Great world religions. Buddhism
(DVD)

Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.

Producer/editor, Jaimée M. Aigret ; content supervisor, Maggie Lyons ; director, Tom Dunton.

Twelve lectures of thirty minutes each by Malcolm David Eckel, Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University.

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.

DVD.