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Academic resources:
- Australian National University WorldWideWeb Virtual Library on Buddhism
Many excellent resources, and useful links to elsewhere.
- British Library Catalogue
Includes former British Museum and India Office Library and Records, which received (in theory) every modern book published in India up till 1947.
- Center for Buddhist Studies, National Taiwan University
Includes information on Pali, Sanskrit and Tibetan Sutras, and guidance in Pali, Sanskrit and Tibetan.
- Consciousness and Experimental Psychology Group
A group much interested in the study of Buddhist meditation etc., seeking to establish a sub-group of the British Psychological Society.
- Hsuan Peng's Buddhist Resource File
Many excellent resources.
- International Association of Buddhist Studies
- International Association for the History of Religion
- International Institute for Asian Studies
- International Journal of Hindu Studies internet journal
- Internet Journal of Religion
Incorporating Marburg Journal of Religion, DISKUS (previously published on disk), Science of Religion (web edition), and with a link to the Journal of Buddhist Ethics.
- Journal of Buddhist Ethics Global Resources for Buddhist Studies
Many useful links to elsewhere, and to the Journal itself, which is excellent. From its home page, one can, for example, access the Pali Canon's text.
- Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
Publishers of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
- Online Dictionaries, including Sanskrit, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai and Tibetan
Buddhist art
-Kyoto National Museum.
- Lotus Buddhist Art Gallery
- Photographs of Buddhist Sites in Japan
- Thai Jaataka Paintings
Pictures plus descriptions, as well as material on feng shui.
Buddhist organisations which include material relevant to the academic study of Buddhism
- Access to Insight: Gateways to Theravada Buddhism
A site dedicated to Theravada Buddhism, including a guide to the Pali Canon, and selected translations, and a guide to learning Pali.
-Buddhism Depot
Includes a discussion forum, book recommendations, examples of Buddhist art. Aimed at Buddhists primarily, but also has some material useful for the study of Buddhism.
-Buddhist Information Network: Gateway to Buddhism.
-Buddhism in Ottawa
Links to Theravada Buddhist text archives, publishers, and more.
- DharmaNet International: Gateways to Buddhism
Central clearing-house for Buddhist resources, online and off. Access to Buddhist texts, journals, events calendar, Dharma centre information, links to
other sites, etc..
- Falun Dafa
A Buddhist Qigong group based on teachings of Master Li Hongzhi- the site includes original Chinese teachings and translations in various languages.
-Japanese Haiku Maters
Mainly based on the translations and writings of of R.H.Blyth.
- Sakyadhita: International Association of Buddhist Women
Other Buddhist organisations
- Angulimala Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy web-site
-Aruna Ratanagiri monastery, Northumberland (Forest Sangha).
- Aukana Trust
A Theravada organisation which runs the House of Inner Tranquillity.
-London Buddhist Vihara
Sri Lankan Theravada monastery
-Tisarana Vihara
Burmese monastery in Twickenham, UK.
- UK Buddhist Addresses
A database of addresses of UK Buddhist Organisations, Monasteries, Retreat Centres, Meditation groups, etc., ordered by organisation and location in the U.K..