BUDDHISM IN CYBERSPACE (INTERNET)*
1. Educational
2. Spiritual
3. Publishers and Book Sellers
4. Magazines and Journals
5. Commercial
1. EDUCATIONAL
About Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/religion/Buddhism
Access to Insight: Readings in Theravada Buddhism
Academic Information
http://www.academicinfo-net/Buddhism.html
American Buddhist Congress
http://www.americanbuddhistcongress.org
Asia Source (Asia Society)
Asian American Network
http://www.asianamerican.net/se-main.html
Belief Net
http://www.beliefnet.com/index-10001.html
Berkeley Buddhist Studies Center
http://ishi.lib.berkeley.edu/Buddhist/bbrc/
Buddhanet
Buddhism Internet Resources Meta-Register
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/BuddhPages/MetaResources.html
The Buddhist Book Project Poland
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Buddhist Perspectives on the Earth Charter
(Boston Research Center for the 21st Century)
Buddhist Resource FIle
http://pears2.lib.ohio-state.edu/BRF
The Buddhist Society UK
http://www.thebuddhistsociety.org/
Buddhist Studies/Antioch Education Abroad (Antioch College)
http://www.antioch-college.edu/aea
Buddhist Studies - Art
http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/anu/buddhart.html
Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html
California Institute for Integral Studies
The Chokling Tersar Foundation
DharmaNet International
Earth Sangha: Buddhism in Service of the Earth
eDharma
http://www.studio-interactive.com/edharma
E-Vam Buddhist Institute
The Edicts of King Ashoka
http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/ashoka.html
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
http://www.religionandnature.com
Forum on Religion and Ecology
http://environment.harvard.edu/religion
Goddard College (Health Arts: Nature, Culture, HEaling)
Guide to Buddhism on the Net
http://members.tripod.com/~Arumugam/buddhiststudies
Institute of Buddhist Studies/Graduate Theological Union
Institute of Theravada Buddhist University
http://www.mahasiusa.org/university
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
International Campaign for Tibet
International Network of Engaged Buddhists
In the Spirit Interviews
Journal of Buddhist Ethics (extensive list of websites and bibliographies)
Kyoto National Museum
http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/meihin/menue.htm
Ladakh Ecological Development Group
http://www.rightlivelihood.se/recip1986_4.html
Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (free Dharma books)
Naropa University
Naropa University Study Abroad
http://www.naropa.edu/studyabroad
Resources for the Study of Buddhism
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Buddhism.htm
Sadhu!: The Theravada Buddhist Web Directory and Portal
http://www.wuantum.com.my/sadhu
Sakyadhita- The International Association of Buddhist Women (includes bibliography on women and Buddhism)
Schumacher College
http://www.gn.apc.org/Schumachercollege
Sharpham College (Buddhist Studies and Contemporary Inquiry)
Shin Dharmanet
http://www.Shindharmanet.com/links/links.htm
Soka Gakkai
Soka University
Spiritual Ecology, Scared Places, and Biodiversity Conservation Project
http://www.hawaii.edu/anth/projects.Thailand/spiritualecology.htm
Stupa site
Theosophical Society of America
Tibetan Buddhist
http://www.tibetan-buddhist.org
Tipitaka: The Pali Canon
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/index.html
United Kingdom Association for Buddhist Studies
http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~osOdwe/bs10.htm
The Virtual Buddhist Library of the University of Australia
http://www.ciolek.com/wwwvl-buddhism.html
Won Institute of Graduate Studies
World Fellowship of Buddhists
http://www.wfb-hq.org/main.html
Zen Buddhism Info Web
http://www.dharmanet.org/infowebz.html
Zen Environmental Studies Center (Zen Mountain Monastery)
Zen River
Zen Studies Society
2. SPIRITUAL
Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery (includes link "A Guide to Buddhist Monasteries and Meditation Centers in Thailand")
Bodhi
Buddhist Association of the US
Dzogchen Center
Forest Sangha Newsletter (UK)
http://www.abm.ndirect.co.uk/fsn
The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
Hidden Mountain Zen Center
http://www.hiddenmountainzen.org
Insight Meditation Society
Kadampa Buddhism
Mahasiddhi Retreat Center
Meditation Now
Metta Forest Monastery
http://www.here-and-now.org/watmetta.html
Mount Baldy Zen Center, CA
Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies
(North American Seat of the Personal monastery of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama)
Nitartha International
Online Meditation Resources
Plum Village (Thich Nhat Hanh)
RIGPA
Rochester Zen Center
San Francisco Zen Center (also Green Gulch Farm
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Sravasti Abbey at Liberation Park
Suan Mokkh
Summit Dharma Center
http://www.summitdharmacenter.org
Upaya Zen Center
Vajradakini Buddhist Center
Vajrapani Institute
The Village Zendo
Vipassana
Zen Hospice
Zen Mountain Center
Zen Mountain Monastery
3. PUBLISHERS AND BOOK SELLERS
ABE Books (used books online seller)
Asia Books (Bangkok, Thailand)
Bodhi Tree Bookstore
Buddha Rock Press
The Buddhist Association of the U.S. (free books)
Buddhist Publication Society
http://www.lanka.com/dhamma/bps/bps.htm
Buddhist Publishing Group
Inner Ocean Publishing, Inc
Inner Traditions
http://www.InnerTraditions.com
Lotus Books
Mandala Books
Middleway Press (Nichiren)
Parallax Press
Pariyatti Book Service
Shambhala Publications
Shasta Abbey Press
http://www.buddhistsupplies.com/sabssap.htm
http://www.obcon.org/sapress.html
Snow Lion Publications
State University of New York Press
Ten Speed Press/Celestial Arts
Tharpa Publications
Thorsons
Charles E. Tuttle
http://www.tuttlepublishing.com
University of Hawaii Press
Weatherhill
White Lotus Press (Bangkok)
Windhorse Publications
http://www.windhorsepublications.com
Wisdom Books
Wisdom Publications
4. MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
Bodhi
Dharma Life: Buddhism for Today
Journal of Buddhist Ethics (extensive list of web sites and bibliographies)
Mandala (Mahayana)
http://www.mandalamagazine.org
Parabola Magazine
Seeds of Peace
http://www.sulak-sivaraksa.org
The Quest (Theosophical Society of America)
http://www.theosophical.org/theosophy/questmagazine/index.htm/
Shambhala Sun
The Snow Lion Newsletter
Tricycle: the Buddhist Review (includes directory of over 800 centers)
Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism
(Buddhist Peace Fellowship)
5. COMMERCIAL
About Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/religion/Buddhism
American Sanskrit Institute
http://www.AmericanSanskrit.com
Bodhi Dharma Store
http://www.bodhidharmastore.org
Bodhisattva Trading Co.
Buddha Path (pilgrimages)
Buddhism Depot
http://www.edepot.com/buddha.html
Buddhism Now
Buddhism Today
Buddhist Art and Architecture
http://www.buddhanet.net/gallery.htm
Dharma the Cat Cartoons
Dharma Communications, The Monastery Store, Mount Tremper
http://www.dharma.net/store.html
Dharma Crafts
Dharmaware
Himalayas
Insight Travel
Living Enlightenment
http://www.livingenlightenment.com
Mindful Productions
http://www.mindful-productions.com
Neko-Chan Trading Co.
Sacred Journeys
Sacred Space
Samadhi Store
Sharchen Imports
Soul of India Tours, Ltd.
Spirit Travel
Tara & Co. (Buddhist art)
Tara Mandala Buddhist Retreat Center
Tibet
Tibet Arts
Tibet Domani
Tibetan Spirit
Tibet Shop
Tibetan Treasures
http://www.tibetantreasures.com
Vipassana
Vipassana Metta Foundation (Maui)
Jikyu-an Zen Art
Zen Gardens of Kyoto
Zen Works
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* Notes:
On August 3, 2002, a search with the keyword "Buddhism" on http://www.goggle.com identified 1,070,000 websites on the internet! The list of websites in this course document is as inclusive as practical, reflecting the fascinating extraordinary diversity of resources related to Buddhism in cyberspace, including educational, spiritual or religious, and commercial centers. Sometimes these types of centers overlap as in publishers and book sellers.
Directories of names of Buddhist centers in the U.S.A. which can be searched on the internet are included below in the bibliography. (See printed directories by Lorie and Foakes and by Morreale). The magazines Shambhala Sun and Tricycle also publish directories including on their websites.
The instructor does not endorse any websites or hold any responsibility for the content of these websites.
Please report to the instructor any especially useful websites not on this list so that they can be added, or any problems with websites listed or with inappropriate content.
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Bibliography
Kurlantzick, Joshua, 2002 (Spring), "Cyber Buddhism in Bangkok," Tricycle XI(3):74-75.
Lorie, Peter, and Julie Foakes, 1997, The Buddhist Directory, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.
Morreale, Don, ed., 1998, The Complete Guide to Buddhist America, Boston, MA: Shambhala.
Prebish, Charles S., 1999, "The Cybersangha: Virtual Communities," in his Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, pp. 203-232.
Ray, Gary L., 1994 (Summer), "A Resource Roundup for the Cybersangha," Tricycle III(4):60-63.
Talbot, Mary, 2000 (Summer), "The Web: Pure Land or Hell Realm?," Tricycle IX(3):94-95.