Dhamma Wiki:About

The Dhamma Encyclopedia is an effort to make Buddhist concepts and information available to anyone.

Using the same technology Wikipedia uses, The Dhamma Encyclopedia lets anyone suggest an article.

The official encyclopedia of The Dhamma website, a Buddhist encyclopedia. All traditions are welcome, but this encyclopedia primarily focuses on the foundation teachings of early Buddhism, i.e., Theravada. Anyone may suggest an article. E-mail david(at)TheDhamma(dot)com for any ideas you have for an article and it will be reviewed and may be added. Follow the Help page for editing instructions. All articles must first be e-mailed to avoid automatic bot vandalism (which has occurred in the past).

To discuss any of the articles, go to the Dhamma discussion forum, sister website of The Dhamma Encyclopedia at: DhammaWheel.com.

Milestones

• October 1, 2008: Dr. David N. Snyder established The Dhamma Encyclopedia.
• November 2008: Over 1,000 articles
• December 2008: Over 2,000 articles
• December 2008: The Dhamma Encyclopedia becomes the largest and most visited Theravada Buddhist encyclopedia.
• January 2009: Over 3,000 articles
• January 2009: Dhamma Wheel is launched, a Theravada based online forum for discussing the Dhamma, including the discussion of The Dhamma Encyclopedia and acquires more than 100 members and 2,000 posts in the first two weeks.
• January 2009: Over 4,000 articles
• January 2009: The Dhamma Encyclopedia becomes the largest Buddhist encyclopedia from any tradition.
• January 2009: Over 5,000 articles
• February 2009: Over 100,000 page views (in the first 5 months of The Dhamma Encyclopedia).
• March 2009: Dhamma Wheel, the online Theravada Buddhist forum and discussion for The Dhamma Encyclopedia reaches over 10,000 posts.
• July 2009: Over 6,000 articles
• July 2009: Over 7,000 articles