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General Resources
T. Matthew Ciolek maintains a guide to all
resources for Buddhist studies on the internet.
Comprehensive catalog of on-line Buddhist texts
& other resources in English & Chinese. Many links require Chinese
"Big 5" character-set for browsers (National Taiwan U. Library).
Searchable on-line version of 160,000 term Monier-Williams'
Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Capeller's Sanskrit-English Dictionary,
and other classic lexica
(U of Köln).
Berkeley-based central directory to everything
Buddhist on the WWW. Gateway to cyber-libraries of Buddhist
texts, art,
& other academic
resources.
An international on-line scholarly journal
devoted to research on the principles & application of Buddhist ethics in
the broadest sense of that term.
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Siddhartha Gautama - the Buddha
Internet
Sacred Text Archive's complete hypertext version of T. W. Rhys David's
1899 translation of the Digha Nikaya (vol 2 of Sacred Books of the
Buddhists) presents 13 annotated conversations.
Buddha's celebrated sermon on release from the
flames of the sensual world through disenchantment & dispassion. From the
Samyutta
Nikaya in the Pali
Tipitaka
(posted by Access to Insight).
Electronic edition of Paul Carus' 1915
compilation of key texts from the Buddhist canon & other sources about
Siddhartha Gautama & his teaching.
Academic introduction to the life & thought
of the founder of Buddhism (page from Richard Hooker's
Anthology
of World Cultures archived by Quangduc Buddhist website).
Lavishly illustrated recounting of Siddhartha
Gotama's life & enlightenment from the Thai web site of Jan Sanjivaputta
with links to the Tipitaka & other SE Asian resources.
Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translation of the Pali
text of the Buddha's Deer Park sermon. From the
Samyutta
Nikaya in the
Tipitaka
(posted by
Access to Insight).
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Theravada
Introduction to the
principles of Theravada, the
Four
Noble Truths & an extensive archive
of download-ready Buddhist texts, including: the
Jataka
tales, the
Kalama
Sutta & the
edicts
&
True
Dhamma of king Asoka.
Complete e-version of T. W. Rhys David's 1881
translation of the Pali scriptures preserves original pagination from vol 11
of Sacred Books of the East (Internet
Sacred Text Archive).
S. Wannapok's translation of The
Way of Truth, a topical compendium of sayings ascribed to the Buddha from
the 2nd division of the Tipitaka.
Well annotated searchable web directory of all things Theravadan on the
internet, including
introductions,
traditions,
personalities,
pilgrimages,
meditation,
centers,
academic
sites & electronic
publications.
Nine on-line dialogs from the 3rd division of
the Pali Sutta
Pitaka including the Buddha's teaching
on
Not-Self,
the
Noble
Eightfold Path, &
Mindfulness
of Breathing, translated by Thanissaro
Bhikkhu (posted by Access to Insight).
Internet Sacred Text
Archive's complete e-version of T. W. Rhys David's 1881 translation of
Pali handbooks regulating the lifestyle of Buddhist monks (preserves
original pagination from vol 13 of Sacred Books of the East).
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Mahayana
Complete text of Sacred Books of the East vol. 49 presents the
Buddha-karita
of Asvaghosha as well as the larger & smaller Sukhāvatī-vyūha
& Pragńā-pāramitā-hridaya-sūtra (Internet
Sacred Text Archive).
Peter Della Santini's translation of four
short Sanskrit works traditionally credited to Nagarjuna.
George Boeree's lucid, jargon-free English
translation of the most popular
Prajna Paramita text (Shippensburg U).
Translation preserving technical terms, with
extensive commentary (Buddha
Dharma Educational Association).
Charles D. Patton's English translation of the
Chinese translation of the Diamond Sutra [archived by Xuanfa Institute].
Bhikshu Dharmamitra's e-archive of Mahayana
stories
& classic texts by Nagarjuna, Zhih-yi, Han-shan De-qing, & Hsuan Hua.
Internet Sacred Text
Archive posts complete e-version of H. Kem's 1884 translation of the Saddharma-pundarīka
(vol 21 of Sacred Books of the East).
Detailed essay on the life and thought of
the 2nd c. CE founder of the Madhyamika ("Middle Way") school of Mahayana
Buddhism (Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy).
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This page was revised
31 January 2023
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