Introduction to Buddhism (The Buddha's Teaching As It Is)

by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi’s popular 10-lecture series, an "Introduction to Buddhism", has been distributed on cassette tapes for over 20 years. The program contains detailed lectures on the core, original teachings of the Buddha... The lectures explain the Dhamma from the perspective of Theravana Buddhism, the oldest continuous Buddhis school whose scriptures, the Pali Canon, give the most accurate picture of what the historical Buddha himself actually taught. This is a series of lectures intended for beginners and long-term students alike. In 1981 while residing at the Washington Buddhist Vihara, Bhante Gunaratana, then the President of the Buddhist Vihara Society, suggested he record the lectures so that the Vihara could distribute them as a set of cassette tapes. Today, the lectures are considered "public domain" for anyone to copy and distribute freely. We recommend that you first listen to them in their proper sequence... The Buddha, The Four Noble Truths, The Nature of Existence, Dependent Origination, Rebirth and Kamma, Nibbana, Eightfold Path, Meditation, Social Teachings of Buddha and The Sangha.

Audio Cassette

Published January 1, 1981