East Asian Languages and Cultures
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EALC 2718: Buddhist Traditions in East Asia
This page features resources for the course EALC-2718: Buddhist Traditions in East Asia. You can find more by searching the Library catalogue, or look up databases and journals by title.
Suggested Keywords:
- Buddhism China history
- Buddhism East Asia
- Buddhism Japan history
- Buddhism Korea history
- Mahayana Buddhism
- Zen Buddhism
Scholarly Journals
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Buddhist Studies ReviewPublishes articles on a variety of topics including different cultural areas where Buddhism exists or has existed and historical and contemporary aspects of Buddhism.
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Contemporary BuddhismExamines the historical, doctrinal, literary, social, political, developments that have formed contemporary versions of Buddhism, East and West. In all this Buddhism is predicated as an inhabited and relevant action-influencing worldview.
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The Eastern BuddhistThe Eastern Buddhist carries articles on all aspects of Buddhism as well as English translations of classical Buddhist texts and works by modern Buddhist thinkers.
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Journal of Global BuddhismEstablished to promote the study of the globalization of Buddhism, both historical and contemporary, and its transnational and transcontinental interrelatedness.
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Journal of the International Association of Buddhist StudiesThe journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS), dedicated to promoting and supporting scholarship in Buddhist Studies in a spirit of non-sectarian tolerance and with scientific research and communication as preeminent objectives.
Photos & Films
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Art and Buddhism: A JourneyThis online exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores Buddhist art across Asia.
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China and Japan [1279-1644]This video describes Japan under the Kamakura and Ashikage shogunates and covers the influence of Zen Buddhism in the culture of the period. It also relates Chinese history under the rule of Kublai Khan.
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The Essence of Mahayana BuddhismIn this film, the Dalai Lama summarizes the essence of the Mahayana path as the unified practice of compassion and wisdom, and follows this with practical advice to westerners practicing Dharma and concludes by answering questions from the audience.