RELIGIOUS STUDIES — Buddhism

 

Websites

• BBC-Religion and Ethics-Buddhism http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/

 

• Buddhist Information and Education Network http://www.buddhanet.net/  Includes links to sites on Buddhist art, meditation and health, women in Buddhism, and various Buddhist journals. Take note of Buddhanet’s Top 10 Buddhist Websites at http://www.buddhanet.net/10_best.htm

 

• Seattle Art Museum:  Discovering Buddhist Art http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/interactives/buddhism/enter.asp

 

Databases

• Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions 
• A Dictionary of Buddhism  

 

Library Catalog and Internet Search Terms

• Buddhism
• Buddhism History
• Buddhism [type] Ex. tantric Buddhism, zen Buddhism
• Buddhism [type of book] Ex. Buddhism dictionaries, fiction
• Buddhism [geographical location] Ex. Buddhism Japan
• Buddhism Meditation
• Buddhism and  __ Ex. Buddhism and philosophy, science, etc. 
• Meditation—Buddhism

 

Reference Sources in Print

• Buddhism:  the illustrated guide  REF 294.3 T682b
• Encyclopedia of Buddhism  REF 294.3 En19b
• Encyclopedia of Buddhism  REF 294.303 En19k
• Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion:  Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen    REF 291.095 Sch86e
• Encyclopedia of Religion  REF 200.3 En19j
• Historical Dictionary of Buddhism  REF 294.3 P911h
• The vision of the Buddha  REF 294.3 L952v

 

Search the Stacks

• 158  Meditation

• 294  Buddhism/Meditation 

• 635.9772 Bonsai

• 704, 707, 709  Buddhist art

• 712  Zen gardens

 

Selected Titles

• Wherever you go, there you are: mindfulness meditation in everyday life, by Jon Kabat-Zinn     158.12 K111 
• Coming to our senses:  healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness, by Jon Kabat-Zinn   158.1 K111c   
• Buddhist stupas in Asia: the shape of perfection 726.143 W287b

 

CDs  

• Chants and music from Buddhist Temples  (Call #-CD Other Chants)
• Temple Rituals and Public Ceremonies (Call #-CD World Temple)

 

Periodicals

• Tricycle:  the Buddhist Review

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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