Comprehensive look at a 2500-year-old religion that now spans the globe.

Twenty-four lectures on 12 videodiscs, 6 in each of 2 containers (25 cm.). Course No. 685"--Disc label, pt. 1. Course No. 686"--Disc label, pt. 2.

pt. 1. Lecture 1.What is Buddhism? -- Lecture 2. India at the time of the Buddha -- Lecture 3. The doctrine of reincarnation -- Lecture 4. The story of the Buddha -- Lecture 5. All is suffering -- Lecture 6. The path to Nirvana -- Lecture 7. The Buddhist monastic community -- Lecture 8. Buddhist art and architecture -- Lecture 9. Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia -- Lecture 10. Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva ideal -- Lecture 11. Celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattvas -- Lecture 12. Emptiness. pt. 2. Lecture 13. Buddhist philosophy -- Lecture 14. Buddhist Tantra -- Lecture 15. The theory and practice of the Mandala -- Lecture 16. The "First Diffusion of the Dharma" in Tibet -- Lecture 17. The schools of Tibetan Buddhism -- Lecture 18. The Dalai Lama -- Lecture 19. The origins of Chinese Buddhism -- Lecture 20. The classical period of Chinese Buddhism -- Lecture 21. The origins of Japanese Buddhism -- Lecture 22. Honen, Shinran and Nichiren -- Lecture 23. Zen -- Lecture 24. Buddhism in America.