{"id":2101,"date":"2021-03-04T15:47:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T15:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dhammadipa.cz\/?page_id=2101"},"modified":"2026-05-23T17:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:20:08","slug":"texts-and-translations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhammadipa.cz\/en\/texts-and-translations\/","title":{"rendered":"Books and texts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apart from the lectures and courses of Thomas Dhammadipa it is also worth mentioning his translation activities. The extraordinary linguistic knowledge and his own spiritual experience of both the Theravada and the Mahayana tradition provide Dhammadipa the opportunity to perfectly translate from the original texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Dhammadipa has been writing and translating Buddhist text into French and Czech. His translated works into Czech include Entry into the Bodhisattva Path (Bodhicary\u0101vat\u0101ra), Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana (Mah\u0101y\u0101na\u015braddhotp\u0101da-\u015bastra) and Sutra of Untying the Knots (Sa\u1e43dhinirmocana S\u016btra).<br>In other languages we can mentione a Collection of Han-San\u2019s Poems in German and Czech and the edition of his lectures from Hong Kong University in Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vlajky\">\n\n\t<div class=\"cs\">\n\t\t<p><a href=\"\/en\/texts-and-translations\/?languages=cs\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2059\" style=\"width: 16px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/flags\/cs.svg\" alt=\"\">\u010cesky<\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"en\">\n\t\t<p><a href=\"\/en\/texts-and-translations\/?languages=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2061\" style=\"width: 16px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/flags\/en.svg\" alt=\"\">English<\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"zh\">\n\t\t<p><a href=\"\/en\/texts-and-translations\/?languages=zh\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2058\" style=\"width: 16px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/flags\/cn.svg\" alt=\"\">\u4e2d\u6587 <\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"es\">\n\t\t<p><a href=\"\/en\/texts-and-translations\/?languages=es\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2062\" style=\"width: 16px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/flags\/es.svg\" alt=\"\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style> .vlajky .en a {cursor:default; pointer-events:none; text-decoration:none; color:black; font-style: italic; font-weight: 600;} <\/style>      <div id=\"post-grid-lazy-2281\" class=\"post-grid-lazy\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" \/><\/div>\n    <script>\n      jQuery('#post-grid-lazy-2281').ready(function($) {\n        $('#post-grid-lazy-2281').fadeOut();\n        $('#post-grid-2281   ').fadeIn();\n      })\n    <\/script>\n    <style type=\"text\/css\">\n      #post-grid-2281 {\n        display: none;\n      }\n\n      .post-grid-lazy {\n        text-align: center;\n      }\n    <\/style>\n    <div data-options='{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;2281&quot;,&quot;lazy_load&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;masonry_enable&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;view_type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;}' id=\"post-grid-2281\" class=\"post-grid grid\">\n    \n\n\n    <div class=\"grid-items\">\n      <div class=\"item item-10141 skin flat even 0 \">\n        <div class=\"layer-wrapper layout-2286\">\n          <div class=\"element element_1614945349631 thumbnail thumb \">\r\n                    <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/dhammadipa.cz\/en\/texts\/this-is-very-important-to-understand-in-the-words-of-thomas-dhammadipa\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"php\"\r\n                    src=\"https:\/\/dhammadipa.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/31ucIdF33LL-240x360.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"element element_1614949281226  title_link \">\r\n                    <a target=\"_self\"\r\n                href=\"https:\/\/dhammadipa.cz\/en\/texts\/this-is-very-important-to-understand-in-the-words-of-thomas-dhammadipa\/\">This is Very Important to Understand \u2026in the words of Thomas Dhammadipa<\/a>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"element element_1615151564023  custom_text \">\r\n            <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"element element_1615151564023 popis\">\n        Christian Bernert, Tomas Dhammadipa<br>Book, 2025    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"element element_1615151564023 popis-ikony\">\n    \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dhammadipa.cz\/wp-content\/images\/icons\/book-half.svg\">    <\/div>\t\n\t    <\/div>\n  <\/div><div class=\"item item-7601 skin flat odd 1 \">\n        <div class=\"layer-wrapper layout-2286\">\n          <div class=\"element element_1614945349631 thumbnail thumb \">\r\n                    <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/dhammadipa.cz\/en\/texts\/2022-nalanda-lecture\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"php\"\r\n                    src=\"https:\/\/dhammadipa.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Nalanda.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"element element_1614949281226  title_link \">\r\n                    <a target=\"_self\"\r\n                href=\"https:\/\/dhammadipa.cz\/en\/texts\/2022-nalanda-lecture\/\">Loving Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity; the four \u201cDivine Abodes\u201d in the P\u0101li and Sanskrit traditions<\/a>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"element element_1615151564023  custom_text \">\r\n            <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"element element_1615151564023 popis\">\n        Br. 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