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The earlier 2009 series of shastras had Chinese on facing pages. The new series with new texts has Chi-Skt-Eng for some. Others only have English with a Sanskrit appendix.

Here is a Sanskrit sample from the Ten Grounds Sutra, as done by Kumarajiva giving the first bodhisattva vow. (If I have located it properly):
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so’syāṃ pramuditāyāṃ bodhisattvabhūmau sthitaḥ san imānyevaṃ-
rūpāṇi mahāpraṇidhānāni mahāvyavasāyān mahābhinirhārānabhinirharati
- yaduta aśeṣaniḥśeṣānavaśeṣasarvabuddhapūjopasthāpanāya
sarvākāravaropetamudārādhimuktiviśuddhaṃ
dharmadhātuvipulamākāśadhātuparyavasānamaparāntakoṭiniṣṭhaṃ
sarvakalpasaṃkhyābuddhotpādaṃsaṃkhyāpratiprasrabdhaṃ
mahāpūjopasthānāya prathamaṃ mahāpraṇidhānamabhinirharati |
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The old website has been brought up to date. Copious extracts from the new titles in the Dharma Jewels section are included:

http://kalavinka.org/index.html
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Also the Donation section is updated for 2020:

http://kalavinka.org/kp_main_pages/donate.htm
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Excerpts as given in the Dharma Jewels, both old translations and new:

http://kalavinka.org/Jewels/jewels_toc.htm
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Now most of the Kalavinka titles, new series & old, are available in Kindle format.
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Grigoris wrote: Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:57 pm
Nicholas Weeks wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:18 pmThe earlier 2009 series of shastras had Chinese on facing pages.
Chinese?
Yes, modern Chinese folk cannot read Classical Chinese. So Bhikshu Dharmamitra gave them a modern Chinese translation to encourage them to study the buddhadharma. This also made it possible to get these texts read in China today.

Also would help Occidentals who want to learn Chinese.
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This also made it possible to get these texts read in China today.
Are they simplified ?
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Fortyeightvows wrote: Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:32 pm
This also made it possible to get these texts read in China today.
Are they simplified ?
If you mean conceptually, I doubt it, but go to Kalavinka Press site (if you read Chinese) and see for yourself. The Dharma Jewels section has large excerpts.

For example: http://kalavinka.org/book_excerpts/SZPP ... 20Onex.pdf
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It has both !
So yes, it could be read in china
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All Kalavinka books are available in Kindle format now, the Kindle versions do not include the Chinese facing page source-text for those who may be interested in that (only found in the print versions for now).

Trying to help Bhikshu Dharmamitra get setup with an author page on Amazon atm so that it's easier for people to find his books, otherwise in the meantime just searching for "Bhikshu Dharmamitra" will do the trick..
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Amazon Author Page setup with all Kalavinka kindle books linked: https://www.amazon.com/Bhikshu-Dharmamitra/e/B08HL5K4QJ

These ebook verisons are English only and have no Chinese. Some of them (The Ten Grounds books) have the Sanskrit original included as an appendix

Last correspondence with Bhikshu Dharmamitra he suggested perhaps another 2 years or so till the Avatamsaka sutra is edited and ready for publication.

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