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*[[Buddhosavaka]] Theravadian, Kammathana Practisioner. I am most concern with accuracy of info on Dhamma: Awakening to the Dhamma over perception based knowledge.
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*[[User:Ph0kin|Ph0kin]] I specialize in Japanese Buddhism, particularly the Pure Land and Shingon schools.
*[[User:Blnguyen|Blnguyen]] ([[User talk:Blnguyen|bananabucket]]) 08:05, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
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*[[User:Michael Campbell|Michael Campbell]] - I take a general interest in the subject.
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*[[User:Gunnerdevil]] I take interest in Buddhism history
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*[[User:Kstigarbha|Kstigarbha]] - I'm Ph.D.Candidate of Buddhism.(specialize in Zen Buddhism) and I'm managing [[:ja:Portal:仏教|Portal Buddhism in Japanese Wikipedia]].
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*[[User:Jet123|Jet123]] - I'm Buddhist
*[[User:Larry_Rosenfeld|Larry Rosenfeld]] - Theravada practice; contributions based on English-translations of Pali texts.
*[[User:Colincbn|Colincbn]]
*[[User:Robert Daoust|Robert Daoust]] - Buddhism and suffering; I am not a Buddhist but I specialize in the subject of [[suffering]].
*[[User:Peter jackson]] mainly Pali
*[[USer:Sacca]]
*[[User:Poppyling | Poppyling]] - MA - Buddhist Studies
*[[User:Orgyen108|Orgyen 1108]]
*[[User:Arundhati_lejeune|Arundhati Lejeune]]
*[[User:Warlordjohncarter|John Carter]] 18:12, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
*[[User:Bdandy | Brian Dandy]] Australian Buddhist with interest in Sri Lankan Buddhism
*[[User:Arrow740|Arrow740]]
*[[User:Greenwood1010|Greenwood1010]] A member of [[Risshō Kōsei Kai]] sect
*[[User:Jamesmyoe|James Myoe]] I follow Shingonshu, and am mostly interested in Shingon-shu,Kegon-shu Buddhism, Tendai-shu and mikkyô related pages.
* ([[User:Mind meal|Mind meal]] ([[User talk:Mind meal|talk]]) 10:46, 6 December 2007 (UTC)) Zen Buddhist who enjoys research.
*[[User:Golgofrinchian|Golgofrinchian]] Member of Rochester Zen Center and mostly updating that school's wikipedia presence.
*[[User:Geronimo20|Geronimo20]]
*[[User:Trulystand700|Trulystand700]] I am a Buhuddist.
*[[User:Mizu onna sango15|Mizu onna sango15]] I am a Buddhist mostly specializing in Mahayana, Pure Land and Zen Buddhism.
*[[User:Vinodh.vinodh|Vinodh]]<sup>[http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D:Vinodh.vinodh Ta wiki Userpage]</sup> I have started [http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8C%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D Wikiproject Buddhism] in [[Tamil Language]] and I mostly Translate the en wiki Pages to ta wiki. Looking Forward to participate in the Main Project too.
*[[User:Zenwhat|Zenwhat]], particularly Zen and Vipassana
* [[User:Writtenonsand|Writtenonsand]] ([[User talk:Writtenonsand|talk]]) 19:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
*[[User:Bardock the Mexican|Bardock the Mexican]]
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===Requested articles===
Please add articles you would like others to create at:<br>
* [[Buddhism]] provides an overview of the topic, with short descriptions of all the major subtopics.
* [[Buddhist terms and concepts]] is a rough glossary of terms, needing considerable work to bring it up to date.
* [[Timeline of Buddhism]] collects events in Buddhist history
* [[List of Buddhists]] lists all people notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia who happen to be Buddhist
* [[Buddhist texts]] discusses Buddhist texts, divided by tradition...
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Recentchangeslinked&target=User:Kukkurovaca/BuddhismHot&days=7&limit=50&hideminor=1 Recent non-minor changes to Buddhism-related pages]
* [[Schools of Buddhism]] gives a tree of Buddhist sects
* [[cultural elements of Buddhism]]
* [[Buddhism regions]]
===Categories===
We have the following categories currently:
* [[:Category:Buddhism]]
**[[:Category:Branches of Buddhism]]
**[[:Category:Buddhist philosophers]]
**[[:Category:Buddhist mythology]]
**[[:Category:Buddhist temples]]
**[[:Category:Buddhist texts]]
***[[:Category:Tripitaka]]
We clearly need more. Possibly we need subcats for "Branches of Buddhism," but I've avoided making such so far because of the ensuing fracas that would doubtless cause. "Perfection of Wisdom Sutras" might be useful, and there may be other subcats of texts. Buddhist mythology is currently empty...surely there's some material that could be classified as Buddhist mythology, like "Supernatural Beings in Buddhism," or "Non-Humans in Buddhism", or whatever the hell we finally went with at the main [[Buddhism]] page.
We also need a general "Buddhists" or "People in Buddhism" category for everyday non-philosophers (Philosophers can then be subcatted to this), and a subcat for Buddhist clergymen and women.
Also, I'm working on [[:Category:Buddhist philosophical concepts]], unless someone has an objection to that wording.
:I think Buddhist mythology is a bit of a contradiction in terms; a myth seems to refer to something quite doubtful, unproven, whereas the general idea in Buddhism is that things should be 'proven' or at least experienced by a (clairvoyant) practitioner.
:Similarly, super-natural is also a contradiction in terms; how do you classify something as super-natural, whereas all these kinds of beings mentioned in Buddhism are considered 'natural'?
:The problem is that western concepts like myths and super-natural don't quite work in Buddhism. "Non-Humans in Buddhism" could be an acceptable title summarizing the various beings though.
:Trying to make sucats within Buddhist texts may be quite a bit more complicatd job then you think, as there are thousands and thousands of texts...
:To my knowledge there are some (boring) pages like "Buddhists", lists which can be extended endlessly.... [[User:Rudyh01|rudy]] 00:21, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
== Article Construction==
''Discuss the format for each article based on the WikiProject. Include various categories applicable to the topic.''
We should probably discuss article types, which may have different parameters. Example types might be:
===Texts===
Articles on texts should include:
* Authorship, if known. If the supposed authorship of a text is not established by scholarship, list it as an ''attribution'': "The text is attributed to such-and-such."
* Date
* Place of origin (if known)
* A rough overview of the contents of the text
* Separate sections for particularly important ideas in the text. Alternatively, short descriptions and links to articles on said ideas.
* Whatever caveats regarding disputes over readings of the text, etc.
* Associated sect(s) (Indicate, where appropriate, whether the text originated within the sect or was adopted by it after the fact.)
* A table of translations, like this one:
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
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|+ '''Mulamadhyakakarika'''
|-
! Author
! Title
! Publisher
! Date
! Notes
|-
| Garfield, Jay L.
| ''The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way''<br>
| Oxford University Press
| 1995
| A translation of the Tibetan version together with commentary.
|-
| Inada, Kenneth K.
| ''Nagarjuna: A Translation of his Mulamadhyamakakarika With an Introductory Essay''
| The Hokuseido Press
| 1970
| Romanized text and translation.
|-
| Kalupahana, David J.
| ''Nagarjuna: The Philosophy of the Middle Way''
| State University of New York Press
| 1986
| Romanized text, translation, and commentary.
|-
| McCagney, N.
| ''Nagarjuna and the Philosophy of Openness''
| Rowman & Littlefield
| 1997
| Romanized text, translation and philosophical analysis.
|-
| Sprung, M.
| ''Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way''
| RKP
| 1979
| Partial translation of the verses together with [[Chandrakirti|Chandrakirti's]] commentary.
|-
| Streng, Frederick
| ''Emptiness: A Study in Religious Meaning''
| Abdingdon Press
| 1967
| Translation and considerable analysis.
|-
| Thurman, Robert
| ''Wisdom: The Fundamental Stanzas on the Middle Way''
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| draft
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|-
|}
|}
* A "See also" section for internal links.
* An "External links" section for articles about the text, electronic versions of the text. (Separate sections for this?)
===People===
====Monastic Article Naming Conventions?====
I recently created and edited some articles about [[Thai Forest Tradition]] [[Category:Theravada Buddhist monks|Theravadin Buddhist monastics]]. And [[User:Nat_Krause]] was kind enough to clean up behind me a bit (redundant cats and redir [[Ayya Tataaloka Bhikkhuni]]=> [[Tataaloka]] after rm a title). I didn't realize that honorific titles are not used when naming an article about a monastic until I looked up [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (names and titles)#Clerical names]]. I had followed the naming of the many other articles on Theravadin monastics... which were mis-named. To prevent future confusion and re-work, I'd like to propose that we:
#Create and post article naming conventions for Buddhist monastics (I see that Tibetan titles have been discussed)
#Post the conventions on the [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (names and titles)]] page.
#Clean up the existing [[Category:Theravada Buddhist monks|Theravadin Buddhist monastics]] monastic article titles (e.g.: [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]]) to be consistent with <s>Nat's edit</s> the convention we choose. --- [[User:Deeb|Deebki]] 09:32, 30 August 2006 (UTC) (strikeout done 21:46, 23 September 2006 (UTC) [[User:Deeb|Deebki]])
'''Naming WITH Titles for Now: '''Following a discussion amongst several editors, the [[Thai Forest Tradition]] articles were named WITH the titles (e.g.: [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]] and [[Ayya Tathaaloka]]). It was decided that not using titles was simply insulting and culturally inpappropriate. For now, that is the convention our small group will use. I would like that to be consistent with other editors. Anyone interested in helping us shape a convention, perhaps for specific traditions (to remain culturally appropriate)? --[[User:Deeb|Deebki]] 21:53, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
:I note that [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (names and titles)#Clerical names]] seems to be based on Western Clergy. I'm trying to work out how to deal with the names of [[Tulku]]s. It could be seen as POV to give each incarnation a separate article - but a separate article and a succession box seems to be the sanest way of doing it. No-one knows them by their birth names - I think only the clerical name with a number will work. [[User:Secretlondon|Secretlondon]] 22:43, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
===Ideas===
For concepts, special terms, and doctrines (e.g., "nirvāṇa"):
* Ideally, the name of the article should correspond to the primary version of the term (i.e., [[anatta]] for anātman]]), with redirects sending commonly used alternatives the page.
* The first paragraph should name the term, provide variants in different languages, identify in what sect or sects it has currency, and briefly describe it.
** But: What should the format for specifying languages be?
*** Anatta (Pāli; Sanskrit: anātman) is a doctrine yadda yadda...
*** But one could also use abbreviations: "Anatta (Pāl. (or whatever the real abbreviation for Pāli is; Skt: anātman) is a doctrine yadda yadda..."
*** or even link off-page to a glossary (most likely [[Buddhist terms and concepts]]) that stores the language information.
*** Also, once the various terms have been defined, is it still necessary to use whatever the canonical term, or can they be regarded as interchangeable?
* Following sections should include information like:
** A fuller description of the idea
** Its relation to previous ideas in and out of Buddhism. (e.g., "The doctrine of anātman is a rejection of the concept of the ātman, 'self,' or 'soul,' that is vital in several mainstream Indian philosophies. It also has implications that challenge the concept of Braḥman or Paramātman (as Braḥman), which are essential to Indian monism.")
** Disputes or schisms involving the idea
** Connections to common user practices
** Discussions of important texts for understanding the idea
** Quotes (preferably with full attribution)
** See also
** External links
===Formatting===
====Transliteration====
*[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Dharmic)]]
Transliterated terms from Sanskrit and Pāli should take advantage of [[Unicode]] diacritics; for example, "Nirvāṇa". These may be input either directly into the edit menu, as Unicode text, or as HTML character references such as '''&#257;'''. A list of relevant characters is currently available at [[IAST]]. Several [[User:Kukkurovaca/BuddhistShortcuts|template-based shortcuts]] also exist for transliterations, but these are strongly deprecated.
Transliterations from Chinese should be in [[Pinyin]], not [[Wade-Giles]].
Of related concern: how to express terms in origin language. (I.e., is it "Skt" or "Sanskrit", etc.)? Priority of languages? (See [[Talk:Buddhism]])
====Terminology====
We aim to build up a coherent and inclusive list of Buddhist terms at [[Buddhist terms and concepts]], but that may be a while yet. In the mean time, there are certain tricky words or clusters of words about which we may need some degree of standardization. For example
*Buddhism is a (blank)
**Some concern has been raised that Buddhism should not be called "a faith"; this seems reasonable. But Buddhism is probably not a "philosophy" either. "Religion" seems the safest term...right?
*[[Relics of Sariputra and Mahamoggallana]] - 2 April 2007.
*[[Rewalsar (town)]] - 4 September 2006.
*[[Shambala (song)]] - 7 January 2007.
*[[Shenxiu]] - 18 March 2007.
*[[Somapura Mahavihara]] - 12 August 2007.
*[[Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters]] - 26 March 2007.
*[[Tetsugen]] - 7 November 2006.
*[[Thich Quang Duc]] - 20 August 2007.
*[[Thich Tri Quang]] - 30 May 2007.
*[[Tori Busshi]] - 8 November 2006.
*[[Vihara (monastery)]] - 22 March 2007.
*[[Xa Loi Pagoda raids]] - 23 August 2007.
*[[Yasa]] - 14 April 2007.
*[[Youguo Temple]] - 6 September 2007.
*[[Yueh Hai Ching Temple]] - 17 April 2006.
*[[Zayat]] - 7 June 2006.
==Formerly recognized content==
===Former featured articles===
*[[Buddhism]]
*[[Buddhist art]]
*[[End times]]
*[[Greco-Buddhism]]
*[[Uma Thurman]]
===Former good articles===
*[[Chinese New Year]]
*[[Kalachakra]]
*[[Shentong]]
*[[Tibetan Buddhist canon]]
==[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team]] release version selections==
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*[[Angkor Wat]]
*[[Buddha]]
*[[Buddhism]]
*[[Buddhist art]]
*[[Gautama Buddha]]
*[[Greco-Buddhism]]
*[[History of Buddhism]]
*[[Jack Kerouac]]
*[[Kabul]]
*[[Mahayana]]
*[[Matsuo Bashō]]
*[[Michael Everson]]
*[[Soul]]
*[[Swastika]]
*[[Tenzing Norgay]]
*[[Theravada]]
*[[Tiger Woods]]
*[[Vajrayana]]
==Bounties==
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==Awards==
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== Discussion ==
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== Templates for Articles ==
...Forthcoming, hopefully/
===Proposal for Infobox:Buddhist teachers===
I'd like to propose that an Info box be created for Buddhist teachers, similar to the [[Template:Infobox Pope]] - see [[Wikipedia:List of infoboxes/Society]] scroll down to Religious leaders for the proposed color scheme. What items should be included?
**Infobox content
:::Name
:::Image
:::Birth name
:::Birth Date
:::Birth place
:::Death date
:::Death place
:::Quote
:::Titles
:::School
:::Lineage
:::Order
Are those the right things? What else, or what instead? It could automatically link to other pages or categories, but for now, that coding isn't something I know how to do.
Thanks for considering this idea and for your input! [[User:Nightngle|Nightngle]] 14:11, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
:Can you give some examples of the sorts of things that you expect would go under "school", "lineage", and "order"?—[[User:Nat Krause|Nat Krause]]<sup>([[User talk:Nat Krause|Talk!]])</sup> 04:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
::[[Nhat Hanh|Thich Nhat Hanh]], for example would be: school = Lâm Tế Dhyana/Zen (42nd generation), lineage = Liễu Quán (8th generation), and order = Order of Interbeing. [[Tenzin Gyatso|His Holiness the Dalai Lama]] would be: school - Vajrayana (Tibetan), lineage - Gelugpa. That kind of thing. While this makes sense to me, are these the right words to organize a teacher's background/credentials for the different schools? There are a number of Buddhist teachers with articles on Wikipedia, so an appropriate info box seems to be a good idea. [[User:Nightngle|Nightngle]] 19:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
:::I'm not sure whether most Buddhist teachers would have a value for each of cshool/lineage/order. Also, the distinctions are potentially fuzzy. For instance, is Rinzai a school or an order? What about Soto? However, these problems probably aren't deal breakers, and I haven't thought of a better wording.—[[User:Nat Krause|Nat Krause]]<sup>([[User talk:Nat Krause|Talk!]])</sup> 03:36, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
::::Thanks for the input Nat - I'm trying to think of better terminology as well. I think that the distinctions do apply to all Buddhist teachers, but perhaps examples would help with the right category names. Even though I'm using "Zen" as a school in the example I made for TNH, maybe Mahyana, Thervadin, and Vajrayana are actually the schools, since these the the big three when folks talk about the "schools of Buddhism". Then the "denomination" (clearly not the right term!) within the big three are Zen, Pure Land, Gelugpa, etc.; then a breakdown of the types of practice within those "denominations". [[User:Nightngle|Nightngle]] 22:09, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
::::I've been doing some reading of Buddhism 101 type articles, etc. It seems that the terms are far from standard with "the three major schools/branches of Buddhism" being common, but then it seems that other distinctions are either called "school" as well, or "sect" - not acceptable for this purpose, given the rather derogatory connoation. I'll keep looking... [[User:Nightngle|Nightngle]] 14:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
I gave creating this template a shot (it's my first!) [[Template:Infobox Buddhist teacher]] - see what you think, and to see it in action, check out [[Nhat Hanh|Thich Nhat Hanh]]s article. Please let me know if changes should be made. [[User:Nightngle|Nightngle]] 02:48, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
===Some general examples:===
* [[Buddhism]]
===Specific features and issues===
* [[Zen]] has an internal glossary. Should this feature be spread to other articles, or should there be a central glossary, or both?
* [[Nagarjuna]] and [[Prajnaparamita]] feature tables comparing translations of texts. Does this feature seem sufficently valuable for us to make a standard of it?
* [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/ Pāli Text Society Dictionary] (Commonly and delightfully abbreviated "PTSD", or more commonly "PED")
* [http://www.aczone.com/itrans/ Online interface to itrans]. Choose "roman" for your language, and "html" for your output.
* For Windows users who deal in devanagari and/or romanization on a regular basis, try [http://www.omkarananda-ashram.org/Sanskrit/itranslator2003.htm Itranslator]
* the [http://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_names/dic_idx.html Pali Dictionary of Proper Names] is in the Public Domain (can be copied into Wikipedia) and has a lot of usefull material on the people and places that were around at the time of Buddha (according to Pali tradition).
==To-do==
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WikiProject Buddhism is a group of people dedicated to improving Buddhism-related contents in Wikipedia. This page contains only suggestions: things to give you focus and to get you going and you should not feel obligated in the least to follow them.
February 23, 2010: Hi everyone, I am proposing the development of a strategic policy regarding the authorship and maintenance of Buddhism pages, especially concerned with reducing the amount of time spent in long drawn out disagreements. How about contributing your thoughts? (20040302 (talk))
Farang Rak Tham It wasn't written. I just made the suggestion that we develop one. I am really not sure that it would work anyway :-D (20040302 (talk))
20040302, still a good idea to revive this wikiproject a bit. I've noticed the Thai wikiproject is a lot more active than this wikiproject. We could start by activating the wikiproject's talk page and continue this dicussion over there.--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 12:46, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
December 23, 2008: Hi everyone. I have implemented Turnkey presentation of WikiProject page (more details on the talk page). While this may not be perfectly done as yet, I hope it will encourage more efficient WikiProject operation in the future! All information that previously appeared on this page is archived at this page; much should probably be integrated here. Please help to make the operations of this project as smooth and efficient as possible! /Ninly (talk)
The project's encyclopedic articles page contains a listing of articles which can be found in reference sources on the topic of Buddhism, and can serve as a reasonable indicator as to what content regarding the topic wikipedia does and does not yet have.
・Dhatu (Buddhism) - It's mentioned by the Buddha in the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra with no clear definition. Skandha has an section mentioning the Dhatus but not in the Buddha's context from the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra.
The following templates can be used on pages in Wikipedia to associate them with the Buddhism WikiProject. Click on a template's title to see a sample of what it produces when included on a page. For a full list of Buddhism templates see the main template page.
Contributors can also put the {{User WikiProject Buddhism}} userbox on their user page to show that they are members of this project. Placing the userbox on your user page will place you in Category:WikiProject Buddhism participants. You can alternatively place [[Category:WikiProject Buddhism participants]] on your user page to place yourself in the category.
Cermus 5 July 2011. I studied Buddhism from an academic standpoint in college, primarily Tibetan and Nichiren. I still keep up on it and can help contribute to various pages in the project.
Balaji Ramasubramanian I am an engineer and an enthusiast of Theravada Buddhism. I practice Buddhist meditation and have a lot of interest in philosophy, psychology and physics.
Dienekles (talk) My first complete article: Madyamika Tibetan Buddhism, Gelug, Mahamudra, Madhyamika (Svatantrika-Prasaṅgika), and Japanese Zen. I'm happy to help in regards to any of these subjects!
IM3847 - I'm working on a design related to Buddhism, which will help me to work on Wikipedia simultaneously.
Invokingvajras - Practicing Buddhist with B.A. in Religious Studies and Japanese. Studied abroad at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan and Fo Guang Shan Monastery in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
KashKarti - Mainly focused on Indian Mahayana and late South Asian Buddhism
Kester ratcliff (talk) - ex-monk of six years and now lay academic, specialising in early Buddhism, critiquing later developments especially Theravada tradition, Vinaya studies, and history of the early sectarian period
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