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Great world religions, the Teaching Company ; with Malcolm David Eckel Ph. D

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Great world religions

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the Teaching Company ; with Malcolm David Eckel Ph. D

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Great courses. Religion & Theology. Comparative & World Religion

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

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 idealDisc 1 : 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

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