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	Asian Studies Program Joseph Adler Buddhism Links General Traditions Texts South Asia News Ethics and Dialogue Buddhism and Arts Centers and Temples Since my retirement from teaching in 2014 these links have been updated only sporadically. General: Buddhist Studies (WWWVL) Resources for the Study of Buddhism (Ron Epstein) The International Association of Buddhist Studies Digital Library and Museum of Buddhist Studies (National Taiwan University) Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies Center for Buddhist Studies (Columbia University): Weblog Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (University of Wisconsin) Article on the Dalai Lama's interest in meditation and neuroscience (Wired, Feb. 2006) Mind & Life Institute (Boulder, CO) Bristol Buddhist Death Ritual Project International Congress on Buddhist Women’s Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages (2007 conference exploring the means to reestablish ordination for women in the Theravada and Tibetan traditions, with abstracts and some papers) Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha (Part One) Gyalwang Karmapa Makes Historic Announcement on Restoring Nuns’ Ordination (1/24/15) Dalai Lama Awards Geshema Degree to Tibetan Buddhist Nuns (12/22/16) Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies, 8 vols.: Table of Contents The Life of the Buddha (John Knoblock, 1938-1999) - corrected link Anālayo, The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal (2011) The Buddha (PBS film) Asia - map Spread of Buddhism - map Buddhism and Its Spread Along the Silk Road (from the Silkroad Foundation) A Dictionary of Buddhism (Damien Keown) Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, with many other links (Charles Muller) Soothill & Houdous: Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms (still useful, but outdated in some respects) - corrected link Buddhism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, ed. Stephen C. Berkwitz (online textbook) Buddhism from A to Z Buddhist philosophy (a good introduction to basic Buddhist ideas and history) Buddhism (mostly from a Tantric perspective, but quite comprehensive) BuddhaNet Weblinks (excellent list) DharmaNet (multi-media resource center) E-Sangha: The Buddhist Community: Articles, links, and member forum Triratna Buddhist Community (formerly Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) Journal of Global Buddhism (online; focus on Western countries) Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (magazine) The Lion's Roar (magazine) Shambhala Sun (magazine) Religion Compass: special issue on Buddhism Hong Kong University theses on Buddhism Nagarjuna (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Buddhist Digital Library and Museum (Center for Buddhist Studies at National Taiwan University) Access to Insight (teachings and practice of Theravada Buddhism) The Gateless Passage: Introduction to Buddhist history, doctrine, and texts, with an emphasis on Chinese Buddhism The Five Skandhas (from The Gateless Passage) Writings on emptiness (sunyata) Buddhist responses to September 11 Pilgrimage to a sacred mountain (NPR Radio Expedition) Buddhism on the Silk Road The Maitreya Project Critique "Does Humor Belong in Buddhism?" (webcast talk by Donald Lopez) The History of the Buddha's Relic Shrine, trans. by Stephen C. Berkwitz (online book, through Consort) Essays by Richard Hayes Bibliographies: Mugen Project: A Bibliographic Database on Buddhism (BDK/Numata Foundation -- still in development, but very good) Kuroda Institute books on East Asian Buddhism Traditions: Introduction to Buddhism (Theravada) Chinese Buddhism Japanese Buddhism Zen Buddhism "Korean Buddhism: A Short Overview" by Charles Muller Yogacara: Yogacara Buddhism Research Center Xuanzang, by Der Huey Lee (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Pure Land: Pure Land Buddhism (WWWVL) Shin (Pure Land) Buddhism (Introductory essays, and the full text of the three Pure Land Sutras) Amitabhaba's 48 Vows Shin Buddhism in Modern Culture , by Alfred Bloom The Pure Land Tradition Tibetan: Tibetan Wheel of Life [larger image] [explanation] The Tibetan & Himalayan Library Bibliography of Tibetan Religious Ritual (Jose Cabezon and Alyson Prude) Vajrayana (Tibetan or Tantric Buddhism) A Short Guide to Tibetan Buddhism Buddhist teachings (in the Tibetan Kagyu tradition) The Berzin Archives (the extensive writings of Alexander Berzin, a scholar and practitioner of Tibetan [Gelugpa] Buddhism) Tibetan Monastic Education, by Georges Dryfus Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) Story of a reincarnated lama Naropa University Tibetan Review (news and features, with a selection of articles online) Tibetan Buddhist prayer service (video) NY Times photos and articles on Tibet "Dreams of Tibet" (PBS Frontline, 1997) Tibetan Wrathful Deities Mudras Kalacakra Mandala Yamantaka Mandala (Minneapolis Institute of Arts) The Panchen Lama: The identification of the Eleventh Panchen Lama, by Jeffrey Hopkins (University of Virginia, 1995) Articles by the Government of Tibet in Exile Tashi Lhunpo Monastery Institute of Tibetan Classics Tibetan chants Central Tibetan Administration (in exile) Students for a Free Tibet Self-immolations: Cultural Anthropology (journal blog) Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines China Digital Times Mongolian: Mongolian Buddhism, by Sechin Jagchid Buddhism in Mongolia After 1990, by Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz Texts: Zhou Jichang (China, 12th c.): Luohans Demonstrating the power of the Buddhist sutras to Daoists (Boston Museum of Fine Arts) - click image for larger view Overview of the 3 Buddhist Canons Comparison of the 3 Buddhist Canons Taisho Daizōkyō (complete Chinese Buddhist canon) Another site Search The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue Collected Works of Korean Buddhism Online Sutta Correspondence Project (search for parallels in various canons) Theravada (Pali) Canon The Pali Canon Vinaya Texts The Seven Abhidhamma-books Buddhist Suttas (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 11) Maha-Nidana Sutta (On Dependent Origination and No-Self) Anatta-lakkhana Sutta (On Not-self) Maha-Parinibbana Sutta (On the last days of the Buddha) Satipatthana Sutta (On Mindfulness) Kalama Sutta (On the criteria of truth) Dhammapada: Trans. by John Richards (1933) Two other translations (1985 and 1997) Mahayana (Chinese) Canon: Mahayana Sutras 1 ( PDF e-books from BuddhaNet) Mahayana Sutras 2 (with a link to a third collection) Buddhist Mahayana Texts (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 49) Mahayana Sutras (Charles Muller) Apocryphal Scriptures (Bequeathed Teaching Sutra, Ullambana Sutra, Sutra of 42 Sections, Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, Sutra on the Profundity of Filial Love) Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra Lotus Sutra: Leon Hurvitz translation 11th-century Chinese text Tiantai texts (partial translations) The Noble Mahayana Sanghatasutra Heart Sutra: Heart Sutra (links to translations at bottom) Chinese and English (short version) With Japanese (for chanting) In Chinese Commentary on Heart Sutra by T'an Hsu (20th c.) Diamond Sutra: From Plum Village (Thich Nhat Hanh's community) Translated by Charles Patton Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra The Three Pure Land Sutras Smaller Sukhavativyuha Sutra (Sutra on the Buddha Amitayus) Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra (Sutra on the Buddha of Eternal Life) Tibetan texts Sutra on the Contemplation of Buddha Amitayus Takakusu trans. Patton trans. Cloud Water Zendo trans. Amida's 48 Vows Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamaka-karikas (trans. by Frederick Streng) The Collected Works of Korean Buddhism (download, 55 MB) Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia: Buddhism in India King Ashoka Edicts of Ashoka International Journal of Tantric Studies Borobudur: aerial photo | 360 degree views of each level (Quicktime required) Digital Image Archive: Buddhism (Todd Lewis, College of the Holy Cross) Revival of the Bhikkhuni Order in Sri Lanka Sarvodaya ("Awakening of All") Movement Buddhism in the News: The Buddhist Channel Buddhist Door International ("a journalistic platform for Buddhism" run by the Tung Lin Kok Yuen foundation in Hong Kong -- more than news) MahaSangha News (Shambhala Sun) PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly: programs on Buddhism "Buddha Rising": National Geographic multimedia feature on Buddhism in the West (December 2005) Nalanda University: a new Nalanda is being built near the ruins of the old Nalanda, in Bihar, India "Really Old School" (NY Times, 2006) Nalanda: Wikipedia article on the old university (5th-12th c. CE) "The Last Days of Mes Aynak" (PBS Newshour report on Buddhist archaeological site in Afghanistan, 12/13/12) Lobsang Sangay elected Tibetan exile leader (BBC News, 4/27/11) Tibetan Lama Faces Scrutiny in India (2/7/11) Monk-Led Protests Show Buddhist Activism (3/30/08) Another Buddha destroyed (2007) Push to include Buddhism in new Thai constitution (interview with Sulak Sivaraksa) Buddhist meditation and neuroscience Mindfulness meditation and psychotheraphy (NY Times, 5/27/08) The Restless Children of the Dalai Lama (on Tibetan independence activists; NY Times, 12/19/05) Nepali boy meditating for six months (11/23/05) Nepal's 'Buddha' boy goes missing (3/11/06) Nepalese Buddha Boy 'reappears' (3/20/06) Monk contemplates life of movie-making (Times of Tibet, 2/16/04) Tibetan monks win Grammy (Times of Tibet, 2/9/04) Trying to Reshape Tibet, China Sends In the Masses (NY Times, 9/15/03) Two Buddhist Nuns Take on a Giant of New York Realty (NY Times, 6/12/03) The Boy Monk (Orange County Register, 1/29/03) Discovery of Gandharan Buddhist manuscripts (Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/4/02) "Russian Lama's Body, and His Faith, Defy Time" (NY Times, 10/1/02) "A Lonely Battle in Mongolia to Save Buddhist Relics" (NY Times, 8/12/02) Buddhism in New York after Sept. 11 (NY Times, 2/14/02) Pilgrimage in Tibet (NY Times, 11/15/01) China Moves Against Buddhist Center (Washington Post, 6/21/01) "Buddhism Blooms Amid the Forests of the Catskills" (NY Times, 6/18/01) "Tibetans Struggle to Preserve Culture, at Home and Abroad" (NY Times, 3/6/01) Hsi Lai Temple (NY Times, 4/29/00) New Thai sect (NY Times, 8/13/99) New Tibetan Buddhist community in Sichuan, China (NY Times, 7/28/99) Expulsion of nuns and monks from Serthar (Tibet Information Network, 8/19/01) Expulsion update (Tibet Information Network, 11/8/01) Revival of Buddha's birthplace (NY Times, 10/2/98) Richard Gere on being a Buddhist (Washington Post/Newsweek) The Dalai Lama The 17th Karmapa of the Kagyu lineage A Buddhist View of Journalism (Shelton Gunaratne; PowerPoint slideshow) Ethics and Dialogue: Journal of Buddhist Ethics (online) Bibliography on Buddhist environmental ethics Zen Environmental Studies Center Buddhist Perspectives on the Earth Charter Buddhist Ecology Buddhist Global Relief Socially Engaged Buddhism: Online Resources Engaged Buddhism in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand (28-minute BBC radio show -- Real Audio) Thich Nhat Hanh Article on Thich Nhat Hanh (NY Times) Martin Luther King's letter nominating Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize (1967) Thich Nhat Hanh quotes Buddhist Peace Fellowship Buddhist-Christian Dialogue: The Empty Bell (a contemplative sanctuary) European Network of Buddhist Christian Studies Buddhist-Christian Studies (journal) Buddhism and science: Interview with Trinh Xuan Thuan, a Vietnamese Buddhist professor of astronomy at the University of Virginia. "American Buddhism's Racial Divide" by Kenneth Tanaka (beliefnet.com) Buddhist Faith Statement on the environment Buddhism and the Arts: Buddhist Art News Buddhist Art and Architecture (Buddhanet) Life of the Buddha: in art from the Metropolitan Museum Understanding the Art of Buddhism (Pacific Asia Museum) Buddhist Iconography (Minneapolis Institute of Arts) Mudras Tibetan Buddhist Deities (Tibetan Museum Society) Himalayan Art Resources Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art (OSU) Borobudur.tv: a very comprehensive site, including pictures, maps, and Buddhist texts on which the structure is based Borobudur: pictures and short essays (the Berger Foundation) Dharma The Cat 3rd International Seminar on Dunhuang Art and Society (my pictures) Buddhist centers and temples World Buddhist directory (Buddhanet) Tibetan: Tashi Lhunpo Monastery (Gelugpa school, Tibet) Drepung Monastery (Gelugpa, Tibet) Drepung Loseling Monastery (Gelugpa, South India) Drepung monks creating a sand mandala at Kenyon (2005) Article about another Drepung sand mandala Sera Monastery (Gelugpa, Tibet) Sera Jey Monastery (Gelugpa, South India) Namgyal Monastery (Gelugpa, Ithaca, NY: North American seat of the Dalai Lama) Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center (Gelugpa, Bloomington, IN) Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery (Kagyu school, North India) Kagyu Samye Ling (Kagyu center in Scotland) Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (Woodstock, NY; North American seat of Kagyu school) Karma Thegsum Choling (Columbus, OH) Kagyu Thubten Chöling (Wappingers Falls, NY) Karmê Chöling: Shambhala Meditation Center (Kagyu-Nyingma, Vermont) New Kadampa school (New York branch) Nyingma Institute (Berkeley, CA) Osel Dorje Nyingpo (Nyingma, Boulder, CO) Rangjung Yeshe Institute (Nepal - training center for Westerners) Benchen Karma Kamstang Buddhist Association (Poland) Chinese: Jade Buddha Temple (Shanghai) Dharma Drum Mountain (Taiwan) Dharma Drum Buddhist College Chan Meditation Center (Elmhurst, NY) Fo Guang Shan (Taiwan) Fo Guang Shan temples worldwide Hsi-Lai Temple (Southern California) Humanistic Buddhism Monastic Life program Buddhist Compassionate Relief (Tzu-chi) Foundation Worldwide USA Taiwan Chung Tai Chan Monastery (Taiwan) Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale (California) Bodhi Monastery (New Jersey): lineage of Yin-shun (1906-2005) Dharma Realm Buddhist Association (Northern California) City of 10,000 Buddhas Avatamsaka Sutra Summer Program Buddhist Association of the U.S. (Chuang-yen Monastery, Putnam County, NY) Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun Hsu Yun Buddhist Association (Tucson, AZ) The Great Buddha (Daibutsu) at Kamakura (Amida Buddha). Japanese: Hosshin-ji (Soto Zen, Fukui) Tosho-ji (Soto Zen, Tokyo) Hosen-ji (Rinzai Zen, Kyoto) Shōkokuji / Ginkakuji / Kinkakuji (Rinzai Zen, Kyoto) International Zen Centre (Rinzai Zen, Kyoto) Zen Center of Los Angeles Bodhi Manda Zen Center (New Mexico) Summer Seminar on Buddhism Zen Mountain Monastery (NY State) Zen Columbus Sangha Cincinnati Zen Center Cleveland Buddhist Temple Cloud Water Zendo (Cleveland) Jodo Shinshu (Pure Land) temples Buddhist Temple of Chicago (Pure Land) Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley and Mountain View, CA) New York Buddhist Church (Jodo Shinshu) Tendai Buddhist Institute (New York State) Nichiren Shoshu headquarters in Japan Nichiren Shoshu of New York Korean: Korean Temples Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom (Zen organization founded by Samu Sunim in 1967, with temples in Chicago, Ann Arbor, Toronto, and Mexico City) Summer Work/Study Program at the Ann Arbor Zen Buddhist Temple (2006) Kwan Um School of Zen (founded in 1972 by Seung Sahn in Providence, RI, now with many branches) Vietnamese: International Buddhist Meditation Center (Los Angeles, founded by Thich Thien-an) Sri Lankan: Ohio Buddhist Vihara (Theravada) Thai: Suan Mokkh (Buddhadasa Bhikkhu's monastery in Thailand) Vipassana Schweiz (Meditation retreat in Switzerland) Various: Santi Forest Monastery (Buddhist Nuns' Monastery in Bundanoon, Australia) Buddhist Centers in Ohio: Pluralism Project Buddhanet Buddhist Bodhi Association of Columbus Buddhism in Central Ohio Buddhist Association of the United States Northeast Ohio Sangham: E-Newsletter Insight Meditation Society Metta Forest Monastery (California) Edit date: 2/20/20 Return to RLST 260 || Return to ASIA 201