Introduction to Buddhism
14 hrs. 5 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Evgeny Torchinov
Author
Evgeny Torchinov
Narrator
Konstantin Korolkov
Narrator
Konstantin Korolkov
Description
Everything you wanted to know about Buddhism, based on lectures by Evgeny Alekseevich Torchinov!
Buddhism is one of the oldest and most philosophical of the great world religions, having literally overturned the worldview of Western and Russian intellectuals in the 20th century and firmly entered our modern cultural codes. This book, based on a course of lectures delivered by E. A. Torchinov in 1994–1999 at the Faculty of Philosophy of St. Petersburg State University, is devoted to the origin, formation, and development of this religion.
What is this religion of self-immersion and denial of passions, said—according to tradition—to have been created in the 6th century BCE by the sad prince from the ancient Indian Shakya clan, who dreamed of freeing humankind from suffering? What was its foundation, into which schools and currents did it later split as it triumphed across the Far East? And finally, what influence did it come to have on Western and Russian culture?..
Buddhism is one of the oldest and most philosophical of the great world religions, having literally overturned the worldview of Western and Russian intellectuals in the 20th century and firmly entered our modern cultural codes. This book, based on a course of lectures delivered by E. A. Torchinov in 1994–1999 at the Faculty of Philosophy of St. Petersburg State University, is devoted to the origin, formation, and development of this religion.
What is this religion of self-immersion and denial of passions, said—according to tradition—to have been created in the 6th century BCE by the sad prince from the ancient Indian Shakya clan, who dreamed of freeing humankind from suffering? What was its foundation, into which schools and currents did it later split as it triumphed across the Far East? And finally, what influence did it come to have on Western and Russian culture?..
