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	Buddhism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buddhist literature tends to predate the later puranic Tantras, and there is some evidence to suggest that the basic structure of tantra depends upon the Mahayana Buddhist philosophical schools.
		The Buddhist canon of scripture is known in Sanskrit as the Tripitaka and in Pāli as the Tipitaka.
		The international Buddhist flag was designed in Sri Lanka in the 1880s with the assistance of Henry Steele Olcott and was later adopted as a symbol by the World Fellowship of Buddhists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddhist (8071 words)

	Buddhist texts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buddhists place varying value on texts: attitudes range from worship of the text itself, to dismissal of texts as falsification of the ineffable truth.
		Both the sutras and the vinaya of every Buddhist school contain a huge variety of documents including: discourses on the Dharma; commentary on other teachings; cosmological, and cosmogonical texts; stories of the Buddha's former and births; lists.
		Some later Buddhist texts, particularly those originating at the university at Nalanda, were composed in true Sanskrit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddhist_texts (4610 words)

	Theravada Attitudes Towards Violence
		Buddhist scriptures, whether they are in Pali or Sanskrit, are crucial and indispensable resources in understanding theoretical side of violence from a religious perspective and in elucidating non-violent path prescribed by the Buddha.
		Buddhist scholars also have the responsibility to interpret the nature of violence, the root causes of violent actions and show a path which transforms violence to peaceful actions.
		Thus, the Buddhist notion of protecting all forms of life and avoiding violent activities derive from the fundamental conviction that as one's life is worthy for oneself, others also have a similar position with respect to their own lives.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /theravada_attitudes_towards_viol.htm (2716 words)

	esamskriti- Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The patronage of Empress Suiko 592-628 to Buddhism was a factor of great significance so far as the spread of the Dharma and the study of Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures are concerned.
		The scope of studying Buddhist scriptures was expanded during the Nara period, as it included the study of Vinaya as well as the Abhidharmakosa of Vasubandhu, the Satyasiddhi of Harivarman, the works of Nagarjuna and Aryadeva, besides works on Buddhist idealism like Dharmapala's Vijnaptimatratasiddhi and the Avatamsaka.
		A description of Sarasvati occurs in the voluminous text Asabasho by Shocho 1205-82 and the rituals connected with her worship have been recorded by Ryoson 1279 to 1349 in Chapter CXLIX of his Byaku-hokku-sho (The White Jewel of Indian Tradition).
	www.esamskriti.com /html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=cultphil&cid=541&sid=9007&count1=3 (1386 words)

	Dhammika - Good question, Good answer - 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The preservation of the scriptures was a joint effort by the community of monks and nuns.
		Buddhists do not consider the Tipitaka to be a divine, infallible revelation from a god, every word of which we must believe.
		When we stop comparing the Buddhist scriptures to those of other religions we will see that they have their own kind of beauty - the beauty of clarity, of depth and of wisdom.
	www.saigon.com /~anson/ebud/goodqa/goodqa-10.htm (1020 words)

	Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association and its Digital Tripitaka: Wittern: JoDI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Buddhist texts pose a somewhat unique problem on top of all this: since Buddhism came to span so many cultural and linguistic barriers over such a long period of time, the diversity of Buddhist primary sources is extraordinary.
		To preserve authoritative copies of the scriptures and prevent corruption, printing technology was adapted as early as the beginning of the 7th century, when a monk in a small monastery of Northern China embarked on a project to carve the most important scriptures in stone.
		In February 1998, the Chinese Buddhist Electronic Texts Association (CBETA) was founded by Venerable Heng-ching, Taiwan University, and Venerable Hui-min, National Institute of the Arts, to coordinate efforts in Taiwan and promote the creation of a new scholarly digital edition of the Chinese Buddhist scriptures.
	jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk /Articles/v03/i02/Wittern?printable=1 (5149 words)

	esamskriti- Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Korea's knowledge of Indian Buddhist literature was colored mainly by Chinese versions of Indian texts, a study of Korean literature enables one to known the Indian influence.
		The introduction of Buddhism necessitated the study of Buddhist scriptures in Pali and Sanskrit, and also the writing of texts and annotations in native Korean.
		The printing of Daejang-gyung (Buddhist scriptures which were originally written in Sanskrit and translated into Chinese and Mongolian) was the greatest achievement of the Koryo dynasty.
	www.esamskriti.com /html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=cultphil&cid=540&sid=9007&count1=2 (647 words)

	Buddhist Scripture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Buddhist scriptures are a vast and wide terrain.
		The starting point, however, for any initial foray into this wealth of Buddhist scripture is the Pali Canon, the first scriptures to be committed to writing after the Buddha's parinibbana.
		The scriptures were written on palm leaves and stored in three baskets, hence the name Tipitaka.
	www.purifymind.com /BuddScripture.htm (375 words)

	A survey of the Sutra-Collecting Hall in Labuleng monastery - 62nd IFLA General Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Founded in 1709 AD (the 48th year of the reign of Kangxi, of the Qing Dynasty), it is one of the six large lamaseries of the Gelupei (Yellow Sect) of Tibetan Buddhism (Lamaism) and was listed by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China among natio nal monuments selected for special preservation.
		The Monastery is well known in Buddhist circles throughout the country for its many talents and scholars and for a cluster of magnificent buildings with national, religious and local features.
		In the monastery, the Buddhist scriptures, books and records and historical materials are very scarce, and these are also the necessary living conditions of lamas and masses.
	www.ifla.org /IV/ifla62/62-qiaq.htm (5073 words)

	Buddhist Scriptures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Buddhist Scriptures is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		The Buddhist canon of scripture is known in Sanskrit as the Tripitaka and in Pali as the Tipitaka.
		The dates of Buddhist festivals and the way they are celebrated vary from country to country, and between Buddhist traditions.
	www.experiencefestival.com /buddhist_scriptures (1119 words)

	CBS/News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This theory has been at the center of attempts by Buddhist thinkers such as Dignaga and Dharmakirti to account for the nature of thought and language in accordance with the no-self pre-suppositions of their philosophy.
		In the process, these thinkers have created one of the most significant and intricate pieces of Buddhist philosophy and provided some extremely valuable insights of how knowledge is formed through categorization of the world and how thought functions in relation to language.
		Scriptural canon formation will be discussed, and Buddhist strategies to re-open canons so as to allow fresh expressions for new places and times.
	www.cbs.edu.np /news.htm (459 words)

	GLOSSARY
		Buddhist scriptures have been recorded in, or translated into, many languages.
		The two languages most important to the Buddhist scriptures are most notably Pali and Sanskrit [in brackets after the Pali].
		Kesa (Japanese) The robe of a Buddhist monk, nun, or priest.
	www.abm.ndirect.co.uk /leftside/under/buddha/glossary.htm (1248 words)

	A Glossary of Buddhist Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Indra) was the great Indian God adopted by the Buddhists as their protector, while Papiyan ('Evil One') is the king of the Maras, commanding legions of lesser maras to subvert through the use of illusion, deception, and the inspiration of evil deeds the Buddhists' quest to establish virtue, wisdom, and compassion in the world.
		He was adopted by the Buddhists as their protector among the Gods, and often appears as the leader of Godly congregations in the scriptures.
		A Buddhist scriptural text purporting to present a narrative of a teaching given on a particular occasion by the Buddha or sanctioned explicitly by the Buddha.
	villa.lakes.com /cdpatton/Dharma/Canon/glossary.html (3117 words)

	Bodhi Tree Bookstore
		Buddhist scriptures tell us over and over that all things are Buddha's body.
		Buddhist teaching is an expedient means for helping us to be happier, richer, more wise, more compassionate people.
		However, the Buddhist scriptures are enormous and it can be a bewildering array of texts for a lay person.
	www.bodhitree.com /lectures/metcalf.html (2257 words)

	For the three sects of Buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Buddhists honor the Theravada Pali Canon scriptures, but generally consider this an "open canon" and adds to them many sutras based on later teachings, emphasizing Madhyamika teachings on sunyata (emptiness), Wisdom and Compassion.
		Because Tibetan writing developed as a Buddhist language for learning, Buddhist scriptures and writings from all over the Buddhist Asian traditions are translated and incorporated, including Chinese, Japanese, Indian and others.
		The Pali Canon, Tipitaka or Tripitaka, is a collection of Pali language texts which form the doctrinal foundation of Theravada Buddhism, and is the main body of scriptures for Buddhists.
	www.uwec.edu /greider/Buddha/Buddhism.Course/Scriptures.buddhism.htm (376 words)

	Buddhist Studies: Texts of Buddhist Scriptures
		This section is an overview of the Buddhist Scriptures by Ven.
		Included is an explanation of the Tibetan Canon and the Chinese Tripitaka which is composed mainly of Mahayana scriptures of the second 500 years, yet translations were not restricted to scriptures of this middle period.
		An outline of the Pali Buddhist Canonical Scriptures of the Theravada School.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/sutras.htm (697 words)

	Pali scriptures, the tipitaka, Buddhist scriptures
		Buddhist scriptures are to be used as reflections and pointers.
		They are being used correctly when they stimulate mindfulness, virtue and insight - when they lead to open and receptive states of mind rather than to unskillful mind states, such as greed, hatred and delusion.
		Although Buddhists refer to the Tipitaka as Buddha-vacana, "the word of the Buddha", there are texts within the canon either attributed to specific monks or related to an event post-dating the time of the Buddha or that can be shown to have been composed after that time.
	www.buddhacommunity.org /scriptures.htm (437 words)

	One of earliest Buddhist manuscripts acquired by University of Washington
		A birch bark manuscript from a Buddhist monastery, believed to have been written in the first or second century A.D., was recently acquired by the University of Washington Libraries and will become a key component of the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project.
		The manuscript is among the earliest Buddhist writings known to exist.
		The Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project is a partnership between the UW and the British Library.
	washington.edu /newsroom/news/2002archive/08-02archive/k082002a.html (753 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The group will also make a thorough survey of the collection of Sanskrit scriptures on pattra leaves in various Tibetan temples and train a wealth of experts specializing in Sanskrit research.
		In ancient India, Buddhists wrote scriptures in Sanskrit with stencil pens on pattra leaves because of the light and wear-resistant qualities of the leaves.
		Tibet has one of the world's largest and most complete collection of Buddhist scriptures written in Sanskrit on pattra leaves.
	www.buddhistnews.tv /current/tibet-project-190404.php (171 words)

	[No title]
		Buddhism is one of the major faiths in the world, and Buddhist objects stand out for their great contributions to the world of art.
		The Buddhist scriptures in the collection were once treasured by the emperors and passed down through the ages, thereby making them even more important.
		They are 1) an introduction, 2) an appreciation of Buddhist scriptures and images in the Museum, 3) a glossary of Buddhist terms, 4) a selected bibliography, 5) games, 6) a virtual reality tour, and 7) a search index.
	www.ecai.org /activities/korea0502/ab_Tsai.html (279 words)

	Wisdom Books - focusing on Buddhism, Meditation, Tibet and the rapidly developing dialogue between east - west ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The use of the term “Pali” as the name of the language of the Theravada canon of Buddhist scriptures derives from the expression pali-bhasa, “the language of the Buddhist texts”.
		Theravada Buddhist tradition traces the Pali canon back to a recension of Buddhist scriptures brought from northern India to Sri Lanka in the third century BCE by Mahinda, the son of the emperor Asoka.
		It is unclear how many other recensions of the canon of Buddhist scriptures existed in other languages, what is known however is that the Pali canon is the only one to have survived apparently complete in an Indian language.
	wisdom-books.com /FocusDetail.asp (2165 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Buddhism And Vegetarianism
		Buddhist to be a vegetarian according to the teachings of the Buddha,
		As Buddhists we must uphold are belief of not killing and when it comes to diet we must do are best to avoid animal products...but this is not always possiable.
		Buddhist vows are intended to create positive Karma and a virtuous state of mind.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=6287 (6267 words)

	The Buddhist Scriptures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		By Canon it is meant the Tripitaka [Pali Tipitaka] of the Buddhists, both Theravada and Mahayana.
		Their inclusion in this part of the Tibetan Canon is perhaps justified on the acceptance of the position that they are necessary aids and accompaniments in the practice of the religion.
		It becomes clear from the foregoing analysis that speaking of a Buddhist Canon one has to admit that it is both vast in extent and complex in character.
	www.saigon.com /~anson/ebud/ebsut022.htm (888 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Buddhist Scriptures (Penguin Classics) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		My limited knowledge of Buddhist Canon aside, this is a solid and concise collection of the most basic Buddhist scriptures that are common to almost all schools.
		I say this because although Conze does give brief introductions to each translation, the average reader with little or no knowledge of the development of Buddhist canon will not walk away from this book alone with a very thorough knowledge of just what he or she is actually reading.
		Conze is also a good guide to some of the main scriptures and his selection covers a sufficiently wide enough array of topics to provide any reader with a good starting point for understanding Buddhist teachings.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140440887?v=glance (1241 words)

	Buddhism
		In Southern Buddhism, the Dhammapada, Buddhist Suttas, Vinaya Suttas, and the Udana.
		American Buddhist Congress-Organization that seeks to unite Buddhists from all traditions, denominations, and ethnic backgrounds.
		This site provides information on Buddhists scriptures but it was difficult to find the actual texts.
	www.samford.edu /~drbains/relg301/Buddhism.htm (939 words)

	Diamond Sutra - Translator and Preface (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Since then, this Chinese translation had become one of the most popular Buddhist texts, and together with the famous Chinese version of the Lotus Sutra, also translated into Chinese from Sanskrit by Kumarajiva, was considered one of the most authoritative presentations of the Mahayana Buddhism.
		Kumarajiva is considered one of the greatest translators of Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Chinese.
		Kumarajiva was most famed for his encyclopaedic knowledge of the Indian and Vedantic learning and the photographic memory of the Buddhist scriptures.
	www.buddhistdoor.com /bdoor/archive/sutra_comm/diamond/diamond_04.htm (2379 words)

	Pure Land Buddhist Scriptures
		This Buddhist Faith Fellowship and the Shin Buddhist Fellowship of West Hartford web sites provide the basic Shin and Pure Land Buddhist scriptures, and other important sacred texts for beginning or advanced practicers.
		For the 21st century Western reader, they may appear at first to be written in a fantastic language that makes the entire Pure Land teaching diffiicult and incredible to believe.
		Remember that all Buddhist texts begin with "Thus have I heard" which means that the texts are just a skilful means that point to the truth and are not the truth themselves.
	buddhistfaith.tripod.com /purelandscriptures (199 words)

	Ajahn Jagaro - Buddhism and Vegetarianism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		I would have to say, No, according to the Buddhist scriptures it is not a prerequisite for a person to be a vegetarian in order to be a Buddhist.
		Nowhere in the scriptures do we read that the Buddha said, "Eat more meat, it is good for you." Nowhere does it say to "give the man meat." There is not a single reference to giving the monks more meat.
		The scriptures certainly do not encourage the eating of meat; there are no references to it, no suggestion of encouragement for it.
	www.budsas.org /ebud/ebdha151.htm (5491 words)

	The Buddhist Bible
		Moreover, since a group of the most eminent Buddhist scholars in Japan collaborated in its compilation, it is, beyond all doubt, a model version of the Scriptures which can be used with all confidence by the adherents of the various sects of Buddhism in Japan.
		As regards the present English translation, it is the product of the joint efforts of a number of Japanese Buddhist scholars of the highest order, while special mention should be made of the unsparing efforts of Mr.
		It is substantially identical with the edition printed in Japan with the exception of the omission of the Appendix and some of the ancient fables that were not particularly Buddhistic.
	www.geocities.com /josephebecker/buddhistbible/preface.html (442 words)

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