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Note: Some texts are buried
deep in e-archives. If title link does not work, click source.
 General Resources
Section from Paul Flesher's Exploring
Religions covers Buddhist cosmology, organization, religious life,
worship, sacred literature, with a glossary, timeline & maps (U of
Wyoming).
Pages from Richard Hooker's e-Anthology
of World Civilizations provide solid academic introduction to the
development of Buddhism in India & Japan.
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,
Madras Tamil Lexicon & McKenzie's Pahlavi-English Dictionary
(U of Köln).
Photo gallery of sites in India & Nepal
associated with Siddhartha Gautama, King Asoka & other prominent figures
(posted by Kalavinka Dharma Treasury).
Charles Patton's introduction to Chinese
Buddhism includes history,
a glossary
of Buddhist terms & an archive of translated classics, including the Diamond
Sutra, Heart
Sutra, Pure
Land Sutra, & Parinirvana
Sutra.
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. Provides access to back
issues, an on-line
Pali canon (with down-loadable font
converter) & a gateway to global
resources
for Buddhist research on the WWW.
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Siddhartha Gautama - the Buddha
Article by Guy Gigliotta (Washington Post 4/01)
reviews controversy over Siddhartha's birth site and evidence favoring Lumbini
in Nepal. Background and links to other relevant websites [posted by Newslook].
More than 80 important sayings from the
compendium of teaching ascribed to the founder of Buddhism. From Richard
Hooker's Anthology
of World Civilizations.
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 John Bullitt).
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 Civilizations).
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 John Bullitt).
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Theravada
John Bullit provides 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 John Bullitt).
Basic information about the development of the
form of Buddhism prevalent in Sri Lanka, Thailand & Burma (page from
Richard Hooker's Anthology
of World Cultures).
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.
Buddhist Text Translation Society's modern
English versions of select Mahayana sutras (Buddha's
Bequeathed Teachings,
Teaching on Amitabha
Buddha, Heart
of Prajna Paramita,
Lotus Flower of
Wondrous Dharma,
Vajra Prajna Paramita).
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).
The British
Library posts images of the Chinese
scroll from Dun-huang that is the oldest dated (868 CE) block-printed ms.
Charles D. Patton provides a translation of the
Diamond Sutra, complete with scholarly introduction & commentary.
Bhikshu Dharmamitra's e-archive of Mahayana stories
& classic texts by Nagarjuna, Zhih-yi, Han-shan De-qing, & Hsuan Hua
(many as e-books in .PDF format require Acrobat reader).
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).
Overview of the popular religious development
of Buddhism in the "Greater Vehicle" (page from Richard Hooker's Anthology
of World Civilizations).
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).
George Cronk's aphoristic outline of the
principles of the Mahayana sage's philosophical masterwork. In .PDF
format (posted by Bergen Community College).
Massive classic commentary on the Mahaprajna
Paramita translated from the 5th c. CE Chinese translation. Primary source for
Nagarjuna's Maadhyamika teachings (posted by Kalavinka
Dharma World).
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18 February 2008
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