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Khan Academy: The Buddhist Deity Mahakala as a Brahman
Mahakala Bramanarupa is one of over 70 different deities of the Mahakala type. These are wrathful deities particularly adept at quelling monsters and overcoming demons, whether they be outer, inner or secret. Some deities, such as...
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Khan Academy: Tibetan Thangka Painting (Sacred Pictures)
In Tibet, religious paintings come in several forms, including wall paintings, thangkas (sacred pictures that can be rolled up), and miniatures for ritual purposes or for placement in household shrines. Thangkas were commissioned for...
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Khan Academy: Cabinet for Storing Offerings
This black cabinet was once stored in the gongkhang of an unknown temple in Tibet. Forbidden to the uninitiated, the gongkhang is a special room set aside for the worship of wrathful deities, where only the initiated monks of the...
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Khan Academy: Prayer Wheel
Prayer wheels are an example of Buddhist technology. This technology allowed the faithful to multiply the number of prayers they expressed by millions. This is because prayer wheels are filled with copies of mantras (sacred spells...
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Khan Academy: Ryoanji (Peaceful Dragon Temple)
Read about the cultural and historical significance of Ryoanji and its rock garden in Japan.
Curated OER
Guide to Japan: Buddhism
This site gives a brief overview of this Eastern religion and describes its many important characteristics.
Curated OER
Guide to Japan: Buddhism
This site gives a brief overview of this Eastern religion and describes its many important characteristics.
Curated OER
Heilbrunn Zen Buddhism: Sculpture of a Zen Priest
Portrait of a Zen master, Japanese, fourteenth-fifteenth century.
Curated OER
Heilbrunn Zen Buddhism: Hanging Scroll of Orchids and Rocks
Ink drawing of orchids and rocks, hanging scroll,
University of Pennsylvania
Mandala: Buddhist Tantric Diagrams
Mandalas are used in the rituals of tantric initiation in Tibetan Buddhism and they influence the design and decoration of Tibetan monasteries.
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: Buddhist Studies: Buddhist Scriptures
Information about a series of texts that constitute the sacred literature of Buddhism, including the Tipitaka, or Pali canon.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Ancient Indian Religion
Reference article provides an overview of the ancient religions of India, including information on Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Franny and Zooey
Published as a short story in 1955, Franny and Zooey represents J. D. Salinger's interest in Zen Buddhism and other spiritual themes.
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Ducksters: Ancient China for Kids: Religion
Study the three ways of religion during Ancient China: Confucius, Taoism, and Buddhism.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: East Asian History Sourcebook: East Asian History Sourcebook
Fordham University, known for its excellent primary historical resources in English translation, provides one for Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese history.
Shippensburg University
Shippensburg University: The Life of Siddhartha Gautama
A biography of Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha, complete with the story of his miraculous birth.
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: The Chinese Canon
A long essay on the Tripitaka, the Chinese Mahayana scriptures. Discusses the various parts, their history, and their importance.
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: Vesak (Buddha Day)
This article discusses the significance of Vesak, or Buddha day, on which Buddhists celebrate the birth of the Buddha.
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: Bodh Gaya Place of Enlightenment
A profile of the Bodh Gaya, the place where Gautama Buddha attained unsurpassed, supreme Enlightenment, and the pilgrimage site there, the Maha Bodhi Temple.
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: Buddhist Missionaries
BuddhaNet.net offers a short web-article that describes Buddhist missionary activity around the world.
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Buddha Net: The Order of Nuns
Buddhanet.net offers the story of how the Buddha created the order of nuns, the bhikkuni.
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Buddha Net: Buddhist Lay Persons
A talk given on the role Buddhist lay people should play in relation to the Sangha, the Buddhist monastic orders.
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