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Great World Religions Buddhism

Buddhism challenges some of the most important Western ideas about God, human life, and the self. In Buddhism, there is no single almighty God who created the world. Instead, Buddhism teaches that all of life is suffering, and there is no permanent self. Moreover, it teaches that in accepting that a...

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Corporate Author: Teaching Company
Other Authors: Aigret, Jaimée M., Dunton, Tom, Eckel, Malcolm David, 1946-
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, c2003.
Series:Great courses (DVD). Religion.
Subjects:
Religions.
Buddhism.
Buddhism > Creeds.
Buddhism > Customs and practices.
Buddhism > Doctrines.
Buddhism > Essence, genius, nature.
Buddhism > History.
Buddhism > Origin.
Buddhism > Philosophy.
Buddhism > Sacred books.
Philosophy and religion.
Lectures.
Nonfiction films.
Educational films.
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Table of Contents:
  • Disc 1 : 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.
  • Disc 2 : 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.

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