Book chapter
Buddhism in the Digital World
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism, pp.505-522
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
02/28/2014
DOI: 10.1002/9781118610398.ch25
Abstract
Many aspects of both the study and practice of Buddhism have been deeply influenced by the availability of digital resources. This chapter provides an overview of Buddhism in the digital world as it is relevant to three different audiences: (i) those with a non‐committal interest in Buddhism seeking information about the religion; (ii) practitioners of various East Asian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions; and (iii) scholars of Buddhism and others with an academic interest in various areas of Buddhist studies. The Internet has made it quite easy for alternative and dissenting voices to make themselves widely heard, and the orthodox center is pretty much powerless to stop them. Currently, there are literally millions of freely accessible websites in English offering various kinds of information about Buddhism. A great number of Buddhist texts translated into English are available in digital form, and most of them can be freely downloaded from various websites.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Buddhism in the Digital World
- Creators
- Morten Schlütter
- Contributors
- Mario Poceski (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism, pp.505-522
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781118610398.ch25
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; Oxford, UK
- Number of pages
- 18
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/28/2014
- Academic Unit
- Classics and Religious Studies; International Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9984397949502771
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