There are 400+ deities herein, and 4,000+ photos of statuary from Kamakura, Nara, Kyoto, and elsewhere in Japan.

The site also includes an extensive bibliography of other resources useful for researching Japanese Buddhism.

Learn more about the original, here. And you can watch two videos of Allen Ginsberg chanting this translation, here.

1. Mahiyangana Stupa
2. Nagadeepa
3. Kelaniya Vihara
4. Sri Pada or Adam’s Peak
5. Divaguhava
6. Deegawapiya
7. Muthiyanganaya
8. Seruwila
9. Jayasri Maha Bodhi Tree
10. Mirisawetiya
11. Ruwanweli Maha Seya
12. Thuparama Sae Rajanan Wahanse
13. Abhayagiriya Stupa
14. Jethavanaramaya
15. Mihintale
16. Kiri Vehara

It is everywhere enclosed by the lofty peaks of the Buddha’s Dhamma

This travel guide is designed for Buddhists or anyone interested in Buddhism visiting Sri Lanka. It offers insights into archaeological facts, art history, and legends, while also providing practical advice, maps, and illustrations.

If you notice anything erroneous or missing, your feedback is welcome here.

a viewpoint or factoid that is often accepted as true but which is actually false. They generally arise from conventional wisdom, stereotypes, superstitions, fallacies, a misunderstanding of science, or the popularization of pseudoscience.

It is vital that all signs be read easily and understood quickly. This demands the consistent use of a distinctive typeface throughout the entire system.

Progress in meditation is about giving up and letting go, not becoming and taking on new constructs.

A list of common questions on vipassanā practice along with Ajahn Yuttadhammo’s insightful and practical answers.

… the most up-to-date, evidence-based information on science and health questions that affect the decisions we make each day

America’s top scientists give concise answers to the public’s most commonly asked questions, such as:

• Can earthquakes liquefy soil?
• Is there a link between infections and cancer?
• Is it possible to achieve net-zero emissions?
• Does using sunscreen cause a Vitamin D deficiency?

Note the PDF linked above is half-page sized to support printing as a booklet.

The Prince began working on the book in B.E. 2466 (1923) and he collected the glosses studiously

A bilingual English/Thai Dictionary of Pāli with Sanskrit equivalents listed for each entry.

It has been incorporated into apps for iOS and Android as well as into web apps such as the Digital Pāli Reader and SuttaCentral, whose heavily modified “new” version can be downloaded as a raw json file here. The dictionary has even been translated into Chinese.

… dictionary with examples from the Theravāda Pāli Canon

… although the CPD remains a fragment, this fragment is rounded off in a way by the fact that it does not end with an arbitrary cut. For the end within the letter “kā” coincides with that of the derivatives of the verb karoti

The ambitious project to document all the words of the Pāli language.

You can hear the pronunciation of some of these names over at ReadingFaithfully.org.

… from the frequency-sorted word list from Schmidt’s dictionary and the definitions & parts of speech from Sutta Central’s copy of the Concise Pali-English Dictionary.

Containing the noun declensions, verb tenses, unusual pronouns, indeclinables, participles, and even the middle voice, this chart is a handy reference to have on hand while reading Pāli suttas or Vinaya. It’s intended merely as an aid to jog your memory as it assumes prior knowledge of Pāli grammar.

The PED is slowly being supplanted by a new Dictionary of Pāli, whose fourth and final volume is currently under preparation by Martin Straube.

… basic realities about the world in which we live

The Trump administration took down The World Factbook in February 2026 as a part of their war on facts.

Many of the site’s pages are still accessible on Archive.org as they were in January 2026 and the entire 2020 version is available on GitHub.

The collection is especially noteworthy for expanding the Pali ellipses where other editions simply have “pi”

Bits and scraps, crumbs, fine
Particles that drift down to
Walkers of The Walk.

… a free online searchable database of jātakas in Indian texts and art

Useful for quickly navigating to a sutta given an academic reference.

For information on how the ICF is intended to be used, see the ICF practical manual.

南無本師釋迦牟尼佛
Nammô Bổn Sư Thíchca Mâuni Phật
Veneration to the original master, the Buddha Shakyamuni

The Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist liturgy presented in multiple languages
thiền môn nhật tụng bằng nhiều thứ tiếng

Over 15,000 photographs of Buddhist archeological sites, pilgrimage centres, and temples in SE Asia, as well as Videos, Maps, Posters, etc.

The world’s best Chinese dictionaries

Including an free, offline, mobile version of The Digital Dictionary of Buddhism

Note that the image files unable to load to the right of the Chinese examples are actually links to audio recordings.

Useful both as a reference and just to get a sense of how large the Canon is.

This site is deprecated, presumably superseded by SuttaCentral.

The table is based on Yinshun’s original work on the SA in Chinese. You can find a discussion about the table on SuttaCentral here.

Adapted from the index of the same name in Bhikkhu Bodhi’s AN translation.

For an index of Pāli names across the entire Sutta Piṭaka, see the sutta name index.

A good place to start, is their How To Guide but I also love the posts on keeping a personal “medicine cabinet” and on using sutta checklists.

A similar index can be found over at SuttaFriends.org and for an exhaustive index of terms, subjects, proper names, and similes, see The Comprehensive Index.

You can also access the PDFs on Google Drive at the links below:

• Highlights from the AN.pdf
• Highlights from the DN.pdf
• Highlights from the MN.pdf
• Highlights from the SN.pdf

I personally prefer the DPR.

And make sure to add the “Sanskrit (Latin)” keyboard to get access to all the ḍīācṛīṭīcś.

For a more thorough index, see The Comprehensive Index of Pali Suttas.