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• - Compiled by Ron Epstein, Ph.D.
  
• - Essay on the meaning and translation of "dukkha" and "karma".
  
• - On the website of a university Buddhist study and practise group.
  
• - A Japanese Zen dictionary of over 150 commonly used terms.
  
• - Dictionary of CJK (Chinese-Japanese-Korean) East Asian Buddhist Terms, by Charles Muller.
  
• - An ongoing project involved in compiling Buddhist terminology and translation terms to bridge the Tibetan and English languages. Begun in 1979, it has slowly grown to a database of approx 5 megabytes with 65,000 entries.
  
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• - Essay on how Buddhist terms were translated into Chinese.
  
• - Glossary of Buddhist terms.
  
• - Glossary of Buddhist terms on a site about mysticism in world religions.
  
• - Japanese Zen terms in Japanese kanji and romanji with English explanations.
  
• - An extensive discussion of "dukkha", a central term in Buddhism which is not directly translatable into English.
  
• - Glossary on a site about Chinese Buddhism.
  
• - Pali words used in Buddhism.
  
• - A glossary of Zen as used by the Kwan Um School of Zen.
  
• - Glossary of Shin Buddhist terms, from The Collected Works of Shinran.
  
• - Adapted from the "talk.religion.buddhism" FAQ.
  
• - Definitions of terms used at Zen retreats.
  
• - Definitions of many commonly used Tibetan Buddhist terms.
  
• - Glossary with a focus on Tibetan Buddhism.