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Links and Resources ::: Glossaries/Dictionaries

Buddhist Philosophy Glossary - An alphabetically arranged list of topics regarding the interfaces between science, religion and philosophy.

  • A Glossary of Buddhist Terms - Glossary on a site about Chinese Buddhism.
  • Buddhism A to Z - Compiled by Ron Epstein, Ph.D.
  • Buddhism Glossary - On the website of a university Buddhist study and practise group.
  • Dharma Dictionary : Tibetan-English-Dictionary of Buddhist Teaching & Practice - An ongoing project involved in compiling Buddhist terminology and translation terms to bridge the Tibetan and English languages. Begun in 1979, it has slowly grown to a database of approx 5 megabytes with 65,000 entries.
  • Dukkha - An extensive discussion of "dukkha", a central term in Buddhism which is not directly translatable into English.
  • Glossary of Kadampa Buddhist Terms - Definitions of many commonly used Tibetan Buddhist terms.
  • Glossary of Pali Buddhist Terms - Pali words used in Buddhism.
  • Glossary of Shin Buddhist Terms - Glossary of Shin Buddhist terms, from The Collected Works of Shinran.
  • Glossary of Terms - Adapted from the "talk.religion.buddhism" FAQ.
  • Glossary of Zen Terms - A glossary of Zen as used by the Kwan Um School of Zen.
  • Sesshin Glossary - Definitions of terms used at Zen retreats.
  • Zen Dictionary - A Japanese Zen dictionary of over 150 commonly used terms.

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