Glossary with a focus on Tibetan Buddhism.

Adapted from the "talk.religion.buddhism" FAQ.

Glossary on a site about Chinese Buddhism.

Glossary that covers many Pali words and technical Buddhist terms.

Pali words used in Buddhism.

On the website of a university Buddhist study and practise group.

Japanese Zen terms in Japanese kanji and romanji with English explanations.

Compiled by Ron Epstein, Ph.D.

Essay on how Buddhist terms were translated into Chinese.

An extensive discussion of "dukkha", a central term in Buddhism which is not directly translatable into English.

Definitions of terms used at Zen retreats.

Glossary of Shin Buddhist terms, from The Collected Works of Shinran.

Essay on the meaning and translation of "dukkha" and "karma".

A glossary of Zen as used by the Kwan Um School of Zen.

Definitions of many commonly used Tibetan Buddhist terms.

A Japanese Zen dictionary of over 150 commonly used terms.

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.