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Information Resources for
Buddhist Studies
Do you know these terms?
因緣, 剎那, 意識, 方便
平常心, 大無畏, 門外漢
當頭棒喝, 單刀直入, 斬釘截鐵, 胡說八道
拖泥帶水, 神通廣大, 五體投地, 大開眼界
心心相印, 想入非非, 一塵不染, 夢幻泡影
They are all originated from Buddhism.
Studying Buddhism in Modern Age
Ancient Historic Tradition
Diffuse Geographical Origins
Multiple Languages of Teaching
Different Schools of Thought
Religious vs Academic Interpretation
Abundant Information Resources …
How to find relevant & reliable information?
 What is nirvana?
 Google: 127,000,000 results. But …
 Only 1 (Wikipedia) out of the first 30 results is
related to Buddhism
禪 (Chan/Zen) 是什麼?
How to find relevant & reliable information?
 Use trustworthy academic sources
 Encyclopedia of specific subject (not Wikipedia!)
 Scholarly Books
 Academic organization website, e.g. university,
research centre
Encyclopedias of Buddhism and Religions
Encyclopedia of Buddhism
The illustrated encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism
Encyclopedia of religion
Worldmark encyclopedia of religious practices
General Works
Buddhism
 Religious life
 Zen Buddhism
 Theravada (Hinayana) Buddhism
 Mahayana Buddhism
BQ
BQ5360-5680
BQ9250-9519
BQ7100-7285
BQ7300-7529
Useful Subject Headings
Buddhism
Buddhism -- Doctrines
Mahayana Buddhism -- Doctrines
Theravada Buddhism -- Doctrines
Enlightenment (Zen Buddhism)
Nirvana
Zen Buddhism
Zen meditations
Buddha (The concept)
Recommended Readings
 Call No. BQ4022 .F38 2009
 "Many people know something about
Buddhism, but, for interesting historical
reasons, much of what they know is
wrong. In Unmasking Buddhism,
Bernard Faure offers a clear catalogue
of these misconceptions and then
compassionately dispels the darkness of
ignorance.“
Donald S. Lopez, University of Michigan
Recommended Readings
 佛教義理艱深，不易把握；佛學典籍又浩
如煙海，不易卒讀。這已是一般的常識
了 … 理想的佛學入門書很少，一般人要
理解佛教義理，常有不知從何入手之感。
Call No. BQ286 .W836 1994
 這本《佛學的現代詮釋》的撰述，便是回
應這種需求的。它分印度篇與中國篇，分
別論述印度佛學與中國佛學。我們所運用
的方法，是哲學的分析方法，分析佛教哲
學中的重要概念與理論，而且配合著現代
人所熟悉的詞彙來進行。目的是要把佛教
哲學的根本輪廓，在現代的脈絡下，作一
個正確而清晰的展示。
吳汝鈞 台灣中央研究院
Call No. BQ4133 .W8 1995
Databases
 General Studies
 Academic Search Premier
 ProQuest Research Library
 Humanities Full Text
 Religion & Philosophy
 E-Resources  By Subject  Religion & Philosophy
 ATLA Religion Database
 Philosopher’s Index
佛學數位圖書館暨博物館
http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/index.htm
Developed by National Taiwan University Library
Full text databases of Buddhist studies
Online museum
Useful links
Multi-lingual Buddhist canons
Buddhist languages
Learning tools e.g.
Dictionary
Research centres of Buddhist studies
Thank you
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