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Reference Materials - Place your links here with a brief description of your entry.

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The Buddha Project - The most comprehensive site of buddhist links.




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Dr. Susan Blackmore - A neuroscientist on Zen, meditation, and memes.





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Sit Down and Shut Up - Brad Warner's site on Zen




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Venerable Thubten Chodron - An American Buddhist Nun (Site includes a large audio library!)

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Venerable Dr. K Sri Dhammananda - A Buddhist Monk from Sri Lanka

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Sasana - A Refuge for the Skeptical Buddhist






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Tibetan Buddhism Online - Asian Classics Institute:


In an effort to make a comprehensive course of Buddhist studies more readily accessible world wide, classes are now available on-line. All of the Formal Study Courses taught by Geshe Michael Roach are offered here, as are Daily Practice Meditations, and other miscellaneous teachings. The classes offered on-line are the same as the classes that can be attended in person in New York City, and consist of the same audio recordings and text that are available by mail. The on-line audio is available in MP3 or Real Audio formats for streaming or download, and the written materials are contained in on-line pdf files which can be viewed, downloaded, printed, and assembled into a three-ring binder.


http://www.world-view.org/aci/online/onlinefr.html


Geshe Michael Roach is a fully ordained American monk who received his geshe (doctor of Theology) degree from Sera Mey Monastery in India after 22 years of study there and in the United States with his root Lama, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tharchin. Geshe Michael has been teaching Buddhism since 1981. He is a scholar of Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Russian, and has translated and published numerous works. Geshe Roach also received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University.








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Buddhism and Science:


Buddhist Spirituality versus Materialism - Essays on Modern Buddhism, Philosophy and Science

Mind & Life Institute -

The Mind and Life Institute is dedicated to fostering dialogue and research at the highest possible level between modern science and the great living contemplative traditions, especially Buddhism

Investigating the Mind -

Exchanges between Buddhism and the Biobehavioral Sciences on How the Mind Works.

Buddhism and the Brain

Toward a Buddhist Philosophy of Science






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Dakini writes:

I'm giving a few links below that give the basic tenets of the religinos and philosophies discussed here... if anybody has any other material they would like to add, please feel free to message me. I would like to add stuff on mythology and religions such as Shinto and Zorastrianism so if anybody cmes across relevant links, I would be happy to post them here.

1. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism/
This site contains information on Taoism, and also mentions the principles of Budhism and Confucianism.

2. http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/ ... intros.htm
This has some really nice and informative articles on Taoism.

3.http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/ ... intros.htm
This link gives all the information one would need to know about Jainism, a heterodox sect that arose around the same time as Budhism.

4. http://www.religioustolerance.org/jainism.htm
This has some information on Jainism.

5. http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1415/indexd.html
This link mentions stuff about Hinduism and its ideologies.

6. http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/
A site where one can access the religious texts of Hinduism.

7. http://home.earthlink.net/~srama/
This site is also on Hinduism.

8. http://www.tibet.com/Buddhism/
I have given a seperate link for Vajrayana Budhism (known as the diamond vehicle) as its got some interesting ideas.


9. http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/buddhaintro.html
This site gives you the fundamentals of Budhism- good for a beginner.

10. http://www.tibet.com/Buddhism/bon.html
This link gives the basics of the Bon religion of Tibet. It is an animist religion and influences Budhist practices there to a large extent.

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randominus writes:

For anyone interested in Taoism, and Taoist paraphernalia:
http://www.taoresource.com/

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LORD_DRAGOOL writes:

http://www.abodetao.com/

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Dakini writes:

http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/asia/

This is a nice website to find out more about mythology from asia/asia minor.

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Dakini writes:

I've found a nice site where you can download tantric texts .....

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/tantra/texts.htm

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PanSinoeis writes:

I recommend any book written by Thomas Cleary. His books are awsome!

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Kuroyagi writes:

heres a site for some indian classics, religion, meditation (there are also some good links) etc

http://www.palikanon.com/english/english_web.htm

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Pertristis Regis writes:

The classics in PDF and DOC format:

http://www.thebigview.com/download/bhagavad-gita.pdf
Gita in PDF format

http://sanatan.intnet.mu/upanishads/upa ... ananda.pdf
Upanishads in PDF format

http://www.dharmicscriptures.org/
Vedas in MS Word format and major Dharmic scriptures.

http://www.buddhanet.net
Several PDF version of Dhammapada.
(includes 1676 page illustrated Dhamma...)

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Rain writes:

http://www.buddhanet.net - a huge resource for Buddhism, including dozens of ebooks, studies and teachings, buddhist art, a magazine, a world directory, comics and crosswords, etc. etc. etc.

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Ronin writes:

A site and a book listing

Kundalini
http://www.kundaliniyoga.org/


Zen Training
Methods and Philosophy
by Katsuki Sekida

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Four links on Zen Koans:

http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/ZenPag ... Study.html

http://www.ordinarymind.com/koans_frameset.html

http://www.chinapage.com/zen/koan1.html

http://www.ashidakim.com/zenkoans/zenindex.html



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Links on Kundalini Yoga:


http://www-cad.eecs.berkeley.edu/%7Ekeu ... i-faq.html

http://www.kundalini-gateway.org/

http://www.kundalini.se/eng/engkni.html

http://hmt.com/kundalini/

http://kundalini-support.com/

http://www.cit-sakti.com/

http://www.realization.org/page/topics/kundalini.htm

http://www.elcollie.com/st/resource.html

http://www.elcollie.com/st/st.html



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A Good General Yoga Portal:


http://www.hatha.com/



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Mandalas

In Tibetan Buddhism, a mandala is an imaginary palace that is contemplated during meditation. Each object in the palace has significance, representing some aspect of wisdom or reminding the meditator of some guiding principle. Tradition dictates the shapes, sizes and colors of these objects. There are many different mandalas, each with different lessons to teach.

Here are two comprehensive site with excellent links:

http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/online/mandala/

http://www.abgoodwin.com/mandala/centerc.shtml

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My favorite publishers on Eastern Philosophy and Faiths:


http://www.wisdompubs.org/index.cfm

http://www.wisdom-books.com/Default.asp

http://www.snowlionpub.com/

http://www.shambhala.com/index.cfm/



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Two Comprehensive I Ching Links:

Good general link on the I Ching:

http://pacificcoast.net/~wh/Index.html

One of the most indepth sites on the I Ching:

http://www.biroco.com/yijing/index.htm



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