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

Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism: a book

[from the web page http://www.sunypress.edu/p-4873-makers-of-modern-korean-buddhis.aspx] Summary
An overview of Korean Buddhism and its major figures in the modern period. The first book in English devoted exclusively to modern Korean Buddhism, this work provides a comprehensive exploration for scholars, students, and serious readers. Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism focuses on three key areas: Buddhist reform, Zen revival, and the interrelationship of religion, history, and politics. In Korea, the modern period in Buddhism begins in earnest in the late nineteenth century, during the closing years of the Chosŏn dynasty, which was characterized by a repressive brand of neo-Confucianism. Buddhist reformers arose to seek change in both Buddhism and Korean society at large. The work begins with a look at five of these reformers and their thought and work. The Zen revival that began at the end of the nineteenth century is covered from that period to contemporary times through an exploration of the life and thought of important Zen masters. The influence of Japanese Buddhist missionaries, the emergence of Korean engaged Buddhism, known as Minjung Buddhism, and the formation of modern Buddhist scholarship in Korea are discussed as well. “This book … is most welcome. It helps to find answers to many of the questions that can be raised on the whereabouts of Buddhism in the Korean Peninsula since the end of the 19th century.” — Journal of Korean Religions “This outstanding collection will be highly valued by the scholarly community for the way it deals comprehensively and insightfully with an important though relatively unexplored topic in the modern era.” — Steven Heine, author of Zen Skin, Zen Marrow: Will the Real Zen Buddhism Please Stand Up? Jin Y. Park is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at American University. She is the author of Buddhism and Postmodernity: Zen, Huayan, and the Possibility of Buddhist Postmodern Ethics and the editor of several books, including Buddhisms and Deconstructions.

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/

The Face of the Buddha: a book

"Taking up a teaching appointment in Tokyo in 1931, the English poet and literary critic William Empson found himself captivated by the Buddhist sculptures of ancient Japan, and spent the years that followed in search of similar examples all over Korea, China, Cambodia, Burma, India, and Ceylon, as well as in the great museums of the West. Compiling the results of these wide-ranging travels into what he considered to be one of his most important works, Empson was heartbroken when he mislaid the sole copy of the manuscript in the wake of the Second World War. The Face of the Buddha remained one of the great lost books until its surprise rediscovery sixty years later, and is published here for the first time. The book provides an engaging record of Empson's reactions to the cultures and artworks he encountered during his travels, and presents experimental theories about Buddhist art that many authorities of today have found to be remarkably prescient. It also casts important new light on Empson's other works, highlighting in particular the affinities of his thinking with that of the religious and philosophical traditions of Asia."

For table of contents and other details:

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-face-of-the-buddha-9780199659678?prevSortField=8&sortField=8&start=40&resultsPerPage=20&q=buddhism&facet_narrowbytype_facet=Academic%20Research&prevNumResPerPage=20&lang=en&cc=us#

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/