Buddhist Websites
84000 Translating The Words Of The Buddha
Non-profit organization dedicated to translanting and preserving Buddha's Teaching
Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation
Founded by Master Cheng Yen Based on the spirit of Mahayana Buddhism. Charity work in Nepal, Mongolia, Northern Thailand, North Korea and many other third-world countries.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Buddhist Peace Fellowship cultivates the conditions for peace, social justice, and environmental sustainability within our selves, our communities, and the world.
Buddhist Psychology (Amida Trust)
This site contains information about the Amida Trust training programmes in applied Buddhist psychotherapy, psychology and Fully Engaged Buddhism
Just Be Good
This website seeks to introduce Buddhism, and to help find the answers to life as well as the afterlife.
The Buddhist Library
Started in 1983 as Singapore’a first public Buddhist book service, the Buddhist Library aims to promote a holistic understanding and appreciation of Buddhism through study and practice.
The Clear Light Society
Vision: One person in every family! One person trained in the Clear Light Practices for the Dyiing. The Clear Light Meditation for the Dying is that process. A nonsectarian practice, it prepares the mind of a dying person for moving into an open dimension of radiant clarity
Vietnamese Buddhist Virtual Library/ Thu Vien Hoa Sen
Library of Buddhist texts and referrences. This site covers a variety of topics related to Buddhism: Dharma talks, Sutras, Buddhist News and Information for Buddhist students of all experiences. Both written in English and Vietnamese. No special Vietnamese Font required.
Buddhist Book Sites
84000 Translating The Words Of The Buddha
Non-profit organization dedicated to translanting and preserving Buddha's Teaching
Ancient Buddhist Texts
This website aims at making Early Buddhist Texts accessible in the original languages (mainly Pali and Sanskritised Prakrit)
Buddha's Light Publishing
Buddha's Light Publishing is committed to building bridges between East and West, Buddhist communities, and cultures.
Buddhist eLibrary - A Digital Resource Library
The Buddhist eLibrary Project is an initiative of Venerable Pannyavaro of the Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc and BuddhaNet.net
Buddhist Publication Society
The Buddhist Publication Society (BPS), founded in Sri Lanka in 1958, is dedicated to making known the teaching of the Buddha
Buddhist Text Translation Society
The Buddhist Text Translation Society aims to translate the orthodox Mahayana Buddhist canon from Chinese to western languages
Dharma Publishing
Website offers a large selection of books and sacred art as well as being a resource for those seeeking information about Buddhism and Buddhist teachings.
Rangjung Yeshe Publications
Dedicated to presenting high quality translations of authentic Buddhist literature as well as commentaries by contemporary Tibetan Buddhist masters, primarily in the Mahamudra and Dzogchen traditions.
Shambala Publications
A major Buddhist publisher - well worth a visit for the excellent offerings. Shambhala has specialized in books that present creative and conscious ways of transforming the individual, the society, and the planet.
Snow Lion Publications
SLP on the World Wide Web contains information about Tibet and Tibet-related events.
Windhorse Books
Books on Buddhism and meditation. It also provides an extensive selection of Buddhist educational resources, images and cards.
Wisdom Publications Website
Publish translations of the sutras and tantras, commentaries and teachings of past and contemporary Buddhist masters, and original works by the world's leading Buddhist scholars
Mahayaha Buddhism
Dharma Realm Buddhist Association
This site has Mahayana Buddhist Sutras in English translations and contact information of associated Monasteries and Centers.
Theravada Buddhism
Abhidhamma Vipassana
Books and articles about Theravada Buddhism. The theory and practice of Satipatthana Vipassana (insight meditation) according to the Pali Tipitaka.
Access to Insight
Readings in Theravada Buddhism. Access to Insight is an Internet website dedicated to providing accurate, reliable, and useful information concerning the practice and study of Theravada Buddhism
Aukana Trust
Located in Wiltshire, UK, the Aukana Trust runs a meditation centre (the House of Inner Tranquillity) and two monasteries. They also publish several books on Buddhism.
Bodhinyanarama Net
Bodhinyanarama is a monastic residence of the Theravada tradition of Buddhism 29 kms from Wellington, New Zealand.
Buddhism Depot
The Buddhism Depot website contains a Discussion Forum, chat room, mailing list, a collection of Dhammapada translations on Internet,
Dhammaduta: The Theravada Bhikkhu Sangha.
The purpose of this web-page is to document the continuing drama, as Bhikkhus of the Theravada lineage continue this mission of bringing the Dhamma to new lands.
London Buddhist Vihara
The Vihara was the first Buddhist monastery to be established outside the continent of Asia.
Nibbana.com (Burmese)
Aim is to re-publish the teachings and views of authors on Theravada Buddhism as well as cultural aspects of the Myanmar Buddhists in the wonderful 'Land of Pagodas'.
Quintessence of Buddhism
Culasunnatta Sutta - The Quintessence of Buddhism or Seven Steps to Nirvana.
Sae Taw Win II Dhamma Center
Sae Taw Win II Dhamma Foundation was founded in inorder to establish a permanent Dhamma Center cum residential Dhamma community.
Staten Island Buddhist Vihara (SIBV)
Contains extracts from the Theravada Doctrine and several essays on the Buddha Dhamma.
The Bhavana Society
BSW will be growing to include a wide variety of Buddha Dhamma from the Theravada Perspective.
The BUDSIR Project
The entire Pali Tipitaka as well as other Buddhist texts have been put on CD-ROM by the Mahidol University in Thailand and its the BUDSIR project.
The Samatha Trust
The principal aim is to keep alive the Buddha's teaching through providing opportunities for people to learn and practise Samatha, a traditional form of Buddhist meditation based of mindfulness of breathing.
Tibetian Buddhism
Chagdud Gonpa Online
From the time of it's rebuilding to the present, the Gonpa has functioned as a center of Dharma, a place of teaching and practice, and, until 1959, as the primary seat of the 16 successive incarnations of Chagdud Rinpoche.
Dhargyey Buddhist Centres
Set up in 1985 by the Ven Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey who had taught thousands of westerners over 13 years at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India.
Diamond Way Buddhism
The KKBN provides information about the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, supports communication among interested parties and introduces a world-wide online Sangha
Dzogchen Community West
This site is dedicated to the teachings of Choegyal Namkhai Norbhu Rinpoche, a teacher in the Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhist meditation.
Himalayan Art Resources
Features over 1500 artworks from Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, China and Mongolia. Art from leading private and museum collections, accompanied by scholarship, cataloging and interpretation.
Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
This site is devoted to the authentic representation of the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, one of the four major schools of Buddhism preserved and practiced in Tibet.
Kechara.com
Kechara.com is a not-for-profit online store that provides easy access to Buddhist images
Osel Shen Phen Ling
A Tibetan centres affiliated to the Dalai Lama inspired "The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition". Virtual Thangka gallery with excellent graphics and brilliant Buddhist screen saver which can be downloaded for free!
Padmasambhava Buddhist Center
Padmasambhava Buddhist Center spreads the teachings of Buddhism according to the Nyingma school lineage of Tibet.
Rigpa Website
igpa is an international network of meditation centers and groups under the guidance of Sogyal Rinpoche and HE Dzogchen Rinpoche.
Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
Sakya Monastery, located in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, provides access to the Buddha's teachings and guidance in a community of practitioners.
Shambhala Mandala of Centers
This is the network of centers founded by the the late Vidyadhara the Ven Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, renowned for his ability to present authentic Buddhist teachings in English in a modern idiom
Songs of the Shaktis of the Dhyani Buddhas & Bodhisattvas
This site focuses on the Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist Pantheon.
The Asian Classics Institute
ACI uses scriptures from the original masters of India and Tibet to teach Buddhism adapted to western culture.
The Dzogchen Community of Namgyalgar Asia Pacific
The Dzogchen Community of Namgyalgar Asia Pacific's retreat centre is near Tilba on the coast of New South Wales
The Dzogchen Foundation
This link is dedicated to teaching Dzogchen, "The Inherent Great Perfection," considered by some to be the highest teaching of Tibetan Buddhism.
Tibetan Government in Exile's Official Web Site
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and truth about Tibetan Freedom and International Development.
Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library
The Tibetan Studies World Wide Web Virtual Library...a very comprehensive resource on Tibetan Buddhism.
Tibetian Buddhism
Quiet Mountain Tibetan Buddhist Resource Guide is one of the most comprehensive Buddhist resources on the web
Vajrayana Foundation
Founded by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche and based in the Santa Cruz mountains of California, the Vajrayana Foundation has been established to preserve and teach dharma in the West
World View
WorldView is an organization devoted to the preservation, study and practice of authentic, accurate Tibetan Buddhism.
Zen Buddhism
Ch'an Meditation Center
The Ch'an Meditation Center and Institute of Chung-Hwa Buddhist Culture is a division of Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association
Clouds in Water Zen Center
Schedules for zazen, programs, and retreats; information about the center and teachers; dharma talks and sutras; meditation instruction
Daily Zen
Profound contemplation of the day, inspiring artwork, seasoned with a dash of humor to en-lighten the day
Mt. Baldy Zen Center
Mt. Baldy Zen Center was founded in 1972. The website offers information about the center, the activities, formal practice etc
Pine Mountain Buddhist Temple
Pine Mountain Buddhist Temple is a small monastic community on 45 acres in the mountains north of Ventura, California in the Ozena Valley, with retreat facilities for guests. The daily practice is Serene Reflection Meditation (Soto Zen).
San Francisco Zen Center
This website includes descriptions of the centers, provides schedules of events and programs, and offers excerpts of books by Zen Center teachers as well as sutras chanted here.
The Alan Watts Electronic University
Alan Watts become widely recognized for his Zen writings and for The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are.
The International Zen Association
The International Zen Association has as its goal the dissemination of Zen practice and teaching as transmitted by Master Deshimaru
The Zen Hospice Project
Located in San Francisco, the Zen Hospice Project is dedicated to the care of people who are approaching death and to increasing our understanding of our own impermanence.
The Zen Site
This site is dedicated to a better understanding of Zen, its history, its teachings and its philosophy.
The Zen Studies Society
The Zen Studies Society was established in 1956 to assist the Buddhist scholar D.T. Suzuki in his efforts to introduce Zen to the West.
Zen Mountain Center
Nestled in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California, Zen Mountain Center is dedicated to the teaching and practice of Zen Buddhism.
Meditation Website
Association for Insight Meditation - England
Association for Insight Meditation website's has books in the Burmese Insight Meditation tradition of Mahasi Sayadaw, Ledi Sayadaw and Chanmyay Sayadaw.
British Columbia Insight Mediation Society - British Columbia, Canada.
Formed to connect and support Buddhist meditation communities in B.C. that practice in the Theravadan tradition
Chanmyay Yeiktha - Myanmar (Burma)
Chanmyay Yeiktha ('Peaceful Hermitage') is a Buddhist meditation centre in Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma) where the teachers are senior Buddhist monks who teach Vipassana (Insight) meditation in Myanmar and English languages.
Insight LA-USA
InsightLA offers mindfulness meditation for the curious, secular beginner, as well as intensive training for the experienced Buddhist practitioner
Insight Meditation Center-Redwood City, USA
The Insight Meditation Center (IMC) is a community-based urban meditation center for the practice of Vipassana or Insight meditation.
Insight Meditation Community-Washington DC, USA
The Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC is vipassana meditation group approximately in the tradition of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massacheusetts, USA.
Insight Meditation Society-Massachusetts, USA
A nonprofit organization to provide a place for the intensive practice of insight meditation
International Meditation Centre- USA, Australia, England & Austria
There are five International Meditation Centres in the Sayagyi U Ba Khin Tradition. Each of the Centres in the West is a direct offspring of the International Meditation Centre of Yangon, Myanmar
Madison Insight Meditation Group - USA
The Madison Insight Meditation Group is comprised of people with varying levels of training and experience in Vipassana, or Insight Meditation
Mid America Dharma-Central Region America, USA
The web site offers information on: local meditation groups in the area between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountain ranges
New York Insight Meditation Center-USA
New York Insight Meditation Center is a non-residential meditation center that provides insight meditation retreats, courses, workshops, and other programs to people in the New York City area.
Passaddhi Retreat Centre - Ireland
The meditation taught is vipassana in the tradition of the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw (Burmese/Thai Theravadin).
Saddhamma Foundation - Burma
Has information for those who wish to travel to and practice meditation at the Panditarama Forest Center in Burma.
Satipatthana — The Foundations of Mindfulness - USA
Dedicated to an in-depth study of the Satipatthana and Anapanasati Suttas in the Theravada tradition. Also hosts the North Jersey Mindfulness Community website.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society-USA
The mission of Seattle Insight Meditation Society (SIMS) is to offer the Buddha’s teachings on insight and awareness to all those who seek them and to support a spiritual community centered in the Pacific Northwest.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center-San Francisco, CA, USA
The Center hosts a full program of ongoing classes, daylong retreats and residential retreats exploring the themes of meditation and its relation to life in modern society
The Insight Meditation Community of New Haven - New Haven, USA.
The Insight Meditation Community of New Haven is a gathering of individuals with interests in deepening our meditation practice and developing understanding of Buddhist teachings.
The Swedish Vipassanagruppen - Sweden
Vipassanagruppen is a nonprofit organisation for people interested in insight meditation.
Vipassana Meditation Centre - Singapore
The Burmese, Mahasi Sayadaw Satipatthana Vipassana tradition is followed in this centre
Vipassana Meditation-International
This is the international home page of the organizations which offer courses in Vipassana Meditation in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin as taught by S.N. Goenka and his assistant teachers.
Vipassana Metta - Maui, USA
The small vipassana retreat community on Maui conduct regular silent vipassana metta retreats: daylong, weekend, two week and an annual month long (August)
Vipassana.com - England
Vipassana.com offers resources and support to meditators in the Theravada tradition.
Buddhist Blogs
Deep Conscious Capitalism - Susmita Barua
This blog explores some of the hidden and unfolding dynamics of capitalism in crisis, how we can apply Dharma to correct the blindspots in present economic paradigm and bring a non-violent mindful system change through the power of social media in fourfold sangha.
Dhamma Musings - Shravasti Dhammika
A blog prominently featuring all aspects of Buddhist doctrine but also Buddhist art, history and news as well as Buddhist perspectives on issues in the headlines
Jonangpa - Michael R. Sheehy Ph.D.
Jonangpa.com is an evolving weblog featuring regular commentary on various aspects of the Jonang tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Mindful Balance
Mindful Balance blog contains quotes and reflections on meditation practice but also contains some inputs from Psychology, Spirituality and different Wisdom traditions.
The Buddha's Advice to Laypeople - Lynn Kelly
Based on the Pali Canon, The Buddha's Advice to Laypeople presents some of the most effective ways to bring about peace and contentment by cultivating generosity and ethical conduct.
The Real Truth of Life - Icy Kalimu
The most complete English Tipitaka on the Internet is to be found at “The Real Truth of Life” blogspot. It includes some of the exclusive: Nettippakarana, Buddhavamsa, Dhammasangani, Kathavatthu, also download Vimanavatthu, Petavatthu, Cariyapitaka, Yamaka.
Tiny Buddha
Tiny Buddha blog is about reflecting on simple wisdom and learning new ways to apply it to our complex lives
Buddhist Magazines/Journals
Buddhist Publishing Group
Buddhism Now is an online Buddhist magazine, giving advice on how to practice Buddhism.
Journal of Global Buddhism
The Journal of Global Buddhism has been established to promote the study of Buddhism's globalization and its transcontinental interrelatedness
Nembutsu.info
Journal of Shin Buddhism. Nembutsu.info seeks to convey the great breadth and depth of the teaching for an accessible spiritual path in the modern world.
Shambhala Sun Magazine
Shambhala Sun magazine brings compassion and insight to the arts, politics, relationships, social issues, livelihood, and all aspects of life in the modern world
The Buddhist Society
Articles by noted Buddhist teachers and scholars on various aspects of Buddhist theory, practice, history, etc., as well as other material of ancillary interest.
The Western Buddhist Review
E-journal concerned primarily with exploring the encounter between Buddhism and the modern world.
Tricycle
eZine version of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (Magazine) Tricycle. The essential components of a tricycle–three, vehicle, and wheel–correspond to concepts found throughout Buddhist history.
Women in Buddhism
Aranya
Aranya is a project to develop a retreat centre in Europe for women wishing to be ordained into the Western Buddhist Order.
Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery
This Nunnery was established to provide women from Tibet and the Himalayan border regions a place to study and practice in accordance with the Drukpa Kargyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Jamyang Foundation
An education project for Himalayan women with aims to help women pursue learning that is harmonious with their personal interests and unique Buddhist cultural background.
Network of Buddhist Woment in Europe
This website aims to further Buddhist women as teachers and to help them in all their varied and important contributions – as well as making books and texts more easily accessible to as many people as possible.
Sakyadhita
A site with up-to-date information about what is happening for Women in Buddhism. The newsletter of The International Association of Buddhist Women.
SkyDancer
This site, dedicated to feminist interpretations of Buddhist philosophy and practice, is named in honor of the dakini: an important image of female power in Buddhism.
The Tibetan Nuns' Project
The Tibetan Nuns Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and supporting Tibetan nuns living in exile.
Theravada Buddhist Writings By Women
A collection of writings about meditation, Buddhism and the path.
Zen Women
This blog gathers in one place all available stories of female Zen practitioners in Tang Dynasty China.
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