Preserving wisdom for a global future

Around 2020, our interest in history and Buddhist studies led us to collect Buddhist rare books and scripture materials online. We soon found that many materials were scattered across institutions, websites, and private compilations; the files were often large, difficult to read online, and hard to connect with catalogs, images, and source information.

That was when the idea for OpenSutra first appeared: to build a quiet, clear, long-term platform where more people could search, read, and use Buddhist texts with ease. Because organization, storage, and maintenance required sustained effort, the project paused for a while.

At the end of 2025, we began creating Zen Journey Music, a music project shaped by Buddhist meditation, healing music, and Eastern sound aesthetics. To make the work more rigorous, we again returned frequently to Buddhist texts, scriptures, translations, and related sources. In that process, the idea that had been set aside became clear again: OpenSutra should be completed.