BDK MUGEN Project
- Mr. Toshihide Numata signed with Professor Duncan Williams of University of California, Berkeley
Looking at the wide world of information on Buddhism available via published works and on-line material, in 2008 BDK funded the establishment of the Mugen Project Foundation, an electronic Buddhist text and research initiative, which when completed will allow anyone to browse the database for Buddhist materials available in English or other major languages on the internet. The Foundation is hoping to complete this project in three phases with full implementation targeted for 2018. This project aims to contribute to the further development of Buddhist studies by increasing efficiency in making the identification and collection of research materials much easier.
Based in California and under the direction of Professor Duncan Williams of the University of California, Berkeley, the project is currently working on the first phase which will make available published material on Japanese Buddhism.