Buddhism
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Center for Buddhist Studies, National Taiwan University
Online Buddhist texts. Many in Chinese.
Institute of Buddhist Studies
A seminary and graduate school affiliated with the Graduate Theological Union and associated with the Buddhist Churches of America. IBS offers a systematic educational program specializing in Contemporary Shin Buddhist Studies and culminating in a fully accredited Master of Arts degree which is jointly administered with the GTU.
Buddhist Country Statistics
http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_buddhist.html
Lists Top 10 countries with most Buddhists, top 10 countries with highest percentage of Buddhists.
Japanese Buddhism
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2055.html
About Buddhism in Japan: the introduction to Japan; and the different sects, with dates.
Buddhism in Brazil
http://sites.uol.com.br/cmrocha/
Academic references on the expansion of Buddhism in Brazil. Also a web directory of Brazilian Buddhist centers, temples, monasteries, and Buddhist texts translated to Portuguese.
Tipitaka.org
The Vipassana Research Institute publishes the Tipitaka in the pali language on a CD-ROM.
Karmapa International Buddhist Institute, New Delhi
http://www.karmapa-institute.org/
Offers a four-year program of Buddhist. Founded by HH the 16th Karmapa and emphazises the teachings of the Karma Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Resources for the Study of Buddhism
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Buddhism.htm
Links to both general Buddhist resources and specialized materials on Zen, Chinese Buddhism, Yogacara Buddhism, and various Buddhist sutras.
Buddhist Scriptures Information Retrieval (BUDSIR)
http://www.mahidol.ac.th/budsir/budsir-main.html
Project to record the 45 volumes of the Pali Tipitaka onto computer, together with the development of an application program for searching it. Project has completed a Thai translation of the Tipitaka, and versions of the original Pali text using Thai and Roman scripts, as well as a Thai-Pali dictionary.
Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies
http://www.stanford.edu/group/scbs/
Serves to coordinate, support, and develop the university's resources for Buddhist studies and other Asian religions in four general areas: scholarly research, academic communication, teaching, and public outreach.
Thinking in Buddhism: Nagarjuna's Middle Way
http://www.bahai-library.org/personal/jw/other.pubs/nagarjuna/
Academic thesis on early Buddhism, yhe historical context of Nagarjuna, Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika, and the Philosophy of Madhyamika.
Chan and Zen Buddhism
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/zen.html
A compilation of important links to materials for the study of Chan and Zen Buddhism, primarily for the use of college students.
Origins of Buddhism
http://www.ccg.org/english/s/b7_7.html
A Christian analysis of the history and development of Buddhism.
College of Buddhist Studies
http://www.urbandharma.org/ratana/ratana1/college.html
Offers certificate in Buddhist Studies. Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Buddhism Comes to Main Street
http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma/mainstreet.html
Article by Jan Nattier in The Wilson Quarterly (Spring 1997). Discusses the history and cultural and ethnic issues that form the most crucial differences within American Buddhism.
Foundation of Buddhist Thought
http://www.buddhistthought.org
A two-year intermediate level online course taught by Geshe Tashi Tsering.
Cambridge Buddhist Institute
http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/xha71/cbi/
Serves as a focus for those interested in Buddhist studies in Cambridge, UK, both in the University of Cambridge and in the region.
International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism
http://iriz.hanazono.ac.jp/index.en.html
International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism (IRIZ) at Hanazono University (Kyoto, Japan) is an academic research institution devoted to the study of Zen Buddhism, serving the needs of researchers, students, teachers, and practitioners of Buddhism. 48.000 character Chinese character database.
Major of Seon Studies
http://www.dongguk.edu/english/college/cul_seon.htm
Information on this program offered by South Korea's Dongguk University, including required courses.