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Eastern

A collection of traditional Eastern Philosophical texts, such as Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War,” as well as information about Eastern medicine and religion, meditation, and martial arts.

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Chinese

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Chinese Philosophical Etext Archive
http://sangle.web.wesleyan.edu/etext/
"Electronic versions of Chinese philosophical texts created by the Confucian Etext Project; Electronic versions of Chinese philosophical texts from other sources, to some of which we have made minor improvements; and Information on and links to more information on the preparation and use of these texts."
Essential Readings on Chinese Philosophy
http://faculty.vassar.edu/brvannor/bibliography.html
An extensive bibliography of secondary materials in English on Chinese philosophy. Intended for those people with some "training in philosophy," this list touches on selected popular topics and contains many links to books on Amazon.com.
Hindu Philosophy
http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/F002
Summary of the philosphical framework of the Hindu religion.
History of Philosophy
http://www.friesian.com/history.htm
A large collection of online essays and web resources. Essay topics include Camus, institutional suicide of Chinese Buddhism, and Ayn Rand. The encyclopedia of web resources covers the following areas of Western philosophy: Ancient Greek, Hellenistic, Late Antiquity, Mediaeval, and Modern. The encyclopedia covers the following areas of Eastern Philosophy: Indian, Chinese, and Buddhist.
Indian Philosophy
http://www.philosophy.ru/library/asiatica/indica/edu/02/inde...
A long report covering many areas in the history of Indian philosophy. The report is broken into many subheadings with a nice index.
The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness
http://qi-journal.com/index.asp
Contains information about traditional Chinese Medicine, Taijiquan and internal arts, Qigong and Meditation, Chinese Culture, Chinese Philosophy, and Feng Shui. Provides links to articles from major new sources such as CBS and BBC.
Resources for the Study of East Asian Language and Thought
http://www.hm.tyg.jp/~acmuller/
This Website contains an annotated list of the electronic texts available in East Asian studies and religion. Very well maintained. Also contains a "Dictionary of East Asian Literary (CJK) Terms."
The Taoism Information Page
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism/
This site is a compilation of annotated web resources on the philosophical and religious aspects of Taoism, Chinese Alchemy and Martial Arts. Links to various English translations of the following works are included: The Lao-tzu TaoTeh Ching, The Chuang-tzu, Sun Tzu's The Art of War, and The I Ching.
The World Wide Online Meditation Center
http://www.meditationcenter.com/
This site contains general information on meditation, core meditations on relaxation and stress reduction, and healing meditations using color healing meditation, energy healing meditation, etc. It also provides many links to other meditation-related sites.

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