2014 Summer
Background Browsing
Buddha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha
Good overview
Sacred Texts
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/
Helpful archive
BuddhaNet Library
http://www.buddhanet.net/library.htm
So many texts!
Dhamma
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/
Perhaps the best single introduction on the web, nicely hyper-linked to source texts
Three Basic Facts of Existence: Impermanence, Suffering, Egolessness
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh186-p.html
Key themes and claims
Thich Nhat Hanh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thich_Nhat_Hanh
Overview of a contemporary master-teacher
Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings (of Engaged Buddhism)
http://plumvillage.org/mindfulness-practice/the-14-mindfulness-trainings/
Earlier versions of these teachings go back to Thich Nhat Hanh’s work as a monk in Vietnam
Mara and the Buddha
http://plumvillage.org/transcription/mara-and-the-buddha-embracing-our-suffering/
Seems to express the theme of “Engaged Buddhism”
SEARCH “Thich Nhat Hanh” at YouTube
MLK Nominates Thich Nhat Hanh for 1967 Nobel Peace Prize
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