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National Taiwan University - Center for Buddhist Studies

  • Digital Buddhist Library and Museum (Chinese and English)
    "...commits itself to the promotion of the studies of Buddhism by disseminating via the electronic medium in-depth information and writings generously contributed by dedicated and reputable scholars, researchers, academic institutes and Buddhist organizations worldwide. The Scholarly Databases currently holds over 98,000 bibliographies and provides approximately 2,400 full texts on various subjects for free access and download."

American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) - Photo Archive
Part of the Digital South Asia Library

  • Bamiyan Buddhas [destroyed by decree of the Taliban]
    "This presentation has been put together to celebrate the beauty and power of the statues of the Bamiyan Buddhas that were located in Afghanistan."

American Public Media - Speaking of Faith

  • Brother Thây: A Radio Pilgrimage with Thich Nhat Hanh
    Companion website to the January 4, 2007 radio broadcast. Listen to the program online.
    "Forcibly exiled from his native country, Zen master and poet Thich Nhat Hanh recently visited Vietnam for the first time in nearly 40 years. In 2003, Speaking of Faith took a radio pilgrimage with the Buddhist monk at a Christian conference center in a lakeside setting of rural Wisconsin. Thich Nhat Hanh offers stark, gentle wisdom for living in a world of anger and violence. Here, he discusses the concepts of 'engaged Buddhism,' 'being peace,' and 'mindfulness.'"

Asian Classics Input Project - (dead link)
"A database containing texts from the Kangyur and Tengyur (classical collections of Sanskrit literature in Tibetan translation), and the Sungbum (Tibetan language commentaries on these) transliterated into roman (ASCII) characters. These texts span the time period from the Fifth Century, BCE to the twentieth Century, CE. The database has been produced primarily for scholars of classical Asian literature and other interested persons. Text entry is accomplished by Tibetan monk scholars at Sera Mey Monastic University and other nearby centers in southern India. In addition to these texts the database contains aids to scholarship such as reference materials (including the entire listings of Sanskrit and Tibetan literature cataloged to date by the U.S. Library of Congress), DOS-based programs to view and search texts, and images scanned from the original manuscripts."

Bayon Tower
"3D Reconstruction and Visualization of a Buddhist Tower in the famous Bayon Temple in Angkor, Cambodia."
By Prof. Dr. A.Gruen, Fabio Remondino, and Zhang Li
- Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing IGP-Eth Zurich, Switzerland

Bibliography of Translations from the Chinese Buddhist Canon into Western Languages
This is a working bibliography of translations from the Chinese Canon. Generally, it is limited to translations that were done from the Chinese, or with the help of a Chinese version (in case of doubt they were included). Translations from languages other than Chinese were in principle not included or mentioned only in passim. 'Western languages' means every European language. A bibliography of translations into Japanese, Korean, Tibetan or modern Chinese, though of course desirable, does so far exceed our resources. The biggest gaps are in Chan/Zen-related texts, translations done in the last 15 years, and translations that appeared as articles."
By Marcus Bingenheimer

The British Library

  • Collect Britain
    "Putting History in place: over 90,000 images and sounds from the UK and beyond."
    • Expressions of Faith
      "The British Library holds a wealth of sacred manuscripts from around the world ñ many of them rare, ancient and beautiful....We invited a group of well-known people from different faiths and walks of life to choose their favourites."
      Sections include: Buddhism ; Christianity ; Hinduism ; Islam ; Jainism ; Judaism ; Sikkhism.

BuddhaNet - Buddhist File Library
Section include: Art Work ; General Buddhism ; Meditation Methods ; Theravada Buddhism ; Mahayana Buddhism ; Tibetan Buddhism ; Zen/Chan Buddhism ; E-books ; Audio ; Study Material ; Palm Pilot Downloads.
Affiliated with the Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc, Sydney.

Buddhism - the eBook (etext)
The First Comprehensive E-Text Introduction
"...is a self contained text book for a one-semester introductory course on Buddhism. Designed for undergraduate level study, it provides everything students and teachers could expect from a printed text and more."
By Charles Prebish and Damien Keown

CJK-English Dictionary - (dead link)
"A Database of CJK Characters and Compounds Related to East Asian Cultural, Political, and Intellectual History
Chief Editor: Charles Muller, Toyo Gakuen University

Digital Buddhist Library and Museum (Chinese and English)
"...commits itself to the promotion of the studies of Buddhism by disseminating via the electronic medium in-depth information and writings generously contributed by dedicated and reputable scholars, researchers, academic institutes and Buddhist organizations worldwide. The Scholarly Databases currently holds over 98,000 bibliographies and provides approximately 2,400 full texts on various subjects for free access and download."
- National Taiwan University - Center for Buddhist Studies

Digital Dictionary of Buddhism - (dead link)
Edited by Charles Muller, Toyo Gakuen University

Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project - (dead link)
The British Library / University of Washington
Includes sample texts, romanization table, downloadable images, documents, and software.

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  • The Bark of the Buddha
    "The World's Oldest Buddhist Texts--Lost for 1,900 Years--Are Now Being Deciphered by a UW [University of Washington] Expert in Ancient Languages."
    Article originally published in Columns, the University of Washington Alumni Magazine, March 1997 by Bob Roseth.

Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative - (dead link)
"...the desire to use digital media as a vastly superior means for categorizing, searching, and retrieving "texts"...both for use by scholars in their research, and for religious organizations who seek to preserve and disseminate their teachings."

H-Buddhism
E-Mail discussion list
"The Buddhist Scholars Information Network has been created to serve as a medium for the exchange of information regarding resources, events, projects, publications, job listings, and so forth, among the worldwide Buddhist scholarly community."

International Journal of Tantric Studies - (dead link)

International Society for Ecology and Culture
"Promoting locally based alternatives to the global consumer culture"

IRIZ Zen Text Files - (dead link)
International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism

Journal of Buddhist Ethics

Journal of Global Buddhism (ejournal)
"...has been established to promote the study of Buddhism's globalization and its transcontinental interrelatedness. This aim shall be achieved through the publication of research articles, discussions, critical notes, bulletins, and reviews; additionally, the journal will function as an independent research tool itself, emphasizing surveys, the creation of databases, empirical investigations, and through the presentation of ongoing research projects."

Kalavinka Dharma Notes - (dead link)
A Buddhist Journal & Review

Lens Culture
Photography and Shared Territories
"...is an international online magazine celebrating contemporary photography, art, media, and world cultures."

Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy
Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa Monograph Series No. 33. Online full-text version.
By Gustaaf Houtman

Resources for the Study of East Asian Language and Thought - (dead link)
Includes electronically published texts and reference works by Charles Muller and others: HTML articles; translated Chinese classics; E-texts of Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist classics; guide to graduate studies in Asian Philosophy and religion; other reference materials, including links to scholarly web resources in Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism.
Maintained by Charles Muller, Professor of East Asian Philosophy and Religion, Toyo Gakuen University

National Taiwan University - Center for Buddhist Studies

Register of Asian & Pacific Studies Electronic Journals - (dead link)
An alphabetical listing of leading on-line serials of value to researchers in Asian and Pacific Studies
Edited by Tobias Grote- Beverborg


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Tipitaka, or The Pali Canon
[From Access to Insight: Readings in Theravada Buddhism]
"...is the collection of primary Pali language texts which form the doctrinal foundation of Theravada Buddhism. Together with the ancient commentaries, they constitute the complete body of classical Theravada texts...The Pali Canon is a vast body of literature: in English translation the texts add up to several thousand printed pages. Most -- but not all -- of the Canon has already been published in English over the years. Although only a small fraction of these texts are available here at Access to Insight, this collection can nonetheless be a very good place to start.
The three divisions of the Tipitaka are:"

  • Vinaya Pitaka
     "The collection of texts concerning the rules of conduct governing the daily affairs within the Sangha -- the community of bhikkhus (ordained monks) and bhikkhunis (ordained nuns). Far more than merely a list of rules, the Vinaya Pitaka also includes the stories behind the origin of each rule, providing a detailed account of the Buddha's solution to the question of how to maintain communal harmony within a large and diverse spiritual community."
  • Sutta Pitaka
    "The Sutta Pitaka, the second division of the Tipitaka, consists of over 10,000 suttas, or discourses, delivered by the Buddha and his close disciples during the Buddha's forty-five year teaching career, as well as many additional verses by other members of the Sangha. Over 700 sutta translations are available here at Access to Insight."
  • Abhidhamma Pitaka
     "The collection of texts in which the underlying doctrinal principles presented in the Sutta Pitaka are reworked and reorganized into a systematic framework that can be applied to an investigation into the nature of mind and matter."

Tradimodern
"TradiModern is the first online magazine about Spirituality from the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal.
Nepal is known all over the world as the birthplace of Gautama, the Buddha. Nepal is also the only Hindu country in the world. Enlightened sages and saints have made their retreats in the banks of rivers and up on the Himalayas. A king, Janaka himself was known as a spiritual master. Besides, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity and various faiths have thrived here making Nepal a quintessence of religious and spiritual harmony."

Tricycle.com

Women-in-Buddhism
E-mail discussion list.
"Forum for the advancement of the role and position of women in all schools of Buddhism."

WÙnhyo Translation Project - (dead link)
"As the work on these translations progresses, abstracts, articles and links to other information on the below works will gradually be implemented."
Cosponsored by the State University of New York at Stony Brook and Dongguk University of Korea

Zen@SunSITE
Maintained by Ben Walter

 

 

 

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