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Br. Ngawang Tenzin (Dr. Alex Anderson)

Category: Resource

  • Yogacarabhumiśastra Śravakabhumi -in Sanskrit

    Link to transliterated Sanskrit version of Śravakabhumi from the Yogacarabhumiśastra – Maitreya/Asanga https://suttacentral.net/sbh/san/shukla?lang=en&reference=none&highlight=false

  • Chinese Buddhist terms lookup

    From Nan Tien, Fo Guang Shan Australia: https://ntireader.org/ “The Nan Tien Institute (NTI) Buddhist Text Reader (NTI Reader) is a free, open source project for use in reading and analyzing Chinese Buddhist texts. For more a more detailed description of the NTI Reader, see the page Description of the NTI Reader. To find out what…

  • Digital Dictionary of Buddhism

    A monumental work edited by Charles Muller: http://www.buddhism-dict.net/ddb/ From the site introduction: “This dictionary is a compilation of Buddhist terms, texts, temple, schools, persons, etc. found in Buddhist canonical sources. Its compilation was initiated in 1986 during my first semester of graduate school, upon my realization of the dearth of comprehensive English language reference works…

  • Sutta Central

    Sutta Central is an excellent online repository of texts from the early Buddhist canon… but I preferred the old version. The new one is still an amazing scholarly collaboration, with exhaustive cross referencing to parallels, multiple modern language translations, and cutting edge coding etc, but the update seems not to have improved usability in my…

  • Chinese Buddhist text resources

    John Kieschnick at Stanford has compiled these resources for study of Chinese Buddhist texts: https://religiousstudies.stanford.edu/primer-chinese-buddhist-writings

  • Learning Chinese characters

    This book uses ancient memory techniques as described in Lynne Kelly’s “Memory Code” specifically visual association and and story-telling methods. In my opinion the idea is good, but the execution may be overly complex. I find better recall if I derive my own images and make stories with whatever association is spontaneous and natural. https://www.tuttlepublishing.com/language-books/chinese/character-books/tuttle-learning-chinese-characters

  • Chinese Etymology

    “Uncle hanzi” A useful online etymology resource for classical and simplified Chinese. Uses small seal, bone scripts etc. https://hanziyuan.net/#%E5%8D%B3

  • Essay: The Buddhist Attitude Towards Nature, by Lily da Silva

    An excellent article on Ecological perspectives in the early Buddhist literature, by the late Lilly Da Silva, Pali Scholar: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/desilva/attitude.html#fn-lds-18

  • Text: Heart Sutra in Sanskrit

    Below is embedded a text containing a recitation the Heart Sutra in Sanskrit and English. Note this text is in “pecha” format; it is intended to be printed and cut out to make a stack of unbound leaves, as in ancient times.

  • Audio: Heart Sutra in Sanskrit

    Below is embedded a recording of Bhante Dhammadipa (www.dhammadipa.cz) chanting the Heart Sutra in Sanskrit.