ASIAN STUDIES
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

 

Buddhism: Introduction*

WWW Virtual Library on Buddhism*

Buddhist Resources Online* A very good collection of online resources on Buddhism

Resources for the Study of Buddhism* "This website contains information that should be of particular use and interest both to university students and to Buddhist practitioners, including 1) a selection of links to Buddhist resources, 2) Buddhist materials that are not easily acessible elsewhere."

Buddhist Resources LinksPitaka "Classified links, bibliographies, directories, documents onBuddhism. Emphasis in Pure Land Buddhism. Bilingual French-English."

Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research The primary mission of the Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research is
to publish definitive English translations of the entire 100-volume Sino-Japanese
Buddhist canon, the Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo

Karma Tashi Ling Buddhist Society, Norway

Encyclopedia of Monasticism The two-volume Encyclopedia of Monasticism describes the monastic traditions
of both Christianity and Buddhism.

Lost and Stolen Images from Afghanistan Bamiyan: (Big Buddha, Small Buddha); National Museum, Kabul

Images from Kabul Images from Kabul Museum and Afghanistan, 1969-1974

Hoa Hao Buddhism and its Practical Philosphy "An introduction to Hoa Hao Buddhism as a renewed version of Buddhism which had lost some of its originality over time in Vietnam during the French and Communist domination. Its philosophical and moral principles are tinged with Confucianism and Taoism which also have a great influence on Vietnam's thought and practice."

Buddha, the places he went... Photographs of Buddha's birth place and others

Tibetan Buddisht Resource Center "The TBRC database (archive of Tibetan biographical and bibliographical data) and search engine is now open on-line to the public."

Theravada Text Archives Suttas (English transl.) from the Pali Canon (Digha Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Samyutta Nikaya, Anguttara Nikaya, Khuddaka Nikaya); Selected texts from the Vinaya pitaka; The Thai forest traditions; Texts from the Buddhist Publication Society (Wheel Publications, Bodhi Leaves, BPS Newsletter essays by Bhikkhu Bodhi, Miscellaneous BPS publications); Contemporary Western writers and teachers (Bhikkhu Bodhi [Jeffrey Block], Sr. Ayya Khema [Ilse Ledermann], Bhikkhu Thanissaro [Geoffrey DeGraff]); Miscellaneous Buddhist books.

Mt. Baldy Zen Center "Mt. Baldy Zen Center was founded in 1972 by Joshu Sasaki
Roshi and is the main training facility of Rinzai-ji."