As Ajarn David's intention was wider education for people everywhere,(such as India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Burma, Loas, Cambodia and who knows where?) he also conceived a number of texts to be shared as downloadable materials to be utilized as teaching tools in specific topics in non-profitable areas which a medium-sized publishing company would consider either too small for big profit (like books for teaching monks and nuns) or too big for small competition,(such as dictionaries or poetry collections) which would mean that they should best be provided and given away for free!
Students and teachers are advised to click and open any file that may interest them and simply browse through the pages, choosing any line on any page because none of these texts are necessarily designed to be read from beginning to end.
The website came into being in 2007 while David Holmes and Asantha Wijesiri were working together at the Buddhist Publication Office in Kandy, Sri Lanaka, where David was proof-reading Wheel Series books, intended for free download on the BPS website, and Asantha was working as webmaster.
There developed a friendship of mutual respect and an agreement about the need for more free downloadable books on the internet for the many people who could benefit from <www.noblepath.info.> Asantha is a young, noble-minded, Sri Lankan gentleman, who is devoted to education and wider disrtribution of Buddhist texts and materials,who is a man with a mission and a fine future ahead of him. For more on Asantha, see the 'Contact Us' page on which we ask for your helpful comments and suggestions.
Some e-texts available for download:
1. Sayings and Words of Wisdom
2. Idioms and Expressions
3. Poetic Tools and Traditions
4. Buddhist Essays / Books