Burke Lecture: Buddhism in a Global Age of Technology

A distinguished scholar of Buddhism, Lewis Lancaster founded the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative to use the latest computer technology to map the spread of various strands of Buddhism from the distant past to the present. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion & Society" [6/2008] [Humanities] [Show ID: 14331]

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[anna fanene]

Love the lecture and the lecturer (that is i like the way he lectured). Gosh I wonder if this guy ever studied in Nalanda the ancient Buddhist univesity inIndia in some past life or lifetimes. I like the way he explains Buddhism and its relevance to the world today in a way that is so easy to understand. Thanks so much Prof. Lancaster

[Uilium Powell]

I wish I would have realized The Buddhas teachings when I was younger. I was thinking like "Why didn't anyone tell me about this?" :)

[Anjana Sudam Hewamanne]

:D

even me Commenting here is only one element of Your creativity. And this vid also, you already have the potential to know about everything.& you can even think like this; The Prof (& his lecture) also a element(s) made by your own mind to analyze itself. That s why this moment(Now as u read) is so sacred. so U realize it :). great day Myself!

[Anjana Sudam Hewamanne]

So?

[Anjana Sudam Hewamanne]

you still have a lot to learn man. Try him

good luck

[dannytibi]

No problem!

[Nichiren Buddhist]

Thank you.

[dannytibi]

Buddhism was first introduced in Japan by the Korean kingdom of Paekche. However, Japan also maintained cultural ties to China as well as Korea, so many Japanese Buddhist monks went to China in order to study, and so many Buddhist schools in Japan have direct ties to Chinese Buddhism, but the initial introduction of Buddhism to Japan was done by Koreans, not Chinese. =)

[Nichiren Buddhist]

Woah --> "Buddhism is a religion of merchants." @ 18:45 . 

[Nichiren Buddhist]

At 5:14 he says that Buddhism moved from Korea to Japan, not from China to Japan. But just about every book I've read about Nichiren Buddhism (the form I study and practice says that Buddhism moved from China to Japan, and that what makes Nichiren Buddhism unique in Japan is that it is NOT derived from a Chinese school. I wonder ... are all the books I've read, wrong?

[Nichiren Buddhist]

This man is brilliant. 

[Nichiren Buddhist]

This is one of, if not THE, most informative documentaries I've ever seen about Buddhism. I'm only 15 minutes into this thing, and I can tell that this man is brilliant. So far, the comment that I think is most amazing is: "We need to stop thinking in terms of Europe and Asia. It's much more realistic to say Eurasia."