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Buddhist Studies

An overview of library resources about Buddhism

Searching for Buddhist Sacred Texts

Online Resources

Access to Insight - Scholarly English translations of key Theravada Buddhist texts; a majority of the contents of the site may be downloaded for offline use. 

BuddhaNet eBooks - Collection of translations of cannonical and post-cannonical texts from Mayahayana, Theravada and other Buddhist traditions.

CBETA Bibliography of Translations from the Chinese Buddhist Canon into Western Languages

Dhammapada Sutta - Includes translations, bibliography, compiled commentaries, and a subject index.

Library of Luminary Buddhist Institute - List of links to many non-English websites containing Buddhist texts.

SuttaCentral: Early Buddhist texts, translations, and parallels - Extensive well-organized collection of Early Buddhist texts in multiple languages.

Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC) Digital Library - Interface that permits searching in Tibetan or Wylie transliteration.

 

Print Resources