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David Eckel: Buddhism 23-24 of 24

Posted on November 28, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The final two lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the influential Zen school and the introduction of Buddhism to America during the 20th century.

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David Eckel: Buddhism 21-22 of 24

Posted on November 21, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The twenty-first and twenty-second lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the background to the introduction of Buddhism to Japan, and then at some of the great teachers and the schools they founded.

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Dharma Master Cheng Yen

Posted on November 17, 2014November 17, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

A portrait of the founder of the Taiwanese Compassion Relief (Tzu Chi) organisation and its founder Dharma Master Cheng Yen (English with Chinese subtitles).

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David Eckel: Buddhism 19-20 of 24

Posted on November 14, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The nineteenth and twentieth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the religious background to the introduction of Buddhism into China and then at the classical period during the T’ang Dynasty.

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The Buddhist Science of the Mind

Posted on November 10, 2014May 2, 2025 by Dharma Documentaries

A film by NatGeo explorer in residence Wade Davis on Tibetan Culture and the science of meditation in Nepal.

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David Eckel: Buddhism 17-18 of 24

Posted on November 7, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The seventeenth and eighteenth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the various schools of the Tibetan tradition, and then focus on the institution of the Dalai Lama specifically.

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Animals and the Buddha

Posted on November 3, 2014November 3, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

A film by Dharma Voices for Animals on our relationships with animals from a Buddhist perspective, featuring some of the best known Buddhist activists on animal rights.

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David Eckel: Buddhism 15-16 of 24

Posted on October 31, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The fifteenth and sixteenth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism explores more into the Tantric tradition, the first video being on the use of the mandala, and the second on the passing of the Vajrayana to Tibet.

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David Eckel: Buddhism 13-14 of 24

Posted on October 24, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The thirteenth and fourteenth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism he looks at the development of Buddhist philosophy and the emergence of Tantric Buddhism in the middle ages.

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Many Happy Returns (Rebirth Stories)

Posted on October 20, 2014March 14, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The story of two children from very different backgrounds who report that they can remember their past lives.

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