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Buddhism (27:00)

Item# 33648
©2003

This title is part of the following series:

Heaven on Earth: Monuments to Belief

Using architecture and art, this program studies the birth of Buddhism in India and its spread to other lands, where it has flourished. The Mahabodhi Temple, in Bodh Gaya; the Great Stupa at Sanchi, India; the Borobudur Temple—the largest Buddhist shrine in the world—in Indonesia; and the Chuang Yen Monastery in New York State, with its 37-foot-tall marble statue of The Enlightened One surrounded by 10,000 smaller statues, are featured. (26 minutes)

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1. India: Bodh Gaya (02:50)

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Buddhist fact and legend intertwine in Bodh Gaya, India. The key to Buddhist teaching is "tanha," the extinguishing of all desires and all things that feed the ego the ego and obstruct enlightenment.

2. Spread of Buddhism (02:19)

Within one hundred years of Buddha's death, Buddhism split into two groups: "hinayana" and "mahanyana." During and after the Golden Age of Buddha, Buddhist art and architecture flowered across India.

3. Great Stupa at Sanchi, India (04:12)

Sanchi is a center of Buddhist art and architecture. Within the ornate carvings of the Great Stupa, Buddha disappears into symbolism and is represented only by the Bodhi Tree.

4. Art and Architecture in Sanchi, India (02:03)

Around the Great Stupa is a walkway where every step is a discovery of Buddhist art and architecture. As the pilgrim walks clockwise around the Stupa, he lets go of material things for the attainment of virtue.

5. Borobudur Temple, Indonesia (03:41)

In the central highlands of Java, lotus-shaped Borobudur stands as the largest Buddhist shrine in the world. At the top of the monument stand 432 carved Buddhas. Buried by volcanic debris and vegetation, Borobudur is uncovered in 1815.

6. Chuang Yen Monastery (05:27)

In Carmel, New York, the Chuang Yen Monastery is a complex of buildings dedicated to Buddhism. Within its walls are Buddhist statues in the style of the Tang dynasty and the largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere.

7. Buddhist Paradoxes (02:14)

A religion that began by repudiating rituals, questions, prayer, and the idea of a personal god, ends up embracing all of these. In India, Buddhism and Hinduism share commonalities. Religious monuments are truly "Heaven on Earth."