Buddhism
By: Malcolm David Eckel
Contributors: Teaching Company
Series: Great courses on tape; Great courses (DVD)
Publisher: Teaching Co.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chantilly, Va
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9781565855649
Subjects: Buddhism
Description: Examines Buddhism in a series of 24 lectures (30 min. each).
Notes: "Course No. 687"

24 lectures (30 minutes/lecture).

Accompanying guides include biographical information, lecture notes and outlines, timelines, glossaries, and bibliographical references.

Lecturer: Malcolm David Eckel.

DVD, region 1.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Disc 1. Lectures 1-6.; title: What is Buddhism? --; title: India at the time of the Buddha --; title: Doctrine of reincarnation --; title: Story of the Buddha --; title: All is suffering --; title: Path to Nirvana -- -- Pt. 1. Disc 2. Lectures 7-12.; title: Buddhist monastic community --; title: Buddhist art and architecture --; title: Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia --; title: Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva ideal --; title: Celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattvas --; title: Emptiness -- -- Pt. 2. Disc 3. Lectures 13-18.; title: Buddhist philosophy --; title: Buddhist Tantra --; title: Theory and practice of the Mandala --; title: "First Diffusion of the Dharma" in Tibet --; title: Schools of Tibetan Buddhism --; title: Dalai Lama -- -- Pt. 2. Disc 4. Lectures 19-24.; title: Origins of Chinese Buddhism --; title: Classical period of Chinese Buddhism --; title: Origins of Japanese Buddhism --; title: Honen, Shinran and Nichiren --; title: Zen --; title: Buddhism in America.