Buddhism Philosophy List

1 Buddhism: What is it?

http://www.dusers.drexel.edu/~buddha/

Buddhism Theory on the essence of Buddhism.

2 Access to Insight

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index.html

Readings in Theravada Buddhism such as "The non-doing of any evil, the performance of whats skillful, the cleansing of ones own mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened". This site has starting points for newcomers, including "What is Theravada Buddhism?" A self-guided tour of the Buddhas teachings, based on excerpts from the Pali canon. Tipitaka, An outline of the Pali canon, with modern translations of more than 1,000 important suttas, all indexed by sutta name, subject, proper name

3 Journal of Buddhist Ethics

http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/aboutjournal.html

The Journal of Buddhist Ethics is the first academic journal dedicated entirely to Buddhist ethics. This site has been established to promote the study of Buddhist ethics through the publication of research, book reviews, and hosting occasional online conferences.

4 Buddha Introduction

http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/buddhaintroduction .html

The Buddha was born Siddhartha Gautama, a prince of the Sakya tribe of Nepal, in approximately 566 BC twenty nine years later he left the comforts of his home to seek the meaning of the suffering he saw around him and after six years of arduous yogic training, he abandoned the way of self-mortification and instead sat in mindful meditation beneath a bodhi tree.

5 Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism

http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~wtv/tibet/tbuddha.html

Academic Li Jicheng explains esoteric, or tantric, Tibetan Buddhism.

6 World Civilizations Mahayana Buddhism

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/BUDDHISM/MAHAYANA.htm

An introductory article on Mahayana Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism focused primarily on meditation and concentration, the eighth of the Eightfold Noble Path, as a result, it centered on a monastic life and an extreme expenditure of time in meditating.

7 Zen Buddhism

http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/China/ZenBudd.html

Japanese Chan (Zen) Buddhism history and some of the earliest information we possess regarding Zen (Chan in Chinese) in Japan.

8 What is Buddhism?

http://www.fwbo.org/buddhism.html

Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to insight into the true nature of life. Buddhist practices such as meditation are means of changing oneself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom. In Buddhism nothing is fixed or permanent, actions have consequences, change is always possible.