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About.Com: Buddhism

http://buddhism.about.com/

An Internet guide to Buddhism, with feature articles, Website guides, and discussion forums. Topics covered include Buddhism 101, art, karma, The Eightfold Path, the Dalai Lama, meditation, Zen Buddhism, and more.

Author: Dick Dillon (buddhism.guide@about.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

BuddhaNet - Buddhist Information Network

http://www.buddhanet.net/

"BuddhaNet® is the result of a vision to link up with the growing world-wide culture of people committed to the Buddha's teachings and lifestyle, as an on-line cyber sangha... BuddhaNet is a non-sectarian organisation, offering its services to all Buddhist traditions. It aims to facilitate a significant Buddhist presence in the ever-expanding realm of computer communications technology, applying this technology to helping make the Buddha's teachings freely available to all." The site provides resources for practising Buddhists and those interested in the religion. The site is searchable.

Author: Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc. (buddhanet@pobox.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Keywords: Buddha; Zen; Theravada; Mahayana; Meditation

Buddhist Basics

http://www.tricycle.com/buddhistbasics/index.html

This site provides a brief introduction to the concepts and terms of Buddhism.

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Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Keywords: Glossary

Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library

http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html

"This document keeps track of leading information facilities in the field of Buddhism and Buddhist studies."

Author: Joe Bransford Wilson (tmciolek@coombs.anu.edu.au)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Dreams of Tibet

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tibet/

This Web site, created in support of the PBS documentary of the same name, discusses the fate of Tibet under Chinese rule. It includes interviews, book excerpts, maps, a historical chronology, links to other relevant sites, and even a discussion of Tibetan Buddhism. Also covers how Tibet and Tibetan culture are perceived by Westerners. A good introduction to the topic.

Author: Frontline & WGBH (frontline@pbs.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Asia

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Keywords: Tibet; China

The Electromic Budhidharma

http://www.iijnet.or.jp/iriz/

The most comprehensive, fabolous Zen Studies including texts, art, and related links.

Author: International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Philosophy

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Regional & Country Information--Asia

Keywords: Japan; China; Asian Studies; Buddhism; Zen Studies; Software

Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative

http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/ebti.htm

"This site contains information regarding the a wide range of ongoingprojects which aim at the digital utilization of Buddhist texts, images and other cultural artifacts. Included are records of previous EBTI meetings,as well as a comprehensive annotated list of projects and other related URLs" by Charles Muller.

Author: Charles Muller

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Asia

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Japan; Korea; China; Taiwan; Asian Studies

Glossary of Buddhist Terms

http://www.diamondway-buddhism.org/kkbn-glo.htm

Explanations and definitions for over 300 Buddhist term. Browsable alphabeticaly.

Author: Diamond Way Buddhism (info@diamondway-buddhism.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Resources for the Study of East Asian Language and Thought

http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/index.html

This Website contains an annotated list of the electronic texts available in East Asian studies and religion. Very well maintained. Also contains a "Dictionary of East Asian Literary (CJK) Terms."

Author: Charles Muller

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Philosophy--Eastern

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Sacred & Other Religious Texts

Keywords: Japan; China; Taiwan; Korea; reference; Taoism; Confucianism

Tibetan-English-Dictionary of Buddhist Teaching & Practice

http://www.diamondway-buddhism.org/diction/diction.htm

"The Dharma Dictionary is an ongoing project involved in compiling Buddhist terminology and translation terms to bridge the Tibetan and English languages. Begun in 1979, it has slowly grown to a database of approx 5 megabytes with 65,000 entries. The Dharma Dictionary is a compilation of: verified entries from existing dictionaries, word-lists and glossaries selected on a practical usage basis; terminology used by translators of the present day who have received extensive teachings from living Buddhist masters; selected definitions and clarifications from classical literary works; information of literary personages, sacred places, and names of scriptures. The Dharma Dictionary spans the areas of being an extensive glossary, a list of usage of Buddhist terms in present day works of translation, a massive amount of dictionary entries, a lexicography of places, people and literary works, and an encyclopedic covering of topics of importance to the Buddhist world."

Author: Diamond Way Buddhism (info@diamondway-buddhism.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Reference--Dictionaries--Translation

WWW Database of Chinese Buddhist texts

http://www.gwdg.de/~cwitter/can2/ind/canwww.htm

The WWW Database of Chinese Buddhist texts is a comprehensive list of Chinese Buddhist texts. It currently contains more than 4400 texts by more than 1500 authors/translators/compilers. Buddhist texts exist in many languages and cultural environments. Currently, this list contains only texts in Chinese, authored by people from the countries that use(d) Chinese characters. It is desirable to link in information about texts in other languages, especially Indic languages and Tibetan, but there are no current plans for this.

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Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Philosophy--Eastern--Chinese

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Buddhism

Keywords: Buddhism; Chinese Literature

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