Directory of What Is Buddhism Resources

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• What is Zen

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• An Introduction to Buddhism

  http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/buddhaintro.html
  To do no evil; To cultivate good; To purify one's mind: This is the teaching of the Buddhas. --The Dhammapada

• An Overview of Buddhism

  http://dharma.ncf.ca/introduction/overview.html
  A brief introduction to Buddhism. How Buddhists perceive the world, the four main teachings of the Buddha, the Buddhist view of the self, the relationship between this self and the various ways in which it responds to the world, the Buddhist path and the final goal.

• B is for Buddhism

  http://bisforbuddhism.freeservers.com/
  Information for beginners.

• Buddhism 2001

  http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/
  Introduction to Buddhist philosophy and practice.

• Common American Misconceptions About Buddhism

  http://www.livingdharma.org/Misconceptions.html
  Reincarnation, prayer, and paganism.

• Fundamental Buddhism Explained

  http://www.fundamentalbuddhism.com/
  Explicit explanation of fundamental Buddhism based on the Pali Canon, recognized by Buddhist scholars as the oldest surviving written record of what the Buddha said and taught.

• How to convert to Buddhism?

  http://www.ehow.com/how-to_4845334_converting-buddhism.html
  A light-hearted overview of what it means to be a Buddhist. Written from a relatively objective perspective.

• Resources for the Study of Buddhism

  http://userwww.sfsu.edu/rone/Buddhism/Buddhism.htm
  Site contains links to both general Buddhist resources and specialized materials on Zen, Chinese Buddhism, Yogacara Buddhism, and various Buddhist scriptures (sutras/suttas).

• The History and Philosophy of Buddhism

  http://www.buddha101.com/
  A simple, yet comprehensive, non-sectarian introduction to Buddhist history, philosophy and culture.

• What Buddhists Believe

  http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/dhammananda/main.htm
  Online version of a book by K.Sri Dhammananda giving an extensive explanation of basic Buddhist thought from a Theravadan Buddhist perspective.

• What Is Buddhism?

  http://www.mahidol.ac.th/budsir/buddhism.htm
  Excellent introduction to Buddhism provided by Mahidol University, Thailand.

 

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