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Khan Academy: Buddhist Text About the Bodhisattva Manjushri
This Tibetan manuscript is one of the oldest objects in the museum's Tibetan collection. It consists of twenty-two loose pages. The text is written in U-chen script, in pure gold ink, which has been applied on a ground of lapiz lazuli...
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Khan Academy: The Goddess of White Umbrella: Buddhist Deity Ushnisha Sitatapatra
The Goddess of the White Umbrella (the Buddhist deity Ushnisha-sitatapatra) is one of many powerful female deities. She manifests her power with her thousand heads, arms, and legs. She has eyes on the palms of each of her hands and soles...
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Khan Academy: Mandala of the Buddhist Deity Chakrasamvara
A mandala is a schematic diagram that portrays the sacred environment of a particular deity. The mandala is used by practitioners as a guideline for meditation. It helps people visualize the way in which they will restructure the world...
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Khan Academy: The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
The main image in this painting is Avalokiteshvara (1), the Bodhisattva of Compassion. He is the principle patron deity of Tibet. He sits on a lotus throne upon a lunar disc. This god takes many forms, such as the Dalai Lamas of Tibet,...
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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.
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Heilbrunn Zen Buddhism: Hanging Scroll of Orchids and Rocks
Ink drawing of orchids and rocks, hanging scroll,
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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.
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