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Available
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Publication
Great Courses (2001), 12 hours, 24 lectures, 145 pages
Description
Examines Buddhism in a series of 24 lectures.
User reviews
LibraryThing member CurrerBell
Really excellent, though I would have liked to have seen a session on Korea and one on southeast Asia (with particular reference to Vietnam, considering the importance of Buddhism during the Vietnam War). Do be aware that there's another Great Courses video on Buddhism with the same instructor but
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which is only have the length (12 half-hour sessions rather than the 24 of this course that I'm currently reviewing). You definitely want to get this 24-session video rather than the shorter one, which omits significant amounts of material. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
145 p.; 7.4 inches
Local notes
[1] What is Buddhism? [2] India at the time of the Buddha [3] Doctrine of reincarnation [4] Story of the Buddha [5] All is suffering [6] Path to Nirvana [7] Buddhist monastic community [8] Buddhist art and architecture [9] Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia [10] Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva ideal [11] Celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattvas [12] Emptiness [13] Buddhist philosophy [14] Buddhist Tantra [15] Theory and practice of the Mandala [16] "First Diffusion of the Dharma" in Tibet [17] Schools of Tibetan Buddhism [18] Dalai Lama [19] Origins of Chinese Buddhism [20] Classical period of Chinese Buddhism [21] Origins of Japanese Buddhism [22] Honen, Shinran and Nichiren [23] Zen [24] Buddhism in America