Buddhist, Confucian, and Daoist E-texts, Indexes, and Bibliographies

The page includes:

1. Translations
2. Digital indexes
3. Specialized Bibliographies
4. CJK scriptural e-texts



Maintained by Charles Muller, University of Tokyo
http://www.acmuller.net/digitexts.html

Zen Bibliography (2014)

A selective bibliography created for a Religious Studies course at Kenyon College by Professor Joseph Adler
Topics included:

General

China

Japan

Dogen

Monastic life

Arts

Korea

Vietnam

Women

America

Modern philosophy

Ethics

http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln360/Zen-bib.htm

The Japanese Historical Text Initiative

The Japanese Historical Text Initiative (JHTI) is a rapidly expanding database made up of historical texts dating back more than 1200 years. The original version of every paragraph in every text is cross-tagged with its English translation, making it possible for any researcher to see, on the same screen, both the original and English translation of any word or phrase appearing in any JHTI text.

Ancient Chronicles
Ancient Gazetters
Ancient Relgio-Civil code
Medieval Chronicles and Tales
Medieval and Early  Modern Interpretive Histories
Religion and Polity in the Modern State

http://supercluster.cias.kyoto-u.ac.jp/berkeley/jhti/

Buddhanet's World Buddhist Directory

A directory of Buddhist resources searchable by geographic location and keyword terms.  Also available as a phone app.

http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/

Digital Dictionary of Buddhism

Edited by A. Charles Muller

Established July, 1995: Updated monthly

DDB Entry Total (2017/5/31): 67,801

From the Introduction:

Introduction

The Digital Dictionary of Buddhism [DDB] is a compilation of Chinese ideograph-based terms, texts, temple, schools, persons, etc. found in Buddhist canonical sources. The Chinese-Japanese-Korean-Vietnamese/English Dictionary [CJKV-E] is a compilation of Chinese ideographs, as well as ideograph-comprised compound words, text names, person names, etc., found primarily in the Confucian and Daoist classics. It also includes vocabulary from Neo-Confucian texts, as well as other philosophical and historical sources. Its information on individual ideographs is intended to be comprehensive, containing pronunciations and meanings from ancient and modern sources from the Sinitic cultural sphere including China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Modern-day compound words are included incidentally, but the coverage of modern materials is not intended to be comprehensive.

http://www.buddhism-dict.net/ddb/

Buddhist eLibrary

"The Buddhist eLibrary is an initiative of Buddhanet.net, run by the Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc. (BDEA), which is located at the Bodhi Tree Forest Monastery, NSW Australia, currently in partnership with Mahachulalongkorn University, International Buddhist College (IBC), and the Buddhist Maha Vihara (BMV).

Primarily, the eLibrary is a Digital Resource Library of Buddhist study material that can be freely downloaded via the World Wide Web. Further, as it expands, it aims to develop a web-based interactive learning environment to disseminate the Teachings of the Buddha Dharma."

"The Buddhist eLibrary has been setup to support the study and practice of the Buddha´s Teachings in all Buddhist traditions. As the eLibrary develops we hope eventually to include the cultures and languages they represent as well.

Therefore, we seek your ongoing involvement and support in developing this resource so that the eLibrary can comprehensively cater for all who use its resources, whether for academic use or just general interest.
 

We do not charge or restrict the use of the content, so whether you are new to the Buddha´s Teachings or wish to expand your knowledge, please feel free to make use of the material that is offered."

http://www.buddhistelibrary.org/en/index.php?lang=english

Library Guide from Arizona

Arizona State University Library Guide on Buddhist Studies

This guide lists resources for the following areas:

Early Buddhism/India

Buddhism-Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka

Buddhism-East Asia

Vajrayana Buddhism-Tibet, Nepal, Central Asia

Buddhism in the Global Context

Encyclopedias and Reference Resources

There is also a list of media and a list of web resources

http://libguides.asu.edu/c.php?g=263904

University of Pennsylvania Research in Buddhist Studies

"Buddhist Studies has a long history at the University of Pennsylvania with special focus on Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Buddhist traditions and more recently on Buddhism in Southeast Asia. Religious Studies graduate and undergraduate students specializing in Buddhist Studies are overseen byJustin McDaniel. The program’s special strengths in this area are in Theravada Buddhism, Pali and Buddhist-Hybrid Sanskrit literature, Buddhism in Laos and Thailand, Japanese Buddhism, early Chinese Buddhism and Taoism, ritual and magic, Buddhist monasticism and education, Manuscript Studies/Codicology, Material Culture, and Buddhist art (especially Thai, Indian, and Japanese). Both anthropological and textual approaches are highly encouraged."

https://www.sas.upenn.edu/religious_studies/research/buddhist-studies

Assembling Shinto: a book

"During the late twelfth to fourteenth centuries, several precursors of what is now commonly known as Shinto came together for the first time. By focusing on Mt. Miwa in present-day Nara Prefecture and examining the worship of indigenous deities (kami) that emerged in its proximity, this book serves as a case study of the key stages of “assemblage” through which this formative process took shape. Previously unknown rituals, texts, and icons featuring kami, all of which were invented in medieval Japan under the strong influence of esoteric Buddhism, are evaluated using evidence from local and translocal ritual and pilgrimage networks, changing land ownership patterns, and a range of religious ideas and practices. These stages illuminate the medieval pedigree of Ryōbu Shintō (kami ritual worship based loosely on esoteric Buddhism’s Two Mandalas), a major precursor to modern Shinto."

Read more about the book and its authors on the Harvard University Press site:


http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674970571