Download Pearls 2.30 Freeware Free Software

Pearls is a small reminder program. It periodically displays a line or paragraph of text from a file. Lojong (“mind training”) is a practice of nondual contemplation. By easing the sense of separation, which underlies so much adversity, mind may glimpse the other shore. This is a practical application of both buddhadharma and advaita traditions. The file “lojong.txt” is a reading of root aphorisms traced to the eleventh century teacher Atisha. It is based on existing “canonical” translations and readily available commentaries.

Lojong
Lojong (“mind training”) is a practice of nondual contemplation. By easing the sense of separation, which underlies so much adversity, mind may glimpse the other shore. This is a practical application of both buddhadharma and advaita traditions. The file “lojong.txt” is a reading of root aphorisms traced to the eleventh century teacher Atisha. It is based on existing “canonical” translations and readily available commentaries.

Texts
Any text can be dropped onto the main window, to be displayed as lines or paragraphs. You can prepare files with a text editor, such as Notepad, saved as ANSI (plain text/ascii) or Unicode.

Features and Options

• Slideshow


• Hide (popup)


• Random


• Play Sound


• Stay On Top


• Timers (slide and hide times in hh:mm:ss:ms, countdown)


• Navigation (next, previous, first, last, slide next/previous, random)


• Fit To Font (longest line, tallest paragraph)


• Fit To Graphic (background image)


• Crop (remove titlebar and borders)


• Titlebar (normal/minimal window, optional status information)


• Multiline (empty line separates paragraphs)


• Background (show background image)


• Transparent (transparent window)


• Draggable (drag window to move)


• Dock options (center/full at top/bottom, centered)


• Select the text file to display


• Choose the font


• Choose the font color


• Choose the background color


• Select the background image


• Select the sound file


• Save Settings (select settings file)


• Save on Exit (to settings file)


• Bookmark and resume (non-random)


• Drag and drop text file


• Tray icon with status information tooltip


• Menu pins (menus kept open while adjusting options)


• Command line option for settings file


• Can be used as a meditation timer


• Needs no installation


• Unicode enabled