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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html

09 May 2006
5star
Buddhism - The eBook
The Journal of Buddhist Ethics Online Books, JBE, The Pennsylvania State University, US & Goldsmiths University, UK.
Self-description: "Buddhism - The eBook Second Edition [2006] The First Comprehensive E-Text Introduction, By Charles Prebish and Damien Keown. Extensively revised and updated, Buddhism - The eBook, Second Edition is a self contained textbook [ISBN: 0-9747055-3-5, in PDF format - ed.] for an introductory course on Buddhism. Designed for undergraduate level study, it provides everything students and teachers could expect from a printed text and more. There are two main components: 1. Buddhism - The eBook, Second Edition. A text book with extensive links to the Internet 2. Buddhism Online. A website dovetailing with the ebook and providing a range of additional resources for students and teachers.
Summary of Contents: Acknowledgements ; Pronunciation Guide; The Background to Buddhism; Part One: Foundations; 1. Karma and Cosmology; 2. The Buddha; 3. The Dharma; 4. The Buddhist Sangha; Part Two: Development; 1. Buddhism in India; 2. Mahayana; 3. Meditation; Part Three: Buddhism Beyond India; 1. Buddhism in Southeast Asia; 2. Buddhism in East Asia; 3. Buddhism in Tibet; Part Four: Modernity; 1. Buddhism in the Western World; 2. Engaged Buddhism; 3. Buddhist Ethics; 4. Reflections on the Nature and Study of Buddhism; Appendix: Chronology of Buddhist History; The Buddhist Scriptures."
URL http://www.jbeonlinebooks.org/buddhism.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.jbeonlinebooks.org/ [Note: contents of individual ebooks published at the site are not archived].
Link reported by: Charles Prebish (charles.prebish--at--jbeonlinebooks.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: n/a

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