Great world religions. Buddhism

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Title:

Great world religions. Buddhism

Alternate title:

Buddhism

Author:

Eckel, Malcolm David, 1946- author.

Teaching Company.

Series:

Great courses.

Summary:

Twelve lectures delivered by Professor Malcolm David Eckel of Boston University in which he presents a survey of Buddhism from its origins in India to contemporary times in America. The course introduces the vitality and adaptability of Buddhism which has transformed civilizations in Asia and become a lively component of Western culture.

General Note:

Compact disc.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Contents:

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.

Physical Description:

6 sound discs (ca. 360 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (71 p. ; 22 cm.)

Subject Term:

Buddhism.

Added Corporate Author:

Teaching Company.

Publisher:

Teaching Co.,

Publication Date:

2003

ISBN:

9781565857834

9791565857833

Publication Information:

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., p2003.

Call Number:

GC 294.3 ECKEL

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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. And it teaches that in accepting that all life is suffering, bliss can be achieved in this life.