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World Religions: Buddhism

A compilation of resources to begin your research in Religious Studies.

Selected Print Books on Buddhism

Wake up : a life of the Buddha by Jack Kerouac
ISBN: 9780670019571
Basic teachings of the Buddha : a new translation and compilation, with a guide to reading the texts by Glenn Wallis
ISBN: 9780812975239
A concise introduction to Tibetan Buddhism by John Powers
ISBN: 9781559392969

Scriptures, Canons, and Sacred Texts

Buddhist Sutras

Online Resources

Voices of the Shuttle
Provides extensive academic resources for the study of the religion.
Virtual Religion Index- Buddhist Studies
Provides general resources on Siddhartha - Buddha, Theravada, Mahayana, Nichiren, Vajrayana - Tibetan, and Zen Buddhism.
Beliefnet.com
Buddhist Resources
An Introduction to Buddhism

Selected E-Journals on Buddhism

Buddhist-Christian studies
A scholarly journal devoted to Buddhism and Christianity and their historical and contemporary interrelationships.
Contemporary Buddhism
Publishes articles on the current state of Buddhism from across the human sciences.
Journal of Buddhist ethics
The Journal of Buddhist Ethics is the first academic journal dedicated entirely to Buddhist ethics.

Buddhist Temple

Selected E-books on Buddhism

Zen Classics by Steven Heine; Dale Stuart Wright
Call Number: BQ9264.2 .Z455 2006 EB
ISBN: 1423761863
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Haunting the Buddha by Robert DeCaroli
Call Number: BQ336 .D43 2004 EB
ISBN: 1423720539
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Philosophy of the Buddha by Christopher W. Gowans
Call Number: BQ4150 .G69 2003 EB
ISBN: 0203480791
Publication Date: 2003-05-01

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