Links to General Information websites
| Buddhist Publication Society
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The Buddhist Publication Society (BPS), founded in Sri Lanka in 1958, is an approved charity dedicated to making known the teaching of the Buddha. BPS publications represent the standpoint of Theravada Buddhism, the oldest living Buddhist tradition of which the Pali Canon gives the most authentic account of what the historical Buddha himself actually taught. In a span of nearly five decades the BPS has become a major Buddhist publisher with hundreds of titles and a field of distribution extending to ninety countries.
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Buddhist Society UK |
Founded in 1924 by Christmas Humphreys, the Buddhist Society is one of
the oldest Buddhist societies in Europe. The Object of the Society is
to publish and make known the principles of Buddhism and to encourage
the study and practice of those principles. |
| Access to Insight
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Access to Insight is an Internet website dedicated to providing accurate, reliable, and useful information concerning the practice and study of Theravada Buddhism, as it has been handed down to us through both the written word of the Pali canon and the living example of the Sangha.
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Buddhist Digital Library
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Professor Heng-Ching Hsih and various professors of
National Taiwan University established “The Center for Buddhist Studies”
in 1995, with the aim of fostering collaboration between academics and
seeking to fulfill this by promoting integrative and interdisciplinary
research, and providing the means for efficient international academic
exchange of information.
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| Hindu Website |
This Hindu site contains a useful amount
of background information about Buddhism (the Buddha's own life was heavily influenced by Hinduism).
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