While I certainly appreciate you spending time on this website / blog, there is a lot of excellent information on Buddhism that exists on the internet. The purpose of this page is to share some of the websites, podcasts, and YouTube channels I have found and my opinion of them. As I discover new websites I will add them to this page. Happy Reading!
Websites – Here are my favorite Buddhist websites:
Tricycle Foundation – an excellent website, they publish a magazine in addition to their online presence. They require a membership fee to have full access to their website and magazine. The mission of the Tricycle Foundation is to make Buddhist teachings and practices available and to explore their traditional and contemporary expressions. Our work is inspired by the freedom of mind and heart that the Buddha taught is possible.
Buddhistdoor Global – I found this one recently and am really impressed by the content and all it has to offer. Founded in 1995, Buddhistdoor Global (BDG) is an online Buddhist journal providing a diverse range of English-language Buddhist content to the world, centered on the Dharma and dedicated to serving Buddhist communities and helping practitioners navigate their spiritual path.
Secular Buddhist Network – I find this a good place to learn about secular Buddhism and Buddhist practices in general. Contributes to the lessening of human suffering and to human flourishing – both to individual transformation and a fundamental realignment of our planetary priorities. We also seek to decrease the suffering of other sentient beings as well as to promote the flourishing of conditions that sustain life on this planet.
Buddhanet.net – This is a wonderful website with lots of great information on Buddhism and Buddhist studies. BuddhaNet™ is the result of a vision to link up with the growing world-wide culture of people committed to the Buddha’s teachings and lifestyle, as an on-line cyber sangha. In this way, an ancient tradition and the information superhighway will come together to create an electronic meeting place of shared concern and interests.
Tiny Buddha – I really like Tiny Buddha, there is a lot of good information on this site include a Blog, Forums, Quotes, and you can even submit your own blog post that will be shown on their site if approved. They even have a store with books and tee shirts. The books are written by Lori Deschene who is the founder of Tiny Buddha. I haven’t read any of her books yet, but there appears to be some really good stuff here. While there is obviously a commercial intent to this site, it does contain a lot of useful information: Overall it is worth checking out.
DharmaSun – This website is dedicated to Tibetan Buddhism teachings and resources. “This website emerged from the efforts of the Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. Rinpoche’s wish is to make the Buddha’s teachings available to everyone. The teachings found here offer advice on how to live a meaningful life of compassionate wisdom in accordance with the Buddha’s view.” To access some of the information will require you to create an account, but there are some cool videos, which are talks by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and other Buddhist teacher. Overall thumbs up!
Access to Insight – Access to Insight is dedicated to Theravada Buddhism. You will find a great overview of Theravada Buddhism and suttas from the Pali Canon. There is also an Authors section that contains lots of really cool information about authors and contributors to various Buddhist texts. This seemly simple website has a ton of content under the covers and lots of free information. Overall this site is awesome!
Podcasts – I don’t use podcasts very much, but I know for some this is a great way to learn more about the dharma. Here are a few I’ve found:
Ted Meissner’s The Secular Buddhist – https://www.youtube.com/@TheSecularBuddhist/videos
Interviews from the Secular Buddhist Network – https://secularbuddhistnetwork.org/sbn-interviews/
Noah Rasheta’s Secular Buddhism Podcast – https://secularbuddhism.com/podcast-episodes/
John Danvers’ podcast Dharma Roads – https://www.buzzsprout.com/1942523/episodes
A collection of 15 Buddhism Podcasts – https://rephonic.com/lists/buddhism
YouTube – There are a couple of Buddhist YouTube channels that I watch on a frequent basis, including:
Ego Podcast (Buddhism) This is my favorite YouTube channel focused on Buddhism. The narrator is great and most of the teaching is from the Pali Canon and the quality of the videos is very good.
Mind Podcast (Buddhism) Not a huge channel in terms of subscribers, but they have some pretty good longer videos.
Doug’s Dharma Doug’s Dharma is a very good website for understanding a lot of the concepts in Buddhism. Doug is a very accomplished Buddhist and Philosopher. He has published at the time of this writing over 700 videos.