{"id":11983,"date":"2024-12-09T14:06:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T19:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?page_id=11983"},"modified":"2025-09-10T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T01:00:04","slug":"online-shin-reading-materials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/online-shin-reading-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddhist News &amp; ARTICLES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Below are links to suggested Buddhist web sites<\/strong> offering articles that explore diverse perspectives on Buddhist teachings, practices, and current events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NEWS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buddhismtoday.com\/chung\/index-eng.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>BUDDHISM TODAY<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> This online magazine provides a multitude of excellent articles dealing with human rights, ethics, environmental and political issues, economics, meditation, management, holy places, science, poetry and general Buddhist teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BUDDHISTDOOR GLOBAL<\/strong> is an online platform offering diverse Buddhist articles, news, and opinions, focusing on contemporary issues, teachings, and culture to inspire and inform practitioners worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ARTICLES<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnzencenter.org\/uploads\/2\/9\/5\/8\/29581455\/tathagatagarbha.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TATHATAGARBHA DOCTRINE<\/strong><\/a>: This short primer summarizes the origins, development, and philosophy of this influential Mahayana Buddhist teaching, which proposes that all beings contain within themselves the inherent virtues and wisdom of a Buddha (aka Buddha-nature).  Over the millenia, it has specifically shaped Chan, Thien, Zen, and Pure Land traditons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philarchive.org\/archive\/ZAPTABv1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TOWARDS A BUDDHIST THEISM<\/strong><\/a>: This pdf article explores the thesis that Buddhism has no God, insofar as it is taken to apply to Buddhism universally, is false. It explores the central Buddhist treatise, <em>The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana<\/em>, through the lense of perfect being theology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/amida\/Downloads\/dBET_Beta_T1666_AwakeningofFaith_2005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>THE AWAKENING OF FAITH IN THE MAHAYANA<\/strong><\/a>: Attributed to the second century C.E. by the Indian scholar, master and literary writer, Asvaghosa, this seminal text offers a comprehensive summary of Mahayana Buddhism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buddhanet.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>BUDDHANET.NET<\/strong><\/a> is a comprehensive online resource for Buddhist education, offering a vast array of articles, e-books, study guides, and multimedia to support practitioners and those exploring the Buddha Dharma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nembutsu.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NEMBUTSU.INFO<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> This Australian web site offers an excellent introduction to Shin Buddhism with a variety of articles from many insighful Western adherents. It covers the nature of Amida and the Pure Land, Shinjin, the Sacred Name (Nembutsu), Mahayana philosophy, Shin&#8217;s history, and views on meditation, and so much more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shindharmanet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>SHIN DHARMA NET:<\/strong><\/a> Affliatated with the late and esteemed Rev. Alfred Bloom, this web site offers a excellent resources, a Shin study course, sutras, documents, poetry, good links and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are links to suggested Buddhist web sites offering articles that explore diverse perspectives on Buddhist teachings, practices, and current events. NEWS BUDDHISM TODAY: This online magazine provides a multitude of excellent articles dealing with human rights, ethics, environmental and political issues, economics, meditation, management, holy places, science, poetry and general Buddhist teachings. 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