Jim Blynt's NEH Site

Buddhism:
Synthesis

Tibetan monks creating a sand mandala

Questions to Accompany the Text
The World's Religions by Huston Smith

The Image of the Crossing
The Confluence of Buddhism and Hinduism in India

Reading Selections
from The World's Wisdom
source book, Chapter 2

Grace Notes

Useful Links to Explore:

Cultures and Religions of the Himalayan Region NEH site
Digital Image Archive in Religious Studies (Buddhism)
Buddhism (ReligiousTolerance.org)
Beliefnet (Buddhism)
Sacred Sites: Places of Peace and Power (Asia)
The Rubin Museum of Art (Himalayan Art)
Readings in Theravada Buddhism
Himalayan Art
Dharma Publishing
Wisdom Publications
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
The Dalai Lama
Asian Art

Additional Readings

The Accidental Buddhist by Dinty W. Moore

Buddhism: A Concise Introduction by Houston Smith and Philip Novak

Buddhism by Kevin Trainor, ed.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki