Ryukoku University Homepage (English) - Ryukoku University was founded as a boarding school in 1639 by the Hongwanji Buddhist denomination. Today the university has seven faculties, a Junior College and six graduate schools, distributed among two campuses in the city of Kyoto and one in nearby Shiga Prefecture. Among the approximately 18,000 students there are about 250 foreign students from many countries around the world. IABC (International Association of Buddhist Culture) - International Association of Buddhist Culture - News, Activities and Publications Buddhist Association of the United States - Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Organization. Buddhist Churches of Canada - Official site of the Buddhist Churches of Canada Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism, Dharma for the Modern Age - The Nembutsu is Shakyamuni Buddha's teaching of Liberation from Samsara through refuge in Amida Buddha in the Age of Declining Dharma. Institute of Buddhist Studies - IBS offers a systematic educational program specializing in Contemporary Shin Buddhist Studies and culminating in a fully accredited Master of Arts degree which is jointly administered with the GTU. On-Line Reading Room Available. Amitabha Pureland Web - Site by an Australian group. Site has introduction to Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism, buddha name recitation, extracts from Pure Land sutras and quotes. Details of Associations in Australia and worldwide learning centers. What is Buddhism - Teachings of Chin Kung, Hwa Dzan Pure Land Learning Center, Taiwan. Large list of discourses. The True Pure Land School - Resources on Jodo-Shinshu, by Rev. Jerome Ducor. Pure Land Buddhism WWW Virtual Library - The Internet Guide to Pure Land (Jingtu, Jodo, Shinshu) Online Resources. Introduction to Pureland - By J.C. Cleary. Reprinted from Pure Land Pure Mind Published by the Sutra Translation Committee of the U.S. and Canada. The Ultimacy of Jodo Shinshu: Shinran's Response to Tendai - By Alfred Bloom as published in The Pure Land. Dragon's Gate Temple - Buddhism for the Buddhist who doesn't have access to a local Temple.