Great World Religions : Buddhism

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Call Number: DVD 291.75 Ec Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Course Number 6105: 12 lectures (30 minutes/lecture).
lecture 1. Buddhism as a world religion -- lecture 2. The life of the Buddha -- lecture 3. All is suffering -- lecture 4. The path to Nirvana -- lecture 5. The Buddhist community -- lecture 6. Mahayana Buddhism, the bodhisattva ideal -- lecture 7. Celestial Buddhas and bodhisattvas -- lecture 8. Emptiness -- lecture 9. Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia -- lecture 10. Buddhism in Tibet -- lecture 11. Buddhism in China -- lecture 12. Buddhism in Japan.
Lecturer: Malcolm David Eckel, Boston University.
Provides an overview of Buddhism and describes how Buddhism challenges some of the most important Western ideas about God, human life, and the self. Covers the Buddha's life and the development of Buddhism, explains his teachings, or Dharma, and explores the lives of well-known Buddhists such as the Dalai Lama.
DVD, region 1.

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