This is a critical, annotated and digitalized edition of the wellknown Song gaoseng zhuan (《宋高僧傳》, SGSZ) from the Song dynansty. All names of place, person, and difficult terms are annotated, meanwhile databases and maps are linked to enhance understanding on event,...

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....

Feature: An integrated online research platform which based on the dataset of CBETA, related reference database and handy research tool. Building on CBETA database, this whole new CBETA Research Platform is an integration of various references and handy research...

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 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...

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...

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...

The late Master Zhiyu (智諭老和尚) was the founder of Seeland Monastery (西蓮淨苑). Birth name Xu Shuming (徐曙明), from Boxing district, Shandong Province (山東省博興縣). He was born on the lunar calendar 12th November, 1924 (the 13th Republic year), and passed away at age 77, on...

With her undertaking as the abbot of Huayen Lotus Society in 1994, Master Hsien-du has been actively involved in the field of education and philanthropy, notably in education which aim to cultivate monastics who specialize in the studies and propagation of Huayen...

With the 70th birthday of Master Sheng Yen fell on the year 1999, Dharma Drum Publishing Corp. thence recompiled and reconstructed The Complete Works of Master Sheng Yen into a new collection of 9 series and 70 volumes. The printed version has been well-received by...

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....

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,...

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...