231 lines
9.7 KiB
TypeScript
231 lines
9.7 KiB
TypeScript
import type { Metadata } from "next";
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import Link from "next/link";
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import { PageHeader } from "@/components/layout/page-header";
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import { buildOgMeta } from "@/lib/og";
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import {
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BookOpen,
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Users,
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BrainCircuit,
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Blocks,
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Circle,
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CircleCheck,
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Clock
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} from "lucide-react";
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const PHASES = [
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{
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title: "Phase I — The Vedabase",
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status: "done" as const,
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icon: BookOpen,
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description:
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"Indexing the complete pre-1980s Vedabase into a structured, searchable database — books, letters, essays, magazines, journals, glossary, and disciple records — with a clean, accessible reading interface.",
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highlights: [
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"Verse-by-verse editions with Devanagari, transliteration, synonyms, translations & purports",
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"6,800+ letters browsable by year, recipient, and location",
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"4,700+ initiated disciples indexed with initiation details",
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"Comprehensive glossary of 2,700+ Sanskrit & Vedic terms",
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"Accessibility features — adjustable font size, line height, and theme",
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],
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},
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{
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title: "Phase II — Devotee Features",
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status: "in-progress" as const,
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icon: Users,
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description:
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"Adding user-centric features so devotees can engage with the archive personally — sign in, save favourite quotes, build collections, share with attribution, and tag someone to a specific text.",
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highlights: [
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"Account sign-in and personal profiles",
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"Save and organise quotes into collections",
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"Share quotes with rich attribution and highlight links",
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"Bookmark verses, letters, and lectures for later reading",
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"Mention on text — tag someone to look into your selected text",
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],
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},
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{
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title: "Phase III — AI Companion",
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status: "upcoming" as const,
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icon: BrainCircuit,
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description:
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"Training and integrating an AI companion grounded entirely in Śrīla Prabhupāda's teachings — designed to help devotees study, cross-reference, and deepen their understanding of the philosophy.",
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highlights: [
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"Answers rooted exclusively in Śrīla Prabhupāda's books and lectures",
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"Cross-referencing across books, letters, and conversations",
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"Guided study paths for new and experienced devotees",
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],
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},
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{
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title: "Phase IV — Decentralized Preservation",
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status: "upcoming" as const,
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icon: Blocks,
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description:
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"Deploying the Vedabase onto blockchain infrastructure to ensure the teachings remain permanently accessible, tamper-proof, and beyond the control of any single entity.",
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highlights: [],
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},
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];
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export function generateMetadata(): Metadata {
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return buildOgMeta({
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title: "About — Prabhupāda Says",
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quote:
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"Built by a small team of Rupānugas — preserving and presenting the teachings of Śrīla Prabhupāda exactly as he gave them, without alteration.",
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});
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}
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export default function AboutPage() {
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return (
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<div className="min-h-screen bg-background">
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<PageHeader>
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<Link
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href="/"
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className="text-sm text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground transition-colors"
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>
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← Home
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</Link>
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<h1 className="mt-3 text-3xl font-bold text-foreground">About</h1>
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<p className="mt-1 text-muted-foreground">
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Who we are and what we're building
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</p>
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</PageHeader>
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<main className="max-w-5xl mx-auto px-6 py-10 space-y-14">
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{/* ---- Mission ---- */}
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<section className="space-y-4">
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<h2 className="text-2xl font-bold text-foreground">Our Mission</h2>
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<div className="space-y-4 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">
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<p>
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<span className="font-medium text-foreground">
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Prabhupāda Says
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</span>{" "}
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is built by a small team of Rupānugas. We are dedicated
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to preserving and presenting the teachings of His Divine Grace
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda exactly as he gave them,
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without alteration, reinterpretation, or institutional bias.
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</p>
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<p>
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Our sole purpose is to make Śrīla Prabhupāda's <em>vāṇī</em>{" "}
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— his words, books, letters, and instructions — freely available
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to sincere seekers everywhere, presented as faithfully as possible
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in a modern, accessible format.
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</p>
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<p>
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We are an independent project. We are not affiliated with, nor do
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we represent or promote the views of, any institution, governing
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body, or faction within the broader Vaiṣṇava community. Our work
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speaks for itself: Śrīla Prabhupāda's words, as they are.
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</p>
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</div>
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</section>
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{/* ---- Data Source ---- */}
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<section className="space-y-4">
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<h2 className="text-2xl font-bold text-foreground">About the Data</h2>
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<div className="space-y-4 text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">
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<p>
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The content on this site is sourced from the{" "}
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<span className="font-medium text-foreground">
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pre-1980s Vedabase
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</span>{" "}
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— the original, unrevised collection of Śrīla Prabhupāda's
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literary and personal works compiled during and shortly after his
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physical presence.
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</p>
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<p>
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We are aware that additional letters, documents, conversations,
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and initiated disciples' records were discovered in the years
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following 1980. Some of this material may not yet be reflected on
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Prabhupāda Says. We are actively working to verify, index, and
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incorporate these documents into our database as quickly and
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carefully as possible.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you have access to original documents, corrections, or
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historical information that could improve the accuracy of this
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archive, we welcome your contribution.
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</p>
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</div>
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</section>
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{/* ---- Roadmap ---- */}
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<section className="space-y-6">
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<div>
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<h2 className="text-2xl font-bold text-foreground">Roadmap</h2>
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<p className="mt-1 text-[15px] text-muted-foreground">
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Our work is organized into four phases — each building on the
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last.
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</p>
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</div>
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<div className="relative space-y-0">
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{/* Vertical timeline line */}
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<div className="absolute left-4.75 top-6 bottom-6 w-px bg-border" />
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{PHASES.map((phase, i) => {
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const Icon = phase.icon;
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const isDone = phase.status === "done";
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const isInProgress = phase.status === "in-progress";
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return (
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<div key={i} className="relative flex gap-5 pb-10 last:pb-0">
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{/* Timeline node */}
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<div className="relative z-10 flex items-center justify-center size-10 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-background ring-1 ring-border">
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{isDone ? (
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<Icon className="size-4 text-primary" />
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) : isInProgress ? (
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<div className="relative">
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<Icon className="size-4 text-primary" />
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<span className="absolute -top-1 -right-1 size-2.5 rounded-full bg-primary animate-pulse" />
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</div>
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) : (
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<Icon className="size-4 text-muted-foreground" />
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)}
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</div>
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{/* Content */}
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<div className="flex-1 min-w-0 space-y-3 pt-1.5">
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<div className="flex items-center gap-3 flex-wrap">
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<h3 className="text-lg font-semibold text-foreground">
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{phase.title}
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</h3>
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{isDone ? (
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<span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full bg-primary/15 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-xs font-medium text-primary">
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<CircleCheck className="size-3" />
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Complete
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</span>
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) : isInProgress ? (
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<span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full bg-primary/10 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-xs font-medium text-primary">
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<Clock className="size-3" />
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In Progress
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</span>
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) : (
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<span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full bg-muted px-2.5 py-0.5 text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground">
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<Circle className="size-3" />
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Upcoming
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</span>
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)}
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</div>
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<p className="text-[15px] leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">
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{phase.description}
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</p>
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{phase.highlights.length > 0 && (
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<ul className="space-y-1.5 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
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{phase.highlights.map((item, j) => (
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<li key={j} className="flex gap-2">
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<span className="mt-1.5 size-1.5 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-primary/50" />
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<span>{item}</span>
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</li>
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))}
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</ul>
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)}
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</div>
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</div>
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);
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})}
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</div>
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</section>
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</main>
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</div>
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);
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}
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