Advaita vedanta home page
http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/
Advaita Vedanta is a philosophy based on the Vedas which emphasises the non-duality of the soul and the divine. The Advaita Vedanta home page is a scholarly and substantial site which aims to introduce and explore the philosophical issues associated with advaita vedanta. The site has sections on history, philosophy and philosophers. There are notable essays on Sankara and his disciples, for example. Philosophies include: the Upanishads; schools of Vedanta; creation and causality; and the Bhamati and Vivarana schools. The site also maintains the archive for the ADVAITA-1 email discussion list, and a set of annotated links to Sanskrit texts.
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African philosophy resources
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/afphil/
African philosophy is a relatively new area of academic study. Bruce Janz has gathered together, on one Web page, a broad range of Web resources initially to support an undergraduate course entitled, 'African philosophy and postcolonial studies'. The site has since developed into a more substantial gateway which includes the following sections: African-American and Diaspora philosophy; journals and periodicals; African philosophy associations; bibliographies; conferences; teaching resources; links to full-text articles and reviews; and related resources within African studies. The page includes a search engine and a means of quickly accessing selected sections of the guide. Bruce Janz is an associate professor of humanities at the University of Central Florida.
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Al-Tawhid : a quarterly journal of Islamic thought and culture
http://www.al-islam.org/al-tawhid/
'Al-Tawhid: A Quarterly Journal of Islamic Thought and Culture' is published by The Foundation of Islamic Thought, an independent institution established in Iran in 1984. This website allows full-text access to a selection of articles previously published in the journal. These are on a wide range of issues, and they are organised under the following headings: Qur'anic studies; hadith (narrations about the life and sayings of the prophet Muhammad); 'Irfan (Islamic mysticism); philosophy; history; akhlaq (Islamic ethics); fiqh and usul (Islamic jurisprudence); kalam (Muslim scholastic philosophy); economics; the Muslim ummah (community of believers); and Western and Islamic interactions. An interesting resource for students of Islam.
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Ancient China - the middle kingdom
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCCHINA/ANCCHINA.HTM
The 'Ancient China' website provides a basic introduction to Chinese history and intellectual culture. Beginning with the prehistoric Yellow River Valley settlements and ending with the fall of the Chou dynasty in 256 BCE, the site describes the major events and developments in Chinese civilisation. There are pages on Chinese philosophy, covering: the Five Classics; Confucius (Kung Fu Tzu); Mencius; Lao Tzu and Taoism; Mo Tzu; and the legalists. Also included are extracts from Confucius's 'The Analects' and selections from the Tao Ching (Book of Changes), along with an abstract of the 'Dream of the Red Chamber'. There is also a short glossary of key terms. Unfortunately, the site appears to have been abandoned before it was complete, and hence some sections listed on the contents page - those on ancient Chinese culture, and the historical atlas - appear not to exist. The extensive links list has also suffered from lack of regular maintenance, with a high proportion of broken links. Nevertheless, the rest of the site forms a useful starting point for those interested in this subject. It is targeted at students about to begin university and first year undergraduates. The site is part of an online courseware unit from Washington State University's 'World Civilizations' project.
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Bhagavad Gita
http://www.bhagavad-gita.us/
This website is dedicated to the Bhagavad Gita ('Divine Song of God') - the Sanskrit text from the Bhishma Parma of the Mahabharata epic. The text, composed of 700 verses and organised into 18 chapters, consists of the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna on the eve of a battle. This online resource contains a host of resources on the work. These include: a summary of the Bhagavad Gita itself and articles on each of the 18 chapters; email newsletter; the Gita in pictures; famous reflections on the Bhagavad Gita; and discussion forums. The site also provides a search engine and information about how viewers could purchase books and audio CDs on the text. This is an attractive and well-presented resource for those studying Hinduism.
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Bihar.ws
http://www.bihar.ws/
This website serves as a source of information and news about Bihar (or ancient Magadha), a state in central eastern India that has Patna as its capital. Bihar has always been considered the birthplace of Buddhism and Jainism. Hence apart from useful information on topics like the history and politics of Bihar; places to visit in Bihar; languages; cultural regions; and famous Biharis; viewers are able to get valuable information about the state's religious landscape. The latter include discussions on the history of Buddhism and Jainism; and the sites and celebrations associated with both of these faith traditions. The site is user-friendly and would be particularly interesting to those seeking a basic understanding about the origins of Buddhism and Jainism.
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Buddha-1
http://mailman.swcp.com/mailman/listinfo/buddha-l
Buddha-1 is the oldest surviving email list dedicated to the study of Buddhism. Started in 1991 as a BITNET list, it has been moderated by Richard Hayes together with, since 2001, a changing team of co-editors. Membership is entirely open, and the community of Buddha-1 readers and posters is more than a thousand individuals. The purpose of the list is for, to quote Richard Hayes, "serious (and sometimes seriously playful) discussion". It crackles with debate, humbles the arrogant and receives the newcomer with genuine friendship. The moderators are careful to keep the discussion on-topic and to squelch any slanging matches, but otherwise the discussions range from pacifism and just war to the nature of inference. Buddha-1 has built its community in part by refusing to draw a line between scholars and practitioners of Buddhism. While it is not the place to discuss what you saw in this morning's meditations, it is one of the more important debating grounds for working out a modern, scientific basis for Buddhist beliefs.
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Buddhist religion : bibliography
http://here-and-now.org/buddrel/netbiblio.html
As part of publishing one of the standard textbooks in the field, the 4th edition of Richard H. Robinson and Willard L. Johnson's The Buddhist Religion, the suggested readings section was put online and remains a useful if slightly dated bibliography of resources for Buddhist studies. The directory is conveniently divided into a number of sections, including works on the Buddha, Buddhist texts, Buddhism in different countries, and various forms of Buddhism. There are also references to general works, and to other bibliographies of Buddhism. The authors include a brief introductory discussion of the various issues surrounding the compilation of the bibliography, and the putative distinction between religious and scholarly texts. The site is clearly presented and easy to use. It would be of value to both students and scholars seeking texts in specific areas of Buddhism and Buddhist studies.
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Chinese philosophy pages
http://www.hku.hk/philodep/ch/
This site, authored and edited by Chad Hansen, contains segments of a wide-ranging interpretation of classical Chinese philosophy that takes Daoism (Taoism) as central to classical Chinese thought. The interpretation turns on a new reading of the Daoist philosopher Zhuangzi that highlights sceptical and relativist themes in his thinking. Hansen's crucial assumption is that Zhuangzi was a philosopher of language. Zhuangzi was deeply engaged with the linguistic insights of the Later Mohists (sometimes called Neo-Mohists or Dialectical Mohists) and the School of Names. This site is a good introduction to Chinese philosophy and offers some interesting interpretative strategies. Hansen is author of, A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought: A philosophical interpretation (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992).
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Complete site on Mahatma Gandhi, The
http://www.mkgandhi.org/
This website holds a large selection of materials on the life, teachings and philosophy of the Indian political leader, Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). There is a useful timeline which chronicles the important events in his life; an online version of his autobiography and several other books and articles written by him; a biography and papers and poems on him; a number of speeches, correspondences and quotations which documented his views on peace and non-violence; and an interesting collection of photographs capturing different phases of his life. The site is well-organised and is suitable for academic use.
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Confucianism and traditional Chinese beliefs
http://www.sacred-texts.com/cfu/
'Confucianism and Traditional Chinese Beliefs' is part of the Internet Sacred Text Archive, run by amateur John B. Hare as a free, non-profit archive of e-texts on religion and mythology. The page on Confucianism provides free access to many of the key texts of the state religion of feudal China. Texts are grouped under the section headings: Confucian Canon; Five Classics; Sacred Books of the East; and Traditional Chinese Beliefs. Texts provided include the Confucian Canon in Chinese and English; the I Ching; and the Hsiao Ching. The site does not promote the views of John Hare or any other individual but simply presents sacred texts from original scans and printed anthologies. Mainly, the texts are given in English translation although a few texts are accessible in their original language. The Internet Sacred Texts Archive is a partner of Distributed Proofreading for Project Gutenburg in developing e-text projects. Previously published texts within the public domain on Confucianism and Chinese culture are also included for reference, although these do not provide information on modern Confucian practice. All material on the website is available free of charge, although Sacred texts also offer their archive on CD-ROM in order to fund the running of the site. This site is an excellent resource for anyone with an interest in Confucian teachings, but note that not all texts display correctly in all browsers.
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Correspondences : Jewish mysticism, Indian philosophies
http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/headers/2514.xml
Correspondences: Jewish Mysticism, Indian Philosophies is a dissertation by Axel Randrup and Tista Bagchi. The work can be downloaded in HTML format from the Oxford Text Archive website (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS)). The authors examine correspondence between eight significant traits of Jewish mysticism and traits of Buddhism and other systems of Indian religion and philosophy in the literature. This is a study in comparative religion, but some important relations between these Indian and Jewish belief systems and modern science are also discussed. The work is freely available, although users are asked to agree to a brief terms and conditions statement before downloading it.
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Crítica : revista de filosofia
http://criticanarede.com/
Crítica na rede is an electronic journal in the field of philosophy published only in an electronic format by the Universidade do Ouro Preto in Brazil. It is a monthly publication that covers many areas of philosophy, including the philosophy of science, language, philosophy of the mind, political philosophy and other areas. Each issue contains a column devoted to book reviews in the above field. Particularly interesting is its blog column, which primarily contains short reviews on books and reflections on them. It also has a section (hermes) which contains bulletin-board style messages which have some reference to the teaching of philosophy. This online journal is a particularly good example of one that is not derivative of a printed publication, and which takes advantage of the opportunities offered by an electronic publication. Its immediacy and modernity manages to make an abstract subject appealing to the undergraduate audience with a command of Portuguese.
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Diversity syllabi project
http://www.apaonline.org/governance/committees/diversitysyllabiproject/inde
The American Philosophical Association (APA) Diversity Syllabi Project Web page offers a collection of sample syllabi for philosophy courses focusing on various aspects of the theme of diversity. Specific topics include: African American Philosophy; American Indian Philosophy; Asian Philosophy; Feminist Philosophy; Philosophical Perspectives on Disability Studies; Race and Multiculturalism; Peace and Social Justice/Philosophy of Law; and Gay and Lesbian Philosophy. Much of the material is hosted on site, but there are also a few links to external sources (some of which, unfortunately, are broken). The APA hopes that this site will encourage other instructors to develop courses of their own in these various fields, or to incorporate elements from these topics into more general philosophy courses.
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Electronic Buddhist text initiative
http://www.buddhism-dict.net/ebti/
The Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative (EBTI) is a group of representatives from various institutions involved in the development of digital resources relating to canonical Buddhist text collections. The group is organised around co-chairs from Europe, North America, Japan, Korea and Taiwan and a number of advisors. Meetings are held annually and the meeting report is made available via the website. The site provides details of groups and institutions which report to the EBTI and information on projects (e.g. art, archaeology and multimedia; text databases; dictionary projects). The EBTI also includes a link to the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative.
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Encyclopedia of Shinto
http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/
Edited by Kokugakuin University's Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, the Encylopedia of Shinto is the online version of Shinto Jiten, a work originally published in Japanese in 1994. The site is organised into nine main sections: general introduction; Kami (deities); institutions and administrative practices; Jinja (shrines); rites and festivals; belief and practice; concepts and doctrines; schools, groups and personalities; and texts and sources. There is also a separate section which features special topics such as business shrines, Daoist elements in Shinto, and Shinto missionaries. Many of the materials on the site come complete with audio-visual aids such as video clips, illustrations, photographs and sound files. A search engine and a list of contributors and translators are also provided. In addition, there are links to other Kokugakuin sites, including: glossaries and basic Shinto terms; a beginners' pictorial guide to Shinto; and articles in translation (Japanese and English).
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Essential readings on Chinese philosophy
http://faculty.vassar.edu/brvannor/bibliography.html
Essential readings on Chinese philosophy is an annotated bibliography of mainly printed books intended for use by experienced philosophers seeking a core reading list. The subject headings include: general histories; specialised studies; Neo/Confucianism; Taoism; Mohism; comparative studies; I Ching; Buddhism; and Chinese science. Where available links are made to websites by or about authors. Annotations vary from short statements to more lengthy paragraphs. The author of the site, Bryan Van Norden, is an assistant professor in the Philosophy Department at Vassar College.
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Forum on religion and ecology
http://fore.research.yale.edu/
The Forum on Religion and Ecology (FORE) is an interreligious, interdisciplinary and multicultural project on the environment. This home page contains information about the project itself and details about publications and events on religion and ecology. It includes material that explores the interaction between humans and the environment from the perspective of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, indigenous traditions, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, and Shinto. It also includes discussions of science, ethics, public policy, gender, and economics. And in line with its aim to establish religion and ecology as an academic discipline, resources like course syllabi and speakers list are also provided.
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Gita supersite, The
http://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/
This online resource is part of the Indian Institute of Technology's (IIT) larger project to develop a repository of Indian Philosophical texts on the internet. The Gita Supersite concentrates on the Bhagavad Gita ('Song of the Lord') - a Sanskrit text from the Mahabharata epic which is revered as sacred by the adherents of Hinduism. It is composed of 700 verses (shlokas) and arranged into 18 chapters. This website makes available the text and commentaries in Sanskrit, as well as translations and commentaries (classical and contemporary) in English and Hindi. It also enables visitors to view the verses and the Sanskrit commentaries in the following language scripts: Assamese; Bengali; Devanagari; Gujarati; Kannada; Malayalam; Onya; Punjabi; Roman; Tamil and Telegu. A useful and interesting resource for anyone studying Hinduism.
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H-Buddhism : graduate programs in Asian philosophy and religion
http://www.h-net.org/~buddhism/GradStudies.htm
The H-Buddhism Graduate Programs in Asian Philosophy and Religion Web page, which was created in 1997 by Charles Muller, provides an alphabetical list of institutions around the world that offer postgraduate studies in Asian religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism and Taoism. Each entry contains the name and address of the department; a description of the course(s) it offers; and the names of the primary and affiliated instructors and their areas of speciality. There are also links that take visitors to the home pages of the respective institutions. The site is clearly presented and its contents are updated by the H-Buddhism Web team. The resource should be a very useful starting point for those investigating graduate study in this area.
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History, philosophy and practice of Buddhism
http://www.buddha101.com/
'The History, Philosophy and Practice of Buddhism' website is an interesting learning and teaching resource on Buddhism. Within its pages, the origins and geographical expansion of Buddhism are discussed. Descriptions are further given of the various principles, concepts and practices important to this faith tradition, such as the Four Noble Truths; the Three Characteristics of Existence; the Eightfold Path; Karma and Intention; Rebirth and Nirvana; vegetarianism; and the Sutras. There are links to relevant sites. Visitors are also invited to make use of the 'Meditation Room' (a series of images requiring a Java-enabled browser) although the link for this appeared broken at the time this record was reviewed. The site as a whole makes use of frames.
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Iqbal-Namah
http://www.as.ysu.edu/~islamst/iqbal.htm
Iqbal-Namah is a quarterly bulletin published jointly by the Center for Islamic Studies at Youngstown State University and Iqbal Academy Pakistan. It aims to introduce the works of the South Asian poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) to a wider constituency. Within its pages, readers will find extracts from and studies of Iqbal's writings. They are also apprised of critical and interpretative works about him and of other relevant information. All issues are available online and can be downloaded as portable document format (PDF) files.
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Journal of Buddhist ethics
http://www.buddhistethics.org/
The Journal of Buddhist Ethics (JBE) is a wholly-online, peer-reviewed journal (ISSN: 1076-9005). It is divided into annual volumes which run back to 1994. Areas dealt with include: Vinaya and jurisprudence; medical ethics; philosophical ethics; human rights; ethics and psychology; ecology and the environment; social and political philosophy; cross-cultural ethics; ethics and anthropology; and interfaith dialogue on ethics. The journal also carries a substantial number of book reviews. The website presents full information about submitting to the journal, plus details of the editorial board, policy, and coverage. The Journal of Buddhist Ethics is also a gateway to online resources for the study of Buddhism in general. There is an extensive (though unannotated) list of websites, and the scholarly resources section includes links to bibliographies and other reference materials. The site further acts as the primary distributor of a public domain version of the Pali Canon in electronic form (in association with the Sri Lanka Tripitaka Project). Additional fonts may be required in order to display the texts in Pali. The site also includes a search engine.
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Journal of global Buddhism
http://www.globalbuddhism.org/
This is the website of the Journal of Global Buddhism (ISSN 1527-6457), a peer reviewed electronic journal that seeks to advance the study of Buddhism's globalisation and its transcontinental interrelatedness. Within this stated aim, areas covered include: historical, transnational, theoretical and methodological studies; issues in the development of Buddhist traditions; biographical and case studies; empirical investigations and their interpretation; human rights issues and socially engaged Buddhism; research bibliographies; and interfaith dialogue. The site also features a resources section, which includes a number of bibliographies. Materials are published on an ongoing basis and all the contents are freely available from the site.
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Korean philosophers : a selected bibliography
http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Sven.K.Herbers-Lee/dateien/kophil.html
'Korean philosophers: a selected bibliography' has been created by Sven Herbers-Lee (Ruhr-University of Bochum) as a starting point for scholars interested in Korean philosophy from the 14th to the 19th centuries. Philosophers include, Chí´ng Tí´jon, Kwí´n KÃâºn, Sí´ Kyí´ngdí´k, Sí´ng Hon, Chí´ng Sihan, Hong Taeyong, and Yi Chinsang. For each philosopher bibliographic details are provided for both primary and secondary sources.
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