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Links to other Websites and Resources

Links to various resources for the study of Buddhism, inclduing texts, scholarly articles, dictionaries, notable websites and forums, etc.

 

Canonical Texts (Original Languages)

Sutta Central (Pāḷi, Prākṛt, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan)

Tipiṭaka Pāḷi Projector

Pāḷi: Mūla, Aṭṭhakathā, Ṭīkā, with learning aids
also available on
Android

Digital Pāli Reader (Online Version)

Pāḷi: Mūla, Aṭṭhakathā, Ṭīkā, with learning aids

Burmese Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Edition, ver 4

Pāḷi: Mūla, Aṭṭhakathā, Ṭīkā

Sri Lankan and Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Image Files

Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon

Translations of the Tibetan Canon

Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association

Gottingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages

Audio Tipitaka (Readings in Pāḷi and English)

Pali Audio (Readings in English)

 

Scholarly Books and Articles

Academic Books and Papers

Library Genesis

Internet Archive

Journal of Buddhist Ethics

Journal of Global Buddhism

Resources for Learning Pali

Digital Library & Museum of Buddhist Studies

Barre Center for Buddhist Studies

 

Dictionaries

Digital Pāḷi Dictionary

The most useful dictionary for students (offline, needs setting up)

Offline Multiple Dictionaries

The Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary

And the Supplement to the Dictionary

Malalasekera’s Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names

The standard Pāḷi dictionaries for students

Dictionary of Pali by Margaret Cone (PTS)

Pāḷi English Dictionary for Advanced Students (3 vols. a-bh, so far)

Critical Pali Dictionary

The most complete Pāḷi dictionary, but a-kā only

Nyanatiloka’s Buddhist Dictionary

Best guide to Pāḷi technical terms

Bhante Dhammika: Buddhism A-Z

Pali Inflection Generator

English-Pali, Pali-English Dictionary

Pali Text Society Website

Index to the Pali Text Society Publications

 

Sanskrit Helps

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

V. S. Apte’s Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Macdonell’s A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

Sanskrit Inflection Generator

The Sanskrit Grammarian:
Declension and Confugation Tables

Monier Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Macdonell’s A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

English-Sanskrit, Sanskrit-English Dictionary

 

Popular Buddhist Websites

Access to Insight

Buddhanet (English)

Beyond the Net

Dhamma Talks & Writings of Thanissaro Bhikkhu

 

Forums, Blogs, etc.

Discuss & Discover
Sutta Central’s discussion forum

Classical Theravāda
A place to discuss the Tipiṭaka and ancient Theravāda Commentaries

Dhamma Wheel
A Buddhist discussion forum on the Dhamma of the Theravāda

Dharma Wheel
A Buddhist discussion forum on the Dharma of the Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna

Dhamma Wiki
A Buddhist encyclopedia run by Dr. David N. Snyder, having over 10,000 articles

 

Downloadable Resources

Diacritics Input Programmes

Windows Diacritics Input Programme

Linux Diacritics Input Programme

Android Diacritics Input Programme

First AnySoftKeyboard, then Install the Pāḷi Pack.
follow instructions during set up, and chose to add Pāḷi language.

Further information about input: Times New Roman, Arial, Gentium, and many other fonts are able to display Pāḷi and Sanskrit in transliteration correctly. Some others you can use: my own ITM_TMS_UNI, Gandhari Unicode, Times Ext Roman, Times, Indic Times.

Sync Back: Free Back Up Software

 

Helps for Bibliography and Grammar

Zotero, Bibliography and Research Programme

Zotero, Find Citations

Grammarly, Help with Grammar and Composition

Grammarly for MS Office

 

Quotations from the Internet

Author’s Name (if there is one), “Title of the article.” Web, date access <Web site address>.

For example:

Bhikkhu Anālayo. “The Legality of Bhikkhunī Ordination.” Web, 22, Sept. 2013
<http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/2013/09/22/the-legality-of-bhikkhuni-ordination/>

Note: If the address is too long, you can add a space after a backslash / e.g.
<http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/2013/09/22/ the-legality-of-bhikkhuni-ordination/>

 

Photographic Database

Photo Dharma
A collection of around 18,000 resuable photographs of mainly Buddhist sites and artwork

 

Documentaries about Buddhism and Buddhist Cultures

Dharma Documentaries

A curated collection of around 900 documentaries and films about all three traditions and their cultures

Materials in other Languages
copied from Access to Insight, the original page having now been withdrawn.

Catalàn

Chinese (Traditional & Simplified)

The Wings to Awakening: Readings in Theravadan Buddhism in Chinese Translation
(Lau, Sinh-Lam) is a Chinese website (both in Simplified and Traditional Fonts) dedicated to the study and practice of Theravada Buddhist Teachings.

Czech

Prátelé Dhammy ("Friends of Dhamma")
has an extensive library of readings in Czech from the Thai Forest traditions and the Pali canon.

Dutch

Sleutel tot Inzicht ("Key to Insight")
(Peter van Loosbroek)

Suttas.net
(Dhammajoti)

French

Accès au Canon Pali
(Michel Proulx) mirrors the sutta collection of Access to Insight in English, and offers a growing number of French translations of suttas and other texts.

German

Tipitaka, der Pali Kanon des Theravada-Buddhismus
offers a nearly complete collection of German translations from all five Nikayas, plus extensive excerpts from the Vinaya and Abhidhamma Pitakas.

Dhamma-dana
offers German translations of articles by Ajaan Chah, Ajaan Suwat, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Bhikkhu Bodhi, and Ayya Khema.

Hungarian

A Buddha Ujja ("The Finger of the Buddha")
(Nyitrai Gábor) offers a large collection of Pali suttas in Hungarian, articles and videos by and about major teachers from the Thai forest traditions.

Indonesian

Italian

Canone Pali: le parole del Buddha
(Enzo Alfano)

Portuguese

Acesso ao Insight: Leituras do Budismo Theravada
(Michael Beisert) offers an extensive collection of Pali suttas, articles by major teachers from the Thai forest traditions, and much more — all translated into Portuguese.

Russian

Koleso Dhammy ("Wheel of Dhamma")

Theravada.ru

Serbian

Pali Kanon
(Branislav Kovačević) offers a good selection of suttas and other passages from the Pali canon.

Sinhala

Aathaapi: Pure Theravada Buddhism Exposed according to The Original Pali Canon
The complete Buddha Jayanthi Tipitaka in Sinhalese script (Pali and translation) in PDF format.

Spanish

Swedish

Suttor
(Kerstin Jönhagen) offers Swedish translations of about 30 suttas.

Vietnamese

BuddhaSasana: Vietnamese Buddhist Page
(Binh Anson) offers the entire Vietnamese translation of the Tipitaka and is regularly revised and corrected for any errors.

Bilingual Pali - Vietnamese Tipitaka Project
translation of the authentic teachings of the Buddha, presenting the Sinhala Pāḷi texts in Roman script together with a Vietnamese translation.