| Edition |
Library edition. |
| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (63, 73 pages ; 22 cm.). |
| Series |
Great Courses, Religion |
|
Great courses (DVD)
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Twenty-four lectures by Malcolm David Eckel, Boston University. |
| Summary |
Examines Buddhism in a series of 24 lectures (30 min. each). |
| Contents |
Disc 1. What is Buddhism? ; India at the time of the Buddha ; The doctrine of reincarnation ; The story of the Buddha ; All is suffering ; The path to Nirvana -- Disc 2. The Buddhist monastic community ; Buddhist art and architecture ; Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia ; Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva ideal ; Celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattvas ; Emptiness -- Disc 3. Buddhist philosophy ; Buddhist Tantra ; The theory and practice of the Mandala ; The "First Diffusion of the Dharma" in Tibet ; The schools of Tibetan Buddhism ; The Dalai Lama -- Disc 4. The origins of Chinese Buddhism ; The classical period of Chinese Buddhism ; The origins of Japanese Buddhism ; Honen, Shinran and Nichiren ; Zen ; Buddhism in America. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Buddhism.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1565855647 |
|
9781565855649 |
| Music No. |
687 Teaching Company |
|
685--686 Teaching Company |
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