The Middle Way: The Story of Buddhism

Compilation by Jinananda & David Timson & Anton Lesser & Heathcote Williams

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Birth of the Buddha
    6:18
  2. 2.
    The Training of Siddartha Gautama
    3:44
  3. 3.
    The Legend of the Four Sights: An Old Man - An Ill Man - A Dead Man - A Sramana
    5:54
  4. 4.
    The Decision and the Departure
    3:53
  5. 5.
    Siddartha's First Teacher - Alara Kalama and Udraka Ramaputra
    5:22
  6. 6.
    Austerities
    10:48
  7. 7.
    A Declaration of Intent
    5:01
  8. 8.
    The Night of the Enlightenment
    7:07
  9. 9.
    The Implications of His Awakening
    3:00
  10. 10.
    To Varanasi to Turn the Wheel of the Dharma
    9:20
  11. 11.
    Forty-Five Years of Teaching
    4:05
  12. 12.
    The Tales of Kisa Gotami, Angulimala and Devadatta
    4:38
  13. 13.
    Death and the Parinirvana
    3:07
  14. 14.
    The Final Moments: Impermanent Are ALL COMPOUNDED THINGS. With Mindfulness, Strive On
    4:45

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    The Dharma - The Teaching of the Buddha
    6:11
  2. 2.
    Thus I Have Heard
    2:07
  3. 3.
    A Direct Experience
    3:16
  4. 4.
    Pratitya Samutpada - Dependent Origination the Core Teaching of the Buddha
    6:30
  5. 5.
    Conditionality - A Process Without Beginning or End
    3:52
  6. 6.
    The Middle Way
    6:07
  7. 7.
    The Four Noble Truths
    2:57
  8. 8.
    The First Noble Truth - Suffering
    5:22
  9. 9.
    The Second Noble Truth - The Origin of Suffering Is Craving
    3:43
  10. 10.
    The Wheel of Life - A Mirror of Craving and Ignorance
    1:28
  11. 11.
    At the Centre - A Cock, a Pig and a Snake
    1:05
  12. 12.
    The Rise and Fall - Karma and Rebirth
    7:31
  13. 13.
    The Six Realms of Existence
    5:24
  14. 14.
    The Outer Rim of the Wheel
    1:49
  15. 15.
    The Third Noble Truth - The Cessation of Suffering - The End of Craving
    7:26
  16. 16.
    The Fourth Noble Truth - The Noble Eight-Fold Path
    2:34
  17. 17.
    The Eight Limbs of the Noble Eight-Fold Path
    0:26
  18. 18.
    Morality or Ethics
    3:43
  19. 19.
    Meditation
    3:22
  20. 20.
    Wisdom
    1:35
  21. 21.
    The Growth of the Dharma After the Buddha
    2:39

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    The Sangha
    5:38
  2. 2.
    The Dharma as a Raft - Designed Differently by Different Cultures
    2:34
  3. 3.
    The Spiritual Friendship of the Sangha
    3:23
  4. 4.
    The Vinaya, the Rule of the Monks
    3:52
  5. 5.
    The Development of Schools - The Theravada
    4:28
  6. 6.
    The Development of Images of the Buddha
    4:39
  7. 7.
    The Growth of the Mahayana - The Great Vehicle: i. A Deeper Relevance to Lay People
    2:10
  8. 8.
    The Growth of the Mahayana - The Great Vehicle: ii. The Bodhisattva Ideal
    5:06
  9. 9.
    The Growth of the Mahayana - The Great Vehicle: iii. Skilful Means - Art
    1:11
  10. 10.
    Skilful Means - The Sutras: The Written Word
    2:33
  11. 11.
    The Perfection of Wisdom Sutras - The Diamond Sutra
    3:17
  12. 12.
    The Heart Sutra
    4:12
  13. 13.
    The Madhyamika School
    0:32
  14. 14.
    The Yogacara Schol
    2:32
  15. 15.
    Worship
    2:00
  16. 16.
    Tantric Buddhism or the Vajrayana (Diamond Vehicle)
    8:36
  17. 17.
    The Tantra in Tibet - The Three 'Esoteric' Versions of the Three Jewels: i. The Buddha - The Teacher or Guru
    3:22
  18. 18.
    The Tantra in Tibet - The Three 'Esoteric' Versions of the Three Jewels: ii. The Dharma - The Yidam, a Visualised Symbol of a Tantric Deity, and Its Mantra
    4:12
  19. 19.
    The Tantra in Tibet - The Three 'Esoteric' Versions of the Three Jewels: iii. The Sangha - The Dakini
    0:34
  20. 20.
    The 11th Century Tibetan Yogi and Poet, Milarepa and His Teacher Marpa
    2:16
  21. 21.
    Buddhism in China and Japan - The Pure Land/Jodo Shinshu and Cha'an or Zen
    9:47
  22. 22.
    Buddhism in the West
    2:21

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