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Mysticism

Center for Sacred Sciences - The Core   This page on 'The Core' of mystical traditions is close to my thinking.

Cosmic Harmony    A beautiful and inspiring site on mysticism

Kheper Mysticism Notes   A vast and unconventional site on topics related to spirituality

Mysticism Resources Page   Information on traditional and modern spiritualities

Mysticism Resources by B. Janz   A scholarly site that emphasizes Western mysticism and philosophy

Mysticism in World Religions   Excellent site by Deb Platt with quotations from mystics from around the world

Nonduality Website   A lot of good material on nonduality, but you can get lost here!

Realization.org   An essential web resource for nonduality

What is Enlightenment?   An interesting magazine which interviews many gurus

World Scripture   A comparative anthology of sacred texts


Philosophy

Berkeley Studies   Peter B. Lloyd's website on the philosopher Berkeley.

Course in Consciousness    Heavy duty metaphysical theory by a physicist!

Episteme Links   Philosophy Resources on the Internet

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy   Comprehensive site with alphabetical organization

Radical Academy    Another philosophy resources site

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy   Authoritative and scholarly

Suber's Guide to Philosophy   Comprehensive and useful resource


Indian Studies

Darshana Indian Philosophy Page   Good source on Indian philosophy

Essay on Indian Nondualism   A long essay on nondualism in Indian spiritual traditions

Gokulmuthu's Indian Philosophy and Religion   See especially his Presentation of Indian Philosophy under Essays on Hinduism

Sarva Darshana Samgraha   A scholarly site on Indian philosophies

Tribute to Hinduism   Large, colorful and enjoyable site on Hinduism by someone who obviously loves it.

www.hinduism.co.za   Useful site on Hinduism. Just wish I could find a name for it!


Advaita

Advaita Vedanta Home Page    A scholarly site on Advaita Vedanta

Advaita Vedanta Library   Many key scriptures of Advaita Vedanta

Ashtavakra Gita    A classic on Advaita that is easy to read

Bhagavad Gita, trans. Ramanand Prasad   Perhaps the core scripture of popular Hinduism

Autobiography of a Yogi    Enjoyable and illuminating autobiography of Paramhansa Yogananda

Books and Essays by Ananda Wood   Well-written material on Advaita by a disciple of famous master Krishna Menon

Brahma Sutras by Swami Sivananda    A 'heavy' version of Advaita for the serious-minded

Dennis Waite's Site on Advaita   Dennis is a moderator of the Advaitin List at Yahoo! groups

Divine Life Society   A lot of free literature from an organization founded by Swami Sivananda

Merging with Siva   Beautiful and informative book by the late Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (a mixture of Advaita and Shaivism)

Nisargadatta's I AM THAT   A lucid discussion of Advaita by a modern master

Peace Pilgrim   An endearing 'spontaneous' Advaitin who is not to be missed

Ramana Maharshi Website   The 'official' Ramana website by the Ramana ashram in Tiruvannamalai

Ramana Maharshi and others at ease   Information on many Advaita masters past and present

Shankara's Vivekachudamani   A classic on Advaita that is easy to read

Upanishads, trans. by Sanderson Beck   Good translation with background material

Upanishads, trans. by Swami Nikhilananda   A comprehensive set of Upanishads authoritatively translated

Works of Janaka Stagnaro   This colorful website shows how Ramana Maharshi has affected one American teacher


Buddhism

Access to Insight   Comprehensive site on Pali scriptures of early Buddhism

Boeree's Introduction to Buddhism    Professor George Boeree's notes on Buddhism

Buddha's Light International Association    Contains warm, down-to-earth booklets and articles by beloved Taiwanese master Hsing Yun. See publications.

Buddhanet   A great resource for Buddhism

Chan (Zen) Masters by Art Ticknor   Attractive site with some classic Zen texts

Dhammapada, trans. Sanderson Beck    A popular scripture of early Buddhism

Dharma Life   A Buddhist magazine "devoted to the meeting of Buddhism and the modern world"

Buddhist Studies Digital Library   Many Buddhist resources

Epstein's Resources for the Study of Buddhism   From Professor Ron Epstein of San Francisco State University

Gileht (Middle Way Buddhism)   A site with many texts from the Madhyamika school of Mahayana Buddhism (defunct?)

Latrobe Lecture Notes on Buddhism   Scholarly notes on Buddhism by Dr Peter Friedlander (defunct?)

Perfection of Wisdom in 8000 Lines   A classic Mahayana scripture but not easy to read!

The Lankavatara Sutra   A classic Mahayana scripture that is fairly difficult

ZBOHY   "A virtual temple for the study of Zen"


Taoism

Taoism Information Page   A large selection of scholarly material on Taoism

True Tao  An attractive and varied website with a Britannica Internet Guide award.


Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Christian Classics Ethereal Library    An indispensable source for classics of Christian mysticism

Christian Mysticism by Deb Platt   A good resource for comparing quotations from the different mystics

Inner Explorations   "Where Christian mysticism, theology and metaphysics meet Eastern religions, Jungian psychology and a new sense of the earth"

Jewish Mysticism by Deb Platt   I have barely explored Jewish mysticism, but this is a good place to start.

Meister Eckhart Quotations   Meister Eckhart was a medieval Christian monk with experiences similar to Advaita

Sufi (Islamic) Mysticism by Deb Platt   Most Islamic mysticism is of the Sufi variety, which contains many of the usual nondual themes.


Other

DMOZ Directory    Everyone knows about Google, but check this out too.

Internet-Web Directory    "The internet's fastest growing directory of the best web sites. Fully searchable and updated regularly."

Atomic Shakespeare   Search the complete text of the Qur'an, New Testament, Tanakh, and Upanishads!

Encyclopedia Mythica    An encyclopedia on world mythology

Near Death Experiences   I can't believe that all these stories are lies!

Secular Web   We should carefully consider the views of agnostics and atheists.

Swami Beyondananda   A little friendly humor doesn't hurt

The Benjamin   I am not related to this hotel in New York City, nor could I afford it!