- BUDDHIST
- Individual Texts
- Dhammapada
http://www.edepot.com/dhamma2.html
[Translation into English from Pali by J. Richards.]
- Dhammapada
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/khuddaka/dhp/
[Two translations into English from Pali by Bhikkhus.]
- Heart Sutra
http://kr.buddhism.org/zen/sutras/conze.htm
[Text in Edward Conze's English translation. For additional sources and references, see the Wikipedia entry.]
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Vimalakirti
Nirdesa Sutra
http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/studypages/internal/sutras/06%20Lotus%20and%20Vimalakirti/Vimalakirti%20Nirdesha%20Sutra.pdf
[Translation into English by Robert A. F. Thurman in PDF format. There is also a HTML version.]
- Text Collections
- Access to Insight: Readings in
Theravada Buddhism
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index.html
[Introduction and English translations of sections of the Pali canon of
Theravada.]
- Buddhist Studies - Texts
Input/Translation Projects
http://villa.lakes.com/cdpatton/ETexts.html
[An index of linked pages provided by Charles Patton for the World Wide Web
Virtual Library.]
- Electronic
Bodhidharma (Japan)
http://www.iijnet.or.jp/iriz/irizhtml/irizhome.htm
[Site maintained by the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism in
Kyoto. Claims the largest collection of Buddhist electronic texts on the
Internet. Currently undergoing reorganization and move.]
- Electronic Buddhist
Text Initiative
http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/ebti.htm
[Resources maintained by Charles Muller of Toyo Gakuen University.]
- Online Buddhist Library
http://www.colam.org/
[An extensive collection of links to Buddhist works in English by traditional
and modern authors. Note: site currently undergoing reorganization and links
may be unavailable.]
- Sutras in Zip
Format
http://www.saigon.com/~hoasen/Vbm-English-sutra.html">
[Downloadable compressed text files include the Anapanasati, Diamond, Metta,
Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva, Prajnaparamita Hridayam, Sattipatthana, Vimalakirti
Nirdesa, as well as the Dhammapada and the Sutra of the 6th Patriarch. Provided
by Vietnam Buddhist Monastery in Bodh Gaya.]
-
Tipitika - Pali Canon in German
http://www.palikanon.com/
[A project to put the canon, commentaries, and related texts online. Most of
the site is in German, but readers of English should see the short list of
hyperlinked texts.]
CHRISTIAN
- Text Collections
- Carmelite Literature on the
Net
http://www.ocd.or.at/lit/eng.htm
[A hyperlinked list of Carmelite works that allows one access to them via the
World Wide Web. Courtesy of the Teresian Carmel in Austria.]
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
http://www.ccel.org/
[A list and what may be the largest collection of online texts from Christian
tradition currently available. A site of major importance, supported by Calvin
College, USA.]
- Guide to Early
Church Documents
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html
[Pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including
canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other
historical texts relevant to church history. Maintained by the Institute for
Christian Leadership.]
- Internet Medieval
Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
[Along with the mega-site of the ORB for
Medieval Studies, a useful resource edited by Paul Halsall. Topically organized
headings and hyperlinks are provided.]
- Reformation Ink
http://www.markers.com/ink/default.htm
[A collection of writings from the Protestant Reformation. See particularly
the classics.]
- Thesaurus Precum Latinarum -
Treasury of Latin Prayers
http://unidial.com/~martinus/Thesaurus.html
[A collection that has been compiled, edited, and in some instances translated
by Michael Martin.]
-
Two Thousand Years of Catholic Writings
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/misc/mosaic/common/omega/Web/People/spok/catholic/writings.html
[Chronologically organized pointers to online texts. A sub-page of
Catholic Resources on the Net maintained by John Mark
Ockerbloom.]
- Women
Writers of the Middle Ages
http://www.millersv.edu/~english/homepage/duncan/medfem/medfem.html
[A creative and useful site maintained by Bonnie Duncan.]
-
Who's Who in the
History of Mysticism
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/mys/whoswho.htm
[Bruce Janz's hyperlinked guide to mystics of the West and their writings in
English translation. Most of these are Christian mystics and Greek
philosophers, but there are a few entries on Jewish and Islamic
mystics.]
CONFUCIAN
- Text Collections
-
Resources for the Study
of East Asian Language and Thought
http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/
[There are several kinds of useful materials here. Among them are Dr.
Muller's translations of five Chinese classics: the Analects of Confucius,
the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, the Mencius, and the Tao Te
Ching.]
GREEK
- Individual Texts
-
Enneads
http://classics.mit.edu/Plotinus/enneads.1.first.html
[The Six Enneads of Plotinus in the translation of Stephen MacKenna and B. S.
Page.]
HINDU
- Individual Texts
- Ashtavakra
Gita
http://www.religiousworlds.com/mystic/ashgita.html
[A public-domain English translation by John Richards.]
- Bhagavad
Gita
http://www.yoga.com/roots/yoga/info/Geeta/geeta.html
[English translation by Ramanand Prasad. Also available here.]
- Bhagavad Gita As It Is
http://www.asitis.com/gita/
[ISKCON translation into English by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.]
- Bhagavad Gita for Everyone in All the
Worlds
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/
[Gaudiya Math Vaishnava version, with text and commentary, offered in several
languages.]
- Bhagavad Gita - Sanskrit
Text
http://www.iconsoftec.com/gita/
[In PDF (Adobe Acrobat) and Postscript (GhostView) formats.]
- Katha
Upanishad
http://www.magna.com.au/~prfbrown/katha_up.html
[Translation provided by Mountain Man Graphics in Australia.]
- The Song Celestial
http://www.home.unix-ag.org/runu/gita/
[The "Victorian" version of the Bhagavad Gita by Sir Edwin Arnold.]
- Rig Veda
http://www.magna.com.au/~prfbrown/rig_veda.html
[Translated extracts provided by Mountain Man Graphics in
Australia.]
- Tirukural
http://www.magna.com.au/~prfbrown/kural/
[Translation from Mountain Man Graphics in Australia.]
-
Tirumantiram
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/books/tirumantiram/TableOfContents.html
[A Shaivite text in translation from Mountain Man Graphics.]
- Text Collections
- Indology: Virtual
E-Text Archive of Indic Texts
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgadkw/indnet-textarchive.html
[Many of these are in Indic languages, some in English
translation.]
- Scriptures
http://www.hindunet.org/scriptures/
[Translated extracts from a range of traditional texts.]
- Tantrik
Texts
http://www.religiousworlds.com/mandalam/index.html
[These include Sanskrit and translated texts.]
-
The
Vedic Experience
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/books/vedic_experience/VEIndex.html
[Online version of an anthology of texts in the Vedic tradition as translated
by Raimudo Panikkar.]
JAIN
- Text Collections
-
Jainism
http://www.religiousworlds.com/jain.html
JEWISH
- Text Collections
-
Judaism
http://www.religiousworlds.com/jewish.html
MUSLIM or ISLAMIC
- Individual Texts
-
Holy Qu'ran
http://www.hti.umich.edu/relig/koran/
[A searchable version of the English translation by M.H. Shakir.]
- Text Collections
-
Muslim
http://www.religiousworlds.com/muslim.html
SIKH - Individual
Texts
-
Sri Guru Granth
Sahib
http://www.sikhs.org/english/frame.html
[English translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa.]
- Text Collections
-
Selected Writings
http://www.sikhs.org/transl.htm
[English translations of the prayers Anand, Ardas, Kirtan Sohila, and Guru
Nanak Dev's Japji. From the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Ram Das' "Lawan" and
Guru Tegh Bahadur's "Gun Gobind gaio nahin janamu akarth kin." Guru Gobind
Singh's Akal Ustati (selections), Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Vachitra Natak, and
Zafarnama. The "Sidhha Goshth" discussion between Guru Nanak Dev and the Nath
Yogis.]
TAOIST or DAOIST
- Individual Texts
- Chuang-tzu or or
Zhuang-zi
http://www.religiousworlds.com/taoism/cz-list.html
[Lin Yutang's translation of selected chapters.]
- English Translations
of the Tao Te Ching or Dao De Jing
http://www.religiousworlds.com/taoism/ttc-list.html
-
I Ching on the
Net
http://www.pacificcoast.net/~wh/Index.html
- Text Collections
- Resources for the
Study of East Asian Language and Thought
http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/index.html
[A wide range of texts and language resources.]
- Five
Classics
http://www.human.toyogakuen-u.ac.jp/~acmuller/fiveclassics.htm
[These are Dr. Muller's translations of five Chinese classics: the Analects of
Confucius, the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, the Mencius, and the
Tao Te Ching.]
-
Taoism Information
Page
http://www.religiousworlds.com/taoism/index.html
ANTHOLOGIES AND COMPARATIVE
RESOURCES
-
World Scripture: A Comparative
Anthology of Sacred Texts
http://www.unification.net/ws/
http://service-net.org/ws.cfm
OTHER THAN "GREAT TRADITION"
TEXTS
-
The Gnostic Society
Library
http://www.gnosis.org/library.html
or http://www.webcom.com/~gnosis/library.html
Mystics Page
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