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Buddhist
Teachings and Philosophy
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Basics
- About Buddhists - An
introduction from a New Kadampa Buddhism perspective to Buddhist
religion, philosophy, teachings, meditation, and practice.
- B is for
Buddhism - Information for beginners.
- Basic
Buddhist Beliefs
- Basic
Points Unifying Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism - Approved by
the World Buddhist Sangha Council in 1966.
- Buddhism 2001
- Introduction to Buddhist philosophy and practice.
- Buddhism
As A Religion - Is Buddhism a religion? An extensive analysis
of Buddhism and its religious and non-religious aspects.
- Common
American Misconceptions About Buddhism - Reincarnation,
prayer, and paganism.
- Dharma &
Nirvana - Introduction to Buddhist principles
- Essentials of
Buddhism - Lists out the core teachings of Buddhism. Also
provides selected links to other sites and book recommendations.
- The Four Noble Truths -
Basic exposition done in a graphically lyrical style.
- The Four
Noble Truths - Explanation of the Four Noble Truths of
Buddhism.
- Fundamental
Buddhism Explained - 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.
- The History and Philosophy of
Buddhism - A simple, yet comprehensive, non-sectarian
introduction to Buddhist history, philosophy and culture.
- An
Introduction to Buddhism - 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 - 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.
- 12 Principles of
Buddhism - By Christmas Humphreys, founder and president of
the Buddhist Society of London. These principles express a common
ground for all schools of Buddhism and have been approved by the
leading sects throughout the world as a basis for World Buddhism.
- Questions
& Answers on Buddhism - Answers to common questions about
Buddhism.
- Resources
for the Study of Buddhism - Site contains links to both
general Buddhist resources and specialized materials on Zen,
Chinese Buddhism, Yogacara Buddhism, and various Buddhist
scriptures (sutras/suttas).
- Searching for
Buddha - Provides a simple introduction to Buddhism, answering
the most common questions by curious people.
- SoYouWanna
convert to Buddhism? - A light-hearted overview of what it
means to be a Buddhist. Written from a relatively objective
perspective by the editors of SoYouWanna.com.
- Very
Brief Overview of Buddhism - Buddhism does not believe in God.
In Buddhist teaching, there is no aggressive promotion of Buddhism
or strong rejection of other religions.
- What
Buddhists Believe - 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? - Excellent introduction to Buddhism provided by
Mahidol University, Thailand.
- The
Word Of The Buddha - Online version of the classic
introduction to Buddhism published in 1906 by the Buddhist
Publication Society. The book covers the basic principles of
Buddhism, selected from the five great collections of discourses
which form the Sutta-Pitaka.
Death and Rebirth
Jataka Tales
- Buddhist Tales
- Jataka stories of moral conduct and good behaviour.
- Jataka
Tales - Three Jataka tales: "The Jackal Who Saved the
Lion", "The Greedy Crow", and "The Doe Which
Set Her Husband Free".
- Jataka
Tales of the Buddha (Part I) - Four Jataka Tales:
"Crossing the Wilderness", "The Traders of Seriva",
"The Goat that Laughed and Wept", and "The Straw
Worth More Than Gold".
- Jataka
Tales of the Buddha (Part II) - Three Jataka tales: "The
Miserly Treasurer", "What's in a name?", and
"The Queen's Necklace".
- Jataka
Tales of the Buddha (Part III) - Four Jataka tales: "The
Fifth Precept", "A Good Friend", "The Sound
the Hare Heard", and "The Great Monkey King".
- The
Jatakas Tales - Eighteen tales retold by Ellen C. Babbitt
(1912); e-text from the Baldwin Project.
- A
Jataka-Tale from the Tibetan - Article by H. Wenzel, published
in "The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain
and Ireland."
- More
Jataka Tales - By Ellen C. Babbitt (1922), e-text from the
Baldwin Project.
- More Jataka Tales
- Re-told by Ellen C. Babbitt, e-text at the Gutenberg project.
Meditation
Morality
- Buddhism
and Medical Ethics - A bibliographic introduction.
- Buddhism
and Respect for Parents - Extensive sutra analysis of Buddha's
teaching on respecting one's parents.
- Buddhist
Morality - The basic concepts of Buddhist morality.
- Buddhist
Precepts - An explanation of the Precepts by Robert Aitken
Roshi.
- Consequences of Your
Actions - Online Chinese Buddhist tract with simple
illustrations of the moral consequences of actions.
- Continuity
and Change in the Economic Ethics of Buddhism: Evidence From the
History of Buddhism in India, China and Japan - A paper in the
Journal of Buddhist Ethics considering Buddhist values with regard
to wealth and economic activity, either within society or within
the sangha.
- Criteria
for Judging the Unwholesomeness of Actions in the Texts of
Theravaada Buddhism - Journal of Buddhist Ethics paper
reviewing the role of ethics on the path in Theravāda texts
and discussing the various criteria for distinguishing between
gradations of wholesome and unwholesome actions, and considering
the question of the relation between precept-taking and the moral
worth of actions.
- Cutting
the Cat Into One: The Practice of the Bodhisattva Precepts in Zen
- Kai, jo, e. Sila or precepts, samadhi or complete practice,
prajna or wisdom. Call them what you will, these are the basis and
the ground of healthy practice. They are also the Path itself. And
the results? Well, they are also kai, jo, and e.
- Economics
in Buddhism - To live in this world, wealth is very essential.
So everyone has to work for money as society depends on economics.
But we should not regard wealth to be like a god. Trying to get
wealth through right means is not wrong. Competition can be bad if
it is directed by ulterior motives. But it is very helpful and
effective concerning success and progress where the motive is good
and correct. The man who has no selfish attachment to wealth is
able to do a lot of things for society with wealth that was either
accumulated by his own effort or inherited.
- Golden
Rules of Buddhism - The too prevalent ignorance among even
adult Sinhalese Buddhists of the ethical code of their religion
lead H.S. Olcott to issue this little compilation. It consists of
quotes from Therevada sources on daily life, organized by topic.
- The
Importance of Sila (Virtue) - "In order to practice
meditation with any great success, one is required to practice
sila."
- Journal of Buddhist
Ethics - Journal that promotes the study of Buddhist ethics
through the publication of research articles, discussions and
critical notes, bulletins, and reviews.
- Karma
- The Law of Karma explained.
- Karma
Ghost - A cartoon about karma that seems to imply a kind of
Newton's first law of ethics for every action, there is an equal
and complementary response. A Sundance Film Festival winner.
- Lay
Morality - The Buddhist perspective of morality is given in a
nutshell in the little Pali verse. "Sabba papassa akaranam -
kusalassa upasampada sachitta pariyodapanam - etam buddhanu
sasanam" "To keep away from all evil, cultivate good,
and purify one's mind is the advice of all Buddhas."
- The Meaning of Sin and
Evil - "Buddhism has a completely satisfying answer to
evil and sin. The Buddhist approach would be to question your
"desire" to be without sin or evil, to look at the
question itself. Why would you limit your life? To trap you into
an experience that western language finds difficult to say
directly. To direct your search to the real truth. Here our normal
"logical" English language just breaks down. What is
this "illogical" experience that is not linear and
deductive? The answer is "There is - in fact - a life that
can be experienced outside of the level of thinking." I call
that the essential teaching of Buddhism."
- Questions
and Answers on Buddhist Moral Issues - Topics include: good
and evil, marriage, divorce,
birth control and abortion, suicide,
war, military service, mercy killing, killing for self protection,
stealing from the rich to feed the poor, extramarital sex, white
lies, intoxicants.
- Sila
- Sila (virtue, moral conduct) is the cornerstone upon which the
entire Noble Eightfold Path is built. The practice of sila is
defined by the middle three factors of the Eightfold Path: Right
Speech, Right Action, and Right Livelihood.
- Sila --
Moral Conduct - Sila or moral conduct is the principle of
human behaviour that promotes orderly and peaceful existence in a
community. Rules of moral conduct are to be found in every
religion. They may resemble other codes of conduct to a greater or
lesser degree depending on the Teacher or religious system from
which they originated. Usually they comprise lists of actions from
which to abstain, implying that any actions not covered by the
prohibitions are permissible. A good example is afforded by the
five Silas (of Buddhism), namely to abstain from taking the life
of sentient beings, to abstain from taking possession of anything
that has not been given by its owner, to abstain from sexual
misconduct, to abstain from lying or evil speech, and to abstain
from intoxicating drinks which are a primary cause of negligence.
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