Texts and Text Collections


Buddhist

    INDIVIDUAL TEXTS
  • Dhammapada
    http://www.edepot.com/religion.html
    Translation into English from Pali by J. Richards.
  • Dhammapada
    http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/khuddaka/dhp/
    Translation into English from Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff).
  • Heart Sutra
    http://cres.anu.edu.au/~mccomas/heartsutra/
    Text in Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, and English translation.
  • Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
    http://www.tbsn.org/english/library/sutras/vimala/vimacont.htm
    Translation into English by Robert A. F. Thurman.

    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
    Now part of the mega-site of the Online Reference Book (or ORB) for Medieval Studies. This useful resource is 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.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/mys/ashgita.htm
    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.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/tantra/texts.htm
    These include Sanskrit and translated texts. Additional ones are available elsewhere on the same site.
  • 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.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/rel/jainism.htm

Jewish

    TEXT COLLECTIONS
  • Judaism
    http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/rel/judaism.htm

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
  • Islam
    http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/rel/islam.htm

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


Anthologies and Comparative Resources


Other than "Great Tradition" Texts

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