Explore the History of Buddhism
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In its 2,500-year history, Buddhism has expanded from a tiny religious community in northern India into a movement that now spans
the globe. Buddhism is your opportunity to trace the history, principles, and evolution of a theology that is both familiar and foreign.
These 24 lectures are a historical survey of Buddhism, from its origin in India in the 6th century B.C.E. to its present status as a major
world religion.
Professor Malcolm David Eckel—winner of the prestigious Met-calf Award for Teaching Excellence—shows you how the widespread and continuing appeal of Buddhism always comes back to
stories of the Buddha and of the ways others have lived their lives
in the attempt to follow his example. Buddhism will introduce you
to the astonishing vitality and adaptability of a tradition that has
transformed civilizations.
This course is one of The Great Courses®, a noncredit, recorded college lecture series from The Teaching Company®. Award-winning
professors of a wide array of subjects in the sciences and the liberal arts have made more than 300 college-level courses that are
available now on our website.
1. What is Buddhism?
2. India at the Time of the Buddha
3. The Doctrine of Reincarnation
4. The Story of the Buddha
5. All Is Suffering
6. The Path to Nirvana
7. The Buddhist Monastic
Community
8. Buddhist Art and Architecture
9. Theravada Buddhism in
Southeast Asia
10. Mahayana Buddhism and the
Bodhisattva Ideal
11. Celestial Buddhas and
Bodhisattvas
12. Emptiness
Buddhism
Taught by Professor Malcolm David Eckel, Boston University
Lecture Titles
13. Buddhist Philosophy
14. Buddhist Tantra
15. The Theory and Practice
of the Mandala
16. The “First Diffusion of the
Dharma” in Tibet
17. The Schools of Tibetan Buddhism
18. The Dalai Lama
19. The Origins of Chinese Buddhism
20. The Classical Period
of Chinese Buddhism
21. The Origins of Japanese
Buddhism
22. Honen, Shinran and Nichiren
23. Zen
24. Buddhism in America
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