| ‧大藏經‧Editions of the Buddhist Canon‧ |
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The Library and Information Center owns one of the most comprehensive collections of canonical literature in the world. More than 50 editions of the Buddhist canon are - wholly or in part - available at our center.
List of Canon Editions
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| ‧法鼓佛教學院西藏文獻微縮單片典藏‧DDBC Microfiche Collection of Tibetan Literature‧ |
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The Tibetan microfiche collection at DDBC comprises the extensive PL480 collection, which includes canonical and extra canonical material, as well as four editions of the Kanjur (Derge, Lhasa, Narthang and Tog Palace) and two of the Tanjur (Derge and Cone).
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| ‧緬甸貝葉寫本‧Bibliotheca Sacra Birmanica in Taipei‧ |
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The Burmese manuscript collection comprises 245 palm-leaf manuscripts containing 458 texts. Of these 446 were identified by Jacqueline Filliozat and Peter Nyunt, who cataloged the collection. Most texts - 127 titles - belong to the Vinaya. Texts related to Suttantapitaka are represented by 66 titles, while 67 texts belong to the Abhidhamma. Next to narrative literature, poetry and historiographical works the collection includes 49 grammars or lexical works.
Catalog
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| ‧滿文大藏經‧The Manchu Buddhist Canon‧ |
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Dharma Drum Buddhist College owns one of only twenty reprints of the Manchu Buddhist Canon. We have prepared a detailed comparative catalog and other resources (glossaries, bibliography and image files) for the study of the Manchu Canon.
Catalog
Research Material
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| ‧觀音文獻特藏‧Guan Yin Archives‧ |
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The Library and Information Center has collected a special archive of material concerning Avalokiteshvara/Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion.
Guanyin-archive Catalog |
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| ‧敦煌特藏‧Dunhuang Special Collection‧ |
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Although our library does not own any original Dunhuang manuscripts, Dunhuang Studies are well represented in our collection and we maintain a special Dunhuang Studies Area on the 2nd floor.
The Dunhuang manuscripts in Chinese are well published and we own complete sets of most available facsimile editions. There is the Dunhuang Baozang 敦煌寶藏 (台北:新文豐, 1981-1986) in 140 vols, the first print edition done from microfilm of the collections in London, Beijing and Paris. During the last twenty years newer and better facsimile editions of the Chinese texts of all major collections have been published and have become the main reference works for scholars who do not have access to the original manuscripts:
國家圖書館藏敦煌遺書. 北京 : 北京圖書館出版社, 2005-. 150 vols.
英藏敦煌文獻 : (漢文佛經以外部份). 成都 :： 四川人民出版社, 1990- 14 vols.
俄羅斯科學院東方硏究所聖彼得堡分所藏敦煌文獻. 上海： 上海古籍 1992-. 17 vols.
法藏敦煌西域文獻. 上海：上海古籍出版社 1994-, 33 vols.
Next to these facsimile editions our library offers a good collection of secondary material, dictionaries and catalogs related to all aspects of Dunhuang Studies. |
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| ‧民國期刊特藏‧Republican Era Buddhist Journals‧ |
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The Minguo fojiao qikan wenxian jicheng 民國佛教期刊文獻集成 and its supplement the Minguo fojiao qikan wenxian jicheng bubian 民國佛教期刊文獻集成．補編 are invaluable sources for the study of Republican Era Buddhism (1912-1949).
We are working on an improved online catalog for this collection. For more information on the history of the collection and how to use it see the Republican Journals website |
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