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Summary Note

Provides an overview of Buddhism and describes how Buddhism challenges some of the most important Western ideas about God, human life, and the self. Covers the Buddha's life and the development of Buddhism, explains his teachings, or Dharma, and explores the lives of well-known Buddhists such as the Dalai Lama.

General Note

Course Number 6105: 12 lectures (30 minutes/lecture).
Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.

Content Note

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 ideal --