Translators of the Gilgit manuscripts.

Article by Jan Nattier in The Wilson Quarterly (Spring 1997). Discusses the history and cultural and ethnic issues that form the most crucial differences within American Buddhism.

Academic references on the expansion of Buddhism in Brazil. Also a web directory of Brazilian Buddhist centers, temples, monasteries, and Buddhist texts translated to Portuguese.

An annotated bibliography on Buddhism's historical development and contemporary state of affairs in Europe.

A 13 week distance education unit taught online from La Trobe University. Explores the origins and evolution of the Buddhist tradition and its contemporary place in society and follows the progress of Buddhism through Indian history focusing on its responses to local cultural, political and economic conditions.

Lists Top 10 countries with most Buddhists, top 10 countries with highest percentage of Buddhists.

Project to record the 45 volumes of the Pali Tipitaka onto computer, together with the development of an application program for searching it. Project has completed a Thai translation of the Tipitaka, and versions of the original Pali text using Thai and Roman scripts, as well as a Thai-Pali dictionary.

Serves as a focus for those interested in Buddhist studies in Cambridge, UK, both in the University of Cambridge and in the region.

Online Buddhist texts. Many in Chinese.

A compilation of important links to materials for the study of Chan and Zen Buddhism, primarily for the use of college students.

Offers certificate in Buddhist Studies. Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Introduction to Buddhist principles

Shares information and provides a system of organization for the task of inputting Buddhist canonical text collections.

A two-year intermediate level online course taught by Geshe Tashi Tsering.

H-Net discussion group that serves as a medium for information exchange regarding academic resources, research projects, and scholarly publications for specialists in Buddhist Studies. Features archive, search, links to related resources, subscription details, and job listings.

A seminary and graduate school affiliated with the Graduate Theological Union and associated with the Buddhist Churches of America. IBS offers a systematic educational program specializing in Contemporary Shin Buddhist Studies and culminating in a fully accredited Master of Arts degree which is jointly administered with the GTU.

Translators of Sanskrit and Tibetan Buddhist sutras and texts.

Scholarly institution primarily focused on the study and preservation of Pali language Buddhist texts. Offers Pali language courses by email.

International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism (IRIZ) at Hanazono University (Kyoto, Japan) is an academic research institution devoted to the study of Zen Buddhism, serving the needs of researchers, students, teachers, and practitioners of Buddhism. 48.000 character Chinese character database.

About Buddhism in Japan: the introduction to Japan; and the different sects, with dates.

An electronic academic journal dedicated entirely to Buddhist ethics. Research articles as well as discussions and critical notes submitted to the journal are subject to blind peer review.

Offers a four-year program of Buddhist. Founded by HH the 16th Karmapa and emphazises the teachings of the Karma Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Academic introduction to Buddhism and Zen by Guy Newland, Ph.d., Central Michigan University.

Information on this program offered by South Korea's Dongguk University, including required courses.

Offers Tibetan and Indian Buddhism, and Tibetan and Sanskrit language classes.

A Christian analysis of the history and development of Buddhism.

Original language of Buddhist sutras.

Founded in 1881 to foster and promote the study of Pali texts. It publishes Pali texts in roman characters, translations in English and ancillary works including dictionaries, concordance, books for students of Pali and a journal.

Links to both general Buddhist resources and specialized materials on Zen, Chinese Buddhism, Yogacara Buddhism, and various Buddhist sutras.

Offers a broad education in traditional Buddhist values critically applied to contemporary needs. The nature of this education is meditative, transformative and creative. It is non-religious and non-sectarian in nature.

The first and the only Buddhist University in Nepal.

Selected Resources for the Study of Buddhism, Indian Philosophy and Culture and the Encounter between India and the Western World (Buddhist Texts in Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Central Asian Languages, Chinese and in Modern European Languages, Sanskrit Literature in General, Other Indian Languages Texts, Buddhist and Indian Art and Western Classical Texts of Interest to the Indologist and the Buddhist Scholar)

Download site for the first public domain electronic version of the Sri Lankan version of the Pali Canon.

Serves to coordinate, support, and develop the university's resources for Buddhist studies and other Asian religions in four general areas: scholarly research, academic communication, teaching, and public outreach.

An information center in Poland collecting world literature on Buddhism, and presenting related conferences, lectures, exhibitions and publishing.

Located in Singapore.

The Koryo Tripitaka is a woodblock edition of the Tripitaka canon and is housed at the Haein Temple, Korea. The aim of the institute is to support continual research on and preservation of the Koryo Tripitaka.

Academic thesis on early Buddhism, the historical context of Nagarjuna, Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika, and the Philosophy of Madhyamika.

The Vipassana Research Institute publishes the Tipitaka in the pali language on a CD-ROM.

Acts as a focus for Buddhist Studies in the UK, and is open to academics, post-graduates, and unaffiliated Buddhist scholars or interested Buddhist practitioners. Based at the University of Sunderland.

Ch'an-affiliated Buddhist University, based in Rosemead, California.