Free Japanese/Bilingual booklet/book

Japanese Language Resources
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For those who are interested in Buddhism, or are Buddhist, there is:
~ a Japanese booklet “Buddha’s Teachings” which is 36 pages
~ a Japanese hardcover book “The Teachings of Buddha” which is 309 pages
~ a Japanese/English hardcover book “The Teachings of Buddha” which is 609 pages and really cool because it has the English and Japanese on opposite pages. So if you’re struggling to understand a word/phrase/sentence, this can help. Some of the kanji have furigana, some do not.

I have the first and the third.

[Note: Out of respect for the organization providing this for free, you should probably not utilize this if you have zero interest in Buddhism.]

The Teachings of Buddha

4 free booklets, one is in Japanese

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I see they also have free PDF downloads. However they are all in English. Or is there perhaps a Japanese PDF book to download?

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I have no idea, I’m sorry. I initially had some wonky search going on when I first discovered this in Decemberish, maybe you could try contacting them?

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These two on the Japanese site are free, but it looks like you have to request by mail or fax (or maybe phone), which seems weird for a download, unless I’m misunderstanding (I kinda just scanned over, tbh).

http://www.bdk.or.jp/read/hajimete.html

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Thanks for sharing.