Feature:

Through digitization, the huge number of Consciousness-Only scriptures will be integrated and organised, and a search system will be constructed to enable rapid data searching and comparison, in addition to database editing functions, which will be more convenient and effective for research and teaching.

About:

The Vijñapti-Mātratā Text Database is jointly implemented by the Chunghwa Institute of Buddhist Studies and the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts. It is a multi-year, long-term project. Starting from the masterpiece of Consciousness-Only thought transmitted by Xuanzang, the Vijñapti-mātratā-siddhi-śāstra, the database was established successively year by year with the Viṃśatikā-vijñapti-mātratā-siddhi, the Triṁśikā-vijñapti-kārikā, the Madhyânta-vibhāga, the Saṃdhi-nirmocana-sūtra, the Mahāyānasaṃgraha and other important Consciousness-Only scriptures in a text comparison database integrating different Chinese translations and Sanskrit and Tibetan texts to enable researchers who study and research of the scriptures of Consciousness-Only, to easily and quickly understand the relationship and differences between the Chinese translations and the Sanskrit and Tibetan texts, and become a digital resource platform for the study of Consciousness-Only studies.

Content:

Depending on the text of this database, the main items and functions are integrated as follows:

1. Schematic outline and comparison between texts.
2. The integration of important commentaries and sub-commentaries.
3. Corresponding characters and terms of various texts.
4. Use of the ( ) and [ ] symbols to insert a folder for auxiliary reading.
5. Sanskrit word analysis (if there is a Sanskrit text).
6. Editorial notes.
7. Schematic outline and text content search engine.
8. Copy and citation.
9. Download image and text in Word format.

Feature:

Full-text search of Sanskrit; Chinese and Tibetan texts; parallel texts; dictionary look-up; schematic outlines; explanations; citation and reproduction.

About:

The Chinese canon of Buddhist scriptures is a cultural heritage that can nourish the spiritual civilization of humanity. Among the many Chinese translations of Buddhist scriptures, the “Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra” records the stages and realms of yogis (practitioners, meditation masters), and is also an encyclopedia for those seeking a refined spiritual life. This project (2000/08/01～2003/07/31) is sponsored by the National Science Council and presided over by Venerable Huimin. It is a three-year research project at the Chunghwa Institute of Buddhist Studies. This consists of the digitization of Buddhist scriptures such as the “Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra” and its outlines, different translations (three sutras and two commentaries), various commentaries, original Sanskrit texts, Tibetan translations and other Buddhist scriptures; and integrating the reference works, explanations, bibliographies, etc., and designing a user interface and other functions.

Content:

This project includes prefatorial commentaries, schematic outlines, Sanskrit-Chinese-Tibetan full-text search, dictionaries, list of references, a canonical “search” function, citation and copying functions, and full-text search functions, etc.

About:

Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA), supported and funded by Yin Shun Foundation of North America, Bodhi Foundation and Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies (currently Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts) , was founded on 15th February 1998. Aiming to provide a digitalised Buddhist electronic text database freely available for greater pro bono purposes. Since Febuary2001, the Seeland Educational Foundation administered the assistance and sponsorship to this project.

Mission:

To provide a digitalised Buddhist electronic text database freely available for greater pro bono purposes. No Commercial Use Allowed.

Base Text:

• Taishō Tripiṭaka (Daizo Shuppan ©), vols. 1-85.
• Shinsan Dainihon Zokuzokyo (Kokushokankokai ©), vols. 1-90.
• Historical Supplements to the Buddhist Canon:
  • Jiaxing Canon (Xinwenfeng edition) vols. 1-40.
  • Fangshan Stone Scriptures, Zhaocheng Jin Canon, Yongle Northern Canon, etc.
• Taipei National Central Library Buddhist Rare Book Collection, (Taiwan National Central Library ©).
• Chinese Translation of the Pāli Canon (Yuan Heng Temple ©) vols. 1-70.
• Contemporary Supplementary Materials:
• Buddhist Texts not contained in the Tripiṭaka (Fang Guang-chang ©) series 1-9.
• Passages concerning Buddhism from the Official Histories (Du Dou-cheng ©).
• Selections of Buddhist Stone Rubbings from the Northern Dynasties (Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica ©).
• Supplement to the Buddhist Canon (Lan Ch’i-fu ©) vols 1-36.
• Proceedings of the Historical Chinese Buddhist Gazetteers (Tu Chieh-hsiang ed.).
• Chinese Buddhist Gazetteers (Chang Chi et al eds.).
• Yin Shun’s Collected Buddhist Works (Yinshun Foundation ©).
• Lü Cheng’s Buddhist Writings (Lu Ying-chung et al ©).

This database has officially obtained the permission to input and publish material from the original copies from their respective copyright owners, Daizo Shuppan, Kokushokankokai, Taipei National Central Library, Yuan Heng Temple, Mr. Fang Guangchang, Mr. Du Doucheng, Mr. Lan Ch’i-fu, the Institute of History and Philology of the Academia Sinica, the Yinshun Foundation, and Mr. Lu Yingzhong, etc., to whom we are especially grateful.

Copyright Notice:

Permission to use this database is limited to individuals and organizations for non profit use. Any commercial use requires the prior written permission of both Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (there after, the Association) and the copyright holders Daizo Shuppansha, Kokusho Kankokai etc. Permission to distribute or otherwise use any material from this database on computer networks, CD-ROM or any other media is granted on condition that its content is not altered and the copyright notice as well as version information is kept intact and visible to the user.

If you encounter error in this material, please report it to the Association. The Association will not be responsible for any harm or damage that might result in the usage of this database. All content, when not mentioned otherwise, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike-2.5 Taiwan (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 TW). All rights for this database are reserved.

Feature:

Fulltext search, comparation of manuscript sources and textual organization.

About:

This project is a collaboration among the late Dr. Toda Hirofumi (戶田宏文), Dr. Hitomo Kenyo (三友健容) of Rissho University, Japan (日本立正大學) and CHIBS (中華佛研所). It was funded by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (蔣經國國際學術交流基金會). With the Chinese edition of Saddharmapuṇḍarīka as the main theme, numerous manuscript sources were compiled, studied along side and thus maintain as a digital database. Meanwhile, textual comparison between Chinese edition, Sanskrit and other editions were performed. Aiming to serve as a tool for research and teaching activities of current scholarship in this global settings of digital era.

Content:

The database comprises of Sanskrit manuscripts and fragments of Saddharmapuṇḍarīka discovered in Nepal,Tibet, Central Asia and Kashmir (Gilgit). With texts from Nepalese manuscripts Archive, Otani (大谷大學) Collection, Stein and Hoernle Collection, Libraries at Cambridge University etc., textual organization were compared and research bibliography was included.

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Feature:

One of the foremost XML digital archives of English translation and multilingual parallel edition of the Chinese Saṃyukta Āgama in text-clusters.

About:

This project is funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (蔣經國國際學術交流基金會) , and led by Prof. Marcus Bingenheimer together with Prof. Aming Tu (杜正民) in DILA. This project has created an XML digital archive which based on the Chinese Saṃyukta Āgama (《別譯雜阿含經》, BZA), while building on the comparative research conducted on the Pāli, Sanskrit fragment and other edition of the BZA. The TEI/ XML source files of the edition are freely available to aid in the effort of modern scholarship.

Content:

• The foremost (partial) English translation edition of the Chinese Saṃyukta Āgama (《別譯雜阿含經》)
• One of the most comprehensive digital archive of multilingual comparative edition of the Chinese Saṃyukta Āgama to date. Text comparison in Chinese, Pāli, Sanskrit, Tibetan and fragments of Uighur digital edition.
• The latest multilingual comparative edition of Chinese Saṃyukta Āgama in charts, based on the work of Chizen Akanuma (赤沼智善) in his “The Comparative Catalogue of Chinese Āgamas and Pāli Nikāyas” 《漢巴四部四阿含互照錄》, further research was conducted to incorporate chinese texts other than the Ahan sutras 《阿含經》, as well as Sanskrit, Tibetan and Uighur editions.

Feature:

Probably the first online digital research archive of material related to the Manchu Buddhist Canon, its canonical images are made downloadable.

About:

The Manchu Buddhist Canon at DILA is one of the only twenty reprints made from the original woodblocks in 2001. We maintain a modest digital archive for the small community of scholars interested in Manchu language and culture, The collection comprises research bibliography, a Canon Catalog in Chinese-Manchu-Tibetan, a Manchu-Chinese-Sanskrit Buddhist glossary and images files of selected texts. (Last updated on 15th September 2008) Project Director: Prof. Marcus Bingenheimer.

Feature:

Compiles the 20 volumes of the New Revised and Enlarged Edition of Chengguan’s Commentary and Sub-Commentary on the Avataṃsaka-sūtra.

Introduction:

The Commentary and Sub-Commentary on the Avataṃsaka-sūtra was written by the fourth patriarch of the Huayan school, National Preceptor Chengguan, in the Zhenyuan era (785-805) of the Tang dynasty. It is based on the Avataṃsaka-sūtra in 80 fascicles and compiles both the commentary and the supplementary with commentary to sub-commentary. It explains the main doctrines of the sutra in terms of the four stages of practice; faith, understanding, practice, and attainment; and with the five circuits of cause and effect to connect the links of cause and effect of the stages of practice among 39 chapters, making the arrangement and contents of the “seven places and nine assemblies” of the sutra easier to understand.

In the early years of the Republic Era, the Compilation and Printing Association compiled the sutra, commentary and sub-commentary, and printed these three texts together as the Extended Commentary and Sub-Commentary on the Avataṃsaka-sūtra.. However, the sutras and commentaries of the texts and notes that cited are, for the most part, not mentioned the sources. The Huayen Lotus Association, in order to facilitate reading and research, as well as to preserve the precious legacy of wisdom of the patriarchs of the Huayan school, has republished this work anew, using modern language, on the occasion of the founding the Huayen Publication Association in August 1995. This version has been edited and annotated by consulting different editions of the canon as well as extra-canonical works, and is presented in modern punctuation and segmentation, with different parts typed in different fonts according to the analytical table of contents, rearranged into the New Revised and Enlarged Edition of Chengguan’s Commentary and Sub-Commentary on the Avataṃsaka-sūtra to enable readers to quickly explore the depths of the Huayan teachings, and in the expectation that this work will be of the greatest help to those students who wish to study the Huayan doctrines.

In order to allow the above material to be preserved and used continuously, modern digital technology has been used to compile the text, images and other data in a digital format, so that the data can be integrated into the digitalized New Revised and Enlarged Edition of Chengguan’s Commentary and Sub-Commentary on the Avataṃsaka-sūtra for the practicability and convenience of researchers.

Text markup:

Uses the international document standard TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) for content markup (XML Markup).

Content:

The features of the webpage interface are as follows:

1. Basic interface functions: Reading mode according to analytical table of contents, by volume, fascicle, page selection function, citation copying, dictionary lookup, punctuation mode, and other functions.
2. Advanced interface functions: analytical table of contents search, text search, report problem, offline download, etc.
3. Annotation functions: links to the Japanese SAT edition of the Taishō Canon and to CBETA.

About:

Building on CBETA database, this whole new CBETA Research Platform is an integration of various references and handy research tools. This project is funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan) for Digital Humanities Projects with a mission to build a “Digital Research Environment”, which tailor to meet the technology needs of specific field of scholars according to their research interest. The ultimate goal is to aid in the effort of Chinese Buddhist text studies and research by building a digital research platform which integrates digital content, research interest and information technology. There are three main functions in this platform, namely “Integrated Text Reader”, “Deep Search” and “Digital Textual Analysis”.

• Integrated Text Reader: A multifunctional interface for text reading. Relevant references and databases are integrated into the platform, where one may get instant clarification and understanding while browsing through the text.
• Deep Search: It is not an ordinary full-text search, but a set of robust tool which enable the visualization and comparison of the embedded differences laid within your search results. It is designed to get a glimpse on the pattern hidden behind the obtained dataset, from the user perspective.
• Digital Textual Analysis: From the statistical analysis perspective, text analytical functions such as word clouds, word frequency, concordance analysis and context search.

Source Data:

• Mainly based on CBETA canonical texts.

Functions:

1. A HTML5-based CBETA Reader Platform (CBETA-RP).
2. A feast of text selection method by category, book volume, catalogue, keywords, author/translator, and by the time of work.
3. An integrated search function: full-text search, dictionary look-up, person & place search (Buddhist Studies Authority Database), lexicon research resources, related search for textual studies (NTU Digital Library & Museum of Buddhist Studies).
4. Actualized and improved multiple functions of CBETA-RP, such as redesigned display of text, copy & cite function, a more complete catalogues dataset and integration of full text data.

Feature：

Chinese Buddhist Temple Gazetteers 《中國佛寺志》is an important historical material for the study of Chinese Buddhism, as it is a compilation of manuscripts and woodblock reprints, some of which are the only copy available in library in each country.

About：

Gazetteers or local histories are a distinct genre of Chinese historiography. They are treasure houses containing topographical descriptions, architectual histories, biographies, poems, records of lineage & tradition, miracle stories, as well as information on geographical settings, local cultures, maps, portraits and much more. Gazetteers are usually written by scholars interested in a specific region, city or temple. Therefore, it was a compilation based on various resources. This project aims not only to tap into this wealth of information in order to deepen our understanding on the history of Chinese Buddhist, but also hopes to contribute minute effort in the preservation and circulation of such indispensable data.