Great world religions. Buddhism [videorecording] / Malcolm David Eckel.
2003
BQ4012 .E25 2003
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Great world religions. Buddhism [videorecording] / Malcolm David Eckel.
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1565857844
9781565857841
9781565857841
Publication Details
Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, c2003.
Language
English
Description
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (iv, 85 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Call Number
BQ4012 .E25 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
294.3
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PD6105 Teaching Company
Summary
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 all life is suffering, bliss can be achieved in this life. Buddhism's core philosophy that nothing is permanent--all is change--has made it an astonishingly lively and adaptable religion. Buddhism has transformed the civilizations of India and much of Asia, and has now become a vital part of Western culture.
Note
Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
Twelve lectures of thirty minutes each by Malcolm David Eckel, Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University.
Twelve lectures of thirty minutes each by Malcolm David Eckel, Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University.
Credits
Producer/editor, Jaimée M. Aigret ; content supervisor, Maggie Lyons ; director, Tom Dunton.
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DVD.
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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.
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.