Skip to content

Dharma Documentaries

Dharma. Culture. Ecology.

Menu
  • Dharma
  • Culture
  • Ecology
  • Archives
  • About
Menu

Great Minds 4, The Buddha

Posted on October 20, 2017March 22, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries
The first of a series of lectures on great Buddhist teachers begins with the Buddha himself.

Great Minds 4, The Buddha

I will begin today a series of lectures given by Grant Hardy, PhD, drawn from a long series of 36 lectures entitled: Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition. We will be concerned of course with the representative figures of Buddhism, although there is much of interest in other sections of this series.

The lectures are part of a series recorded for The Great Courses, which I have previously drawn upon for talks by Prof. David Eckel, which provided an excellent introduction to their subject.

In the first talk Dr. Hardy is talking about the Buddha, and gives a very competent overview of the life and teachings of the Buddha in a concise fashion, which touch on all the main topics which are important for a general understanding.

Topics covered here include the Buddha’s life, the Four Noble Truths, The Eightfold Noble Path, the three characteristics, the four immeasurables, and the precepts for lay and monastics.

Other figures coming up in successive weeks will focus on Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Xuanzang, Dogen, Padmasambhava and others.

 

if the video does not appear on the page, please first try reloading the page, and if that doesn’t work, leave a comment so I can update the page (the comment is not published)

 

to see an album of stills click here

 

TAGS:
Dharma, Buddha, Buddha Biography, Dhamma, India, Monastics

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Comments do not appear straight away, but are moderated before publication

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search

Subscriptions

Follow our Facebook Page Follow our Tweets Subscribe to our Feed

Subscribe by Email

Email


Shortlink and QR

https://dharma-documentaries.net/b/3ga

Donations

This site has taken more than a dozen years and 1000s of hours to build, and has 800+ documentaries on it. If you would like to help, you can do so here. Even small amounts make a difference.

Copyright

If anyone has any copyright claims please contact me at dharmadocus@gmail.com and the posts and films will be immediately removed.

Top Ten Tags

Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana

India
Silk Road
China
Tibet

Arts
Lectures
Rights

Related Posts

  • Bodhi Gaya, The Sacred Land of Buddhahood
  • Path to Enlightenment, 4/4
  • Path to Enlightenment, 3/4
  • Path to Enlightenment, 2/4
  • Path to Enlightenment, 1/4
  • The Life of the Buddha Animation Film
  • The Story of Buddhism 07, The Intellectual Quest
  • The Story of Buddhism 01, Path of Compassion
  • Bodh Gaya, the Seat of Enlightenment
  • One Day with Rinpoche (The Thread of Karma)

Recent Posts

  • Angkor Wat, Ancient Hydraulic City
  • The Magical Mountain of Tibet
  • Lords of Water
  • Radioactive Waste, A Nuclear Nightmare
  • Beyond Boundaries, Buddhist Art of Gandhāra
  • The Story of Sudhana, Gallery, Level 4
  • The Story of Sudhana, Balustrade, Level 4
  • The Story of Sudhana, Balustrade, Level 3
  • The Story of Sudhana, Gallery 3, 45-88
  • The Story of Sudhana, Gallery 3, 1-44

Random Posts

  • China Cultural Heritage: Tibetan Medicine
  • Magical Show
  • The Story of Sudhana, Gallery, Level 4
  • The Mark of Empire 1, Ayutthaya
  • Buddhist Statues in Kyoto
  • Living Buddha, Searching for the 17th Karmapa
  • Divine Dwellings: The Architectural Context of Khmer Sculpture
  • Indian Roots of Tibetan Buddhism
  • Living Soil
  • Benoy K Behl: Paintings of India 1. Sacred Art
© 2023 Dharma Documentaries | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme