-form philosophical texts.
Now I need your eyes (and language skills) to be sure every version truly reflects the Dharma.
🌟 What’s New
Thusness/PasserBy’s Seven Stages of Enlightenment
https://www.awakeningtoreality.com/2007/03/thusnesss-six-stages-of-experience.html (Awakening to Reality)
On Anatta (No-Self), Emptiness & Spontaneous Perfection
https://www.awakeningtoreality.com/2009/03/on-anatta-emptiness-and-spontaneous.html (Awakening to Reality)
The Mistaken Reality of “Am-ness”
https://www.awakeningtoreality.com/2007/03/mistaken-reality-of-amness.html (Awakening to Reality)
Different Degrees of No-Self, Non-Dual, Anatta & Total Exertion
https://www.awakeningtoreality.com/2020/04/different-degress-of-no-self-non.html (Awakening to Reality)
Each page now carries direct HTML links to every translation.
🌍 Available Languages
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
- Tibetan
- Nepali
- Bengali
- Spanish
- German
- Hindi
- Tamil
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Japanese
- Thai
- Polish
- Danish
- Vietnamese
- French
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Bahasa Melayu
- Korean
- European Portuguese
- Arabic
- Russian
- Italian
- Serbian
🤝 How You Can Help
- Read the version in any language you know well.
- Spot-check for awkward phrasing, doctrinal slips, missing diacritics, or cultural nuances.
- Contact me at https://www.awakeningtoreality.com/p/contact-us.html
- Share the links with anyone—friends, students, teachers, monastics, scholars—who might benefit.
Peer review consistently boosts translation accuracy; crowd-sourced corrections have reduced residual errors by a third in recent projects.
🙏 Thank You
Every correction you offer helps keep these teachings clear and accessible for readers worldwide. Feel free to tag polyglot friends—especially speakers of the less-common languages listed above—to join the effort.
With gratitude,
Soh
