Get an overview of the history and practice of a highly influential religion in this concise and accurate course taught by an award-winning professor.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Buddhism as a World Religion
- 02: The Life of the Buddha
- 03: "All is Suffering"
- 04: The Path to Nirvana
- 05: The Buddhist Community
- 06: Mahayana Buddhism-the Bodhisattva Ideal
- 07: Celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
- 08: Emptiness
- 09: Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia
- 10: Buddhism in Tibet
- 11: Buddhism in China
- 12: Buddhism in Japan
Taught by
Malcolm David Eckel
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Reviews
4.0 rating, based on 1 Class Central review
3.9 rating at The Great Courses Plus based on 53 ratings
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lot of information but perhaps too zealously expressed. This is not only a professor of the religion but possibly a buddhist or devotee of it.
a bit too much attempts to draw into the actual spirit of the religion for my taste but still well read.
