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Pathfinder - Buddhism

Scope Note and definition :

Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of reality. Buddhist practices like meditation are means of changing yourself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom. The experience developed within the Buddhist tradition over thousands of years has created an incomparable resource for all those who wish to follow a path — a path which ultimately culminates in Enlightenment or Buddhahood. An enlightened being sees the nature of reality absolutely clearly, just as it is, and lives fully and naturally in accordance with that vision. This is the goal of the Buddhist spiritual life, representing the end of suffering for anyone who attains it.

Because Buddhism does not include the idea of worshipping a creator god, some people do not see it as a religion in the normal, Western sense. The basic tenets of Buddhist teaching are straightforward and practical: nothing is fixed or permanent; actions have consequences; change is possible. So Buddhism addresses itself to all people irrespective of race, nationality, caste, sexuality, or gender. It teaches practical methods which enable people to realise and use its teachings in order to transform their experience, to be fully responsible for their lives.
[Quoted from: http://thebuddhistcentre.com/text/what-buddhism]

Used For:

  • Buddha and Buddhism
  • Lamaism
  • Ris-med

Broader term:

  • Religions

Narrower terms:

  • Buddhist fundamentalism
  • Caodaism
  • Civilization, Buddhist
  • Communism and Buddhism
  • Dharma (Buddhism)
  • Fasting (Buddhism)
  • Gods, Buddhist
  • Hinayana Buddhism
  • Mahayana Buddhism
  • Miracles (Buddhism)
  • Monasteries, Buddhist
  • Monasticism and religious orders, Buddhist
  • Ordination (Buddhism)
  • Pali literature
  • Priests, Buddhist - Lineage
  • Pure Land Buddhism
  • Revelation (Buddhism)
  • Sociology, Buddhist
  • Stupas
  • Tantric Buddhism
  • Temples, Buddhist
  • Theravada Buddhism
  • Triratna (Buddhism)
  • Vows (Buddhism)
  • Women in Buddhism
  • Zen Buddhism

BOOKS

Reference sources located at the Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor:
Texts located at the Circulation Section, 3rd floor:

Texts located at the Special Collections:
Abueg Collection (Efren R. Abueg), Archives Section, 4th floor:
Bautista Collection (Cirilo F. Bautista),  Archives Section, 4th floor:
Calderon Collection (Aurelio B. Calderon), Archives Section, 4th floor:
Donato Collection (Bro. Donato), Archives Section, 4th floor:
Foronda Collection (Marcelino A. Foronda), Archives Section, 4th floor:
 Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC, Archives Section, Ground floor:
Quito Collection (Emerita S. Quito), Archives Section, 4th floor:
Santos Collection (Bienvenido N. Santos),  Archives Section, 4th floor:
 Sotto Collection (Agustin Sotto), Archives Section, 4th floor:
Texts located at the Filipiniana Section, 4th floor:
Tañada Collection (Lorenzo M. Tañada), Archives Section, Ground floor:
Texts located at the AGH Law Library, 2nd floor, Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall:
Texts located at the Br. Benedict Learning Resource Center, 18th floor, Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall:

PERIODICALS
PRINT

Periodicals Section, 2nd floor:

ELECTRONIC

EBSCO Host
http://search.ebscohost.com
Contemporary Buddhism
Hinduism today
Journal of global buddhism
Studies in central and east Asian religions : journal of the Seminar for Buddhist Studies, Copenhagen and Aarhus
JSTOR
http://www.jstor.org
American Anthropologist
The China Quarterly
Daedalus
Ethnology
Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Journal of the American Oriental Society
The Journal of Asian Studies
Journal of the History of Ideas
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Man, New Series
Modern Asian Studies
Monumenta Nipponica
Sociological Analysis
T'oung Pao
World Archaeology

ARTICLES
(Periodicals Section, 2nd floor)

(Filipiniana Section, 4th floor)

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
(Archives Section, 4th floor)

VERTICAL FILES
(Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor)

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS
(System Services, 2nd floor)

(BBLRC, 18th floor, Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall)

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

LOCAL
(Archives Section, 4th floor)

FOREIGN
Proquest Digital Dissertations
http://www.umi.com/pqdauto

INTERNET WEBSITES
(Cafe@the library, Ground floor; Computer Workstations, 2nd and 3rd floors)

BBC - Religions - Buddhism
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/
The site provides information on beliefs, ethics, customs, history, holy days, people and subdivisions relating to Buddhism.
[Retrieved: August 22, 2011]

Buddhist temples
http://www.buddhist-temples.com/index.html
The site contains information on the history of Buddhism, Buddhism as religion, Buddhism facts, schools of Buddhism and Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India.
[Retrieved: August 22, 2011]

Buddhist tourism
http://www.buddhist-tourism.com/
"Buddhist tourism offers a platform wherefrom people can collect every possible information about Buddhism and Buddhist world. For those who are completely new to the religion, it offers information on how Buddhism took birth and what are its principle teachings. For those who already know a little bit about the religion, there are further information that delve deep into different aspects of the religion. There are also information on Buddhist festival, Buddhist events, Buddhist attractions– countries, cities, temples, monasteries, monuments and sites and latest news from Buddhist world."
[Retrieved: August 22, 2011]

Internet sacred text archives - Buddhism
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/
"This site strives to produce the best possible transcriptions of public domain texts on the subject of religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric. The texts are posted for free access on the Internet."
[Retrieved: August 22, 2011]

View on Buddhism
http://viewonbuddhism.org/index.html
The website shares some basic information on the philosophy, practice and history of Buddhism.
[Retrieved: August 22, 2011]


Should you have comments or suggestions on this pathfinders, please call us at these telephone numbers, 536-0244, 524-4611 local 620 or email us through “Ask LORA”.

Compiled by: Ms. Yolanda F. Odsinada/Mr. Harold T. Franco
Date: October 2011