Buddhist Studies online study guide
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This Online Study Guide is a graduated course of study in Buddhism. The entry level is a Basic Buddhism Guide, followed by a comprehensive course on Buddhist Studies for Schools - primary and secondary levels. The main feature of this guide is a self-study course based on the Historical Buddha, His Teachings, Buddhist History and Culture, and supplementary study material.

1. Basic Buddhism Guide
Entry level Buddhism: Outlines of the Teachings, Basic Concepts and Practices
BASIC BUDDHISM:
Introduction to Buddhism Five Minute Introduction Snapshots on Buddhism
CORE TEACHINGS:
Buddhist Ethics Dependent Arising Reincarnation Karma Advice on Meditation
Buddhist Studies for Primary and  Secondary Students
This Buddhist education material is a gradual training course in Buddhism for primary and secondary students. The emphasis is given on the Buddha as an exemplar, his Teachings and the application of the teachings in daily life. This project is designed at three levels: two for students, and one for teachers.
Buddhist Studies for Primary & Secondary Students: Graduated course with Syllabus, Workbooks and Teacher's Handbook.
Primary Level Syllabus: 8 Work Units Secondary Level Syllabus: 8 Work Units
Buddhist Studies CD Buddhist Studies for Schools CD-ROM: Web pages (HTML) for Intranet, with print quality PDF documents (PC & Mac).
3. Self Study Guide
This Online Buddhist Study Guide organises BuddhaNet's study material into a graduated course of study. There are three streams of study to follow: the Historical Buddha, His Teachings, and Buddhist History and Culture. The material ranges from introductory teachings and texts to advance scriptural and meditation texts in Web pages and eBooks or PDF documents.
The Buddha The Teachings Buddhist History and Culture
BIOGRAPHIES
The Life of the Buddha webpages
Buddha, Life & Teachings + ebook
   
DISCIPLES/ASSOCIATED SITES
Early Disciples of the Buddha
Pen Portraits of eminent disciples.
Sites Associated with Buddha
Four Holy Sites and Pilgrims Guide
Buddhist Pilgrimage + ebook
Religious Singficance and History
INTRODUCTORY TEACHINGS
Buddhism in a Nutshell + ebook
Fundamentals of Buddhism  + ebook
Overview of fundamental teachings
THE SCRIPTURES
Overview of the Scriptures
 
• Tibetan, Chinese, & Pali Canon
Guide to the Pali Tipitaka + ebook
  Canonical Pali Theravadin Literature
Teachings in Chinese Buddhism
  With article on the Chinese Tripitaka
AN OVERVIEW
 
Timelines, Art and Architecture, Iconography, etc. • webpages
The Buddhist World Countries/Traditions, etc. • webpages
THE THREE TRADITIONS
 
Lineages and key points of each.
  Monastic Life, Ordination, Robes
Meditation Texts Theravada Texts Mahayana Texts
INSTRUCTIONAL TEXTS
Insight Meditation webpages
Loving-kindness webpages
Satipatthana Sutta + ebook
Ch'an Meditation ebook
MEDITATION STUDIES
Experiments in Meditation webpages
Vipassana: Buddha & Krishamurti
Contemplation of the Mind ebook
BASIC TEXTS
The Kalama Sutta webpages
The Dhammapada + ebook
ANTHOLOGIES
Wings to Awakening
Book of Protection + ebook
Everyman's Ethics webpages
COMMENTARIES
Four Noble Truths + ebook
Handbook for Mankind + ebook
BASIC TEXTS
The Heart Sutra webpages + ebook
Amitabha Sutra ebook
COMMENTARIES
Infinite Life Sutra ebook
The Diamond Sutra ebook
Ksitigarba Bodhisattva ebook
Mind-Seal of the Buddhas ebook
Medicine Buddha Sutra ebook
Advances Scriptural and Pali Studies
Advanced Scriptural and Pali Study
CONCENTRATION & INSIGHT MEDITATION
Jhanas in Theravada Meditation ebook
  Analytical study of the Jhanas / meditative absorbtions.
The Practice which Leads to Nibbana ebook
../brahmaviharas/index.htm Brahmavihara Dhamma webpages + ebook
Anapanasati - Mindfulness of Breathing ebook
Vipassana Meditation Discourses ebook
7 Stages of Purification & Insight Knowledges ebook
PHILOSOPHY / SCRIPTURAL LANGUAGES
The Abhidhamma Philosophy webpages
Abhidhamma Studies ebook
Elementary Pali Course ebook
A Pali Grammar ebook
Pali Buddhist Dictionary ebook
Glossary of Buddhist Terms webpages
A Select Bibliography webpage
Supplementary Study Material
SUPPLEMENTARY STUDY MATERIAL: Link to Basic Teachings • Web pages Links to Scriptures • Web pages
BuddhaNet's File Library: A comprehensive data base of study material in the Theravada, Mahayana and Tibetan traditions:
  Text files, Artwork, Images - plus over 100 high quality PDF documents on all aspects of Buddhism.
ARCHIVED STUDY MATERIAL: Buddhist File Library • Archived files BuddhaNet's eBooks • PDF documents

 
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