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Created: 5 Sep 1994. Last updated: 25 Apr 2005.

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Zen Documents and Writings

BuddhaNet: Zen/Chan Buddhism File Library (BuddhaNet, Sydney, Australia)
[A superb system edited by Ven. Pannyavaro. The file library partially republishes contents of the ANU's Electronic Buddhist Archives - Zen Collection (see below)]
Classical Chinese Poetry (members.xoom.com,USA)
[includes Ch'an materials]
Daily Zen Sutras (www.ciolek.com,Australia)
[Diamond Sangha Sutras. December 1991 version. Translations/revisions by Robert Aitken Roshi]
The Electronic Bodhidharma (Hanazono U,Japan)
[Lists of publications on Zen (1977-1992); annotated bibliography of reference works for Chan/Zen studies; scholarly descriptions in Japanese of over 300 Chinese Zen texts with hot-text links; book reviews. Electronic files of over eighty Chinese Zen texts (JIS, Big5 codes). All texts are available for ftp copying]
Electronic Buddhist Archives - Zen Collection [ftp] (ANU,Australia)
[Subdirectories: information, poetry, research, ritual, teachings, zen-groups, zen-people. All texts are available for ftp copying]
Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative (EBTI) (www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp, Japan)
[Information regarding the wide range of ongoing projects which aim at the digital utilization of Buddhist texts, images and other cultural artifacts. Contents: What is EBTI, Meeting reports, EBTI Dongguk Web Site, Past and Present EBTI Projects; EBTI Co-Chairs: Ven. Han Bo-Kwang (Dongguk University, Korea); Dr Charles Muller (Toyo Gakuen University, Japan); Hon. chair: Ven. Jongnim (Research Institute for Tripitaka Koreana, Korea) ]
Essential Zen Sutras and other writings of The Rinzai School of Zen (www.itteki-ji.org, USA)
[The Four Vows; The Song of Zazen; The Heart Sutra; Hannya Shingyo; Dai E Zenji's Vow for Awakening; More to come...]
Indra's Net (CEA, San Francisco, USA)
[a collection of contemporary zen-inspired artworks and writings by Shawn Cassidy]
About the International Dunhuang Project (IDP) (portico.bl.uk,UK)
[IDP was established in 1993 to promote the study and preservation of manuscripts and printed documents from Dunhuang and other Central Asian sites through international co-operation.]
Primary Zen Texts (IRIZ,Hanazono U,Japan)
[Over eighty classical Zen texts and sutras from the IRIZ Zen KnowledgeBase project. Each document (in JIS only at this time; Big-5 will follow) downloadable by pressing its title. The largest collection of primary Buddhist texts on the WWW. One text alone, the Zongjinglu, is 2.4 Megabytes!]
Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment (Taisho Tripitaka Vol.17, No.842). Four editions of the sutra: Two different of CJK (JIS) editions, as well as two English translations of Kihwa's revised edition, one with commentary and one without (www2.gol.com,Japan)
Taejangkyong Research Institute (Dongguk U,Korea)
[Documents and publications of Electronic Buddhist Text Research Institute will be available from the above site]
Ten Oxherding Pictures & Commentaries (Simon Fraser U,Canada)
[source: P.Reps. 1957. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones]
Contemporary Ch'an paintings by Ven. Hiu Wan, from Taiwan (HuaFan College of Humanities and Technology)
[Artworks illustrating traditional koans and sayings of Ch'an by a contemporary Chinese Ch'an master]
Zen Garden (www.nomius.com,USA)
[popular materials: 10 Bulls; Images; Koans; Sounds; Zen Stories (often with spelling/typing errors)]
See also 20th c. Zen People and Their Teachings section of the WWW Virtual Library
See also Guide to Selected Electronic Resources for the Study of Buddhist Texts section of the WWW Virtual Library

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