Editorial principles
Trustworthiness is part of the beauty.
Ancient wisdom is damaged when words are attributed to it that were never said. So every story on Ohananda states plainly what its source actually is.
- Direct quotation
- The words themselves, as they appear in the source, with a precise reference.
- Translation
- A published rendering into another language. Different translations say different things, so we name which one.
- Paraphrase
- A modern wording of an ancient idea. Not a quotation, and always labelled as such.
- Story inspired by a teaching
- An original Ohananda story written from an ancient teaching. The characters are ours; the idea is not.
- Traditional story
- A story handed down within the tradition itself, retold in our words.
What we never do
- Invent an ancient quotation
- Attribute a modern saying to a historical figure
- Blur distinct traditions into one vague spirituality
- Publish machine translation as if it were written content
If you find a source that looks wrong, we want to know. We will correct it.