INTRODUCTION

University of The West and Nagarjuna Institute of Exact Methods (NIEM) have jointly launched the Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Website for the benefit of the scholastic world.

Our goal is to promote research into the vast Sanskrit Buddhist Canon. The scriptures and treatises which make up this canon encompass thousands of printed pages.

Electronic access to Sanskrit Buddhist texts, with its profound possibilities for enhancing the depth, scope and subtlety of research, has been a desideratum of the field for some time. Clearly, the conversion of canonical Buddhist texts into machine-readable format is an idea whose time has come.

In 2003, the University of the West, Los Angeles, under the generous sponsorship of Most Venerable Master Hsing Yun and guided by the initiative of Prof. Lewis Lancaster, began the Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Project (SBCP). The initial grant, covering the input of 50 Mahayana sutras, was completed in 2004.

Our second phase, in 2005, covers the input of about 100 Shastra titles. The input of Shastras comprising the works of Acarya Nagarjuna, Arya Deva, Asanga, and Vasubandhu has already commenced, and will be completed by the end of 2006-7.

Disclaimer: These e-texts are provided for review, indexing and word search purposes only. These are not a complete fascimile or substitute for the original texts. All copyrights lie with the original copyright holders.

	Note: Please Visit New address of DSBC project for updated text www.uwest.edu/sanskritcanon

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