Ratnaghosha

Ratnaghosha | Adhisthana, England

As a former Chair of FBA, I am so inspired to be making available Dharma talks and study materials to anyone who has access to the internet.

As a former Chair of FBA, I am so inspired to be making available Dharma talks and study materials to anyone who has access to the internet.

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Why Buddhism?
Part of the series Introducing Buddhism
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0:00 5:37
0:00 5:37
  • 1 Is religion necessary? 05:37
  • 2 Which religion should we choose? 03:55
  • 3 Should we be free to choose at all? 08:41
  • 4 Appreciating other cultural traditions; Cultural and religious parochialism 03:16
  • 5 The teaching of religion in schools 06:55
  • 6 Why should we choose? 02:21
  • 7 Which religions are there to choose from? 08:01
  • 8 Ethnic religions and universal religions 04:31
  • 9 Theistic and non-theistic universal religions 05:00
  • 10 Buddhism as a non-theistic religion 07:21
  • 11 Buddhism and science 04:12
  • 12 Why choose Buddhism? 03:27

Talk Details

Many religious and non-religious sources of authority are available; Buddhism adopts a different approach...

N.B. Poor original recording.

Talk given in 1966.