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Ajahn Punnadhammo, 05 Points of Controversy

An overview of the debates that were taking place in the early centuries of the Buddhist teachings.

Ajahn discusses King Asoka’s rise to power, and holding of the 3rd council, before sending out missionaries to the outlying countries.

Ajahn talks about the initial and later splits of Buddhism into the various schools, and what their ideas were.

The second of these eight talks focuses on the councils that followed the passing of the Buddha.

The first of eight talks on the early history of Buddhism and its spread to the Theravada countries of today.

An excellent summary of the whole history of Buddhism in China from 1972.

The life of the Australian nun Robina Courtin and her work at prisons in the US.

The life of Master Sheng Yen, as seen through his own recollections, and those of his friends, devotees and fellow monastics.

A second pilgrimage to Tibet and Mount Kailash by a group of Russia Yoga teachers and practitioners.

These are tours of four of the caves at Magao given by various experts from the Dunhuang Academy