Title:
The meaning of life perspectives from the world's great intellectual traditions
ISBN:
9781598037180
Publication Information:
Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2011]
Physical Description:
18 sound discs (18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 148 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
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Compact discs.
Accompanying guidebook contains glossary, biographical notes, and bibliographical references.
Contents:
The meaning of the meaning of life -- The Bhagavad-Gītā: choice and daily life -- The Bhagavad-Gītā: discipline and duty -- The Bhagavad-Gītā: union and purpose -- Aristotle on life: the big picture -- Aristotle: the highest good -- Aristotle: the happy life -- Job's predicament: life is so unfair -- Job's challenge: who are we? -- Stoicism: rationality and acceptance -- Human finitude: the Epicurean Synthesis -- Confucius: order in the cosmos and in life.
Daodejing: the Dao of life and spontaneity -- Daodejing: the best life is a simple life -- Daodejing: subtlety and paradox -- Zhuangzi on Daoism: impermanence and harmony -- The teachings of the Buddha -- Śāntideva: Mahāyāna Buddhism -- Śāntideva: transforming the mind -- Zen: the moon in a dewdrop and impermanence -- Zen: being-time and primordial awakening -- Taking stock of the classical world -- Hume's skepticism and the place of God -- Hume's careless and compassionate vision.
Kant: immaturity and the challenge to know -- Mill's call to individuality and to liberty -- Tolstoy: is everyday life the real thing? -- Nietzsche: Twilight of the idols -- Nietzsche: achieving authenticity -- Gandhi: Satyāgraha and holding fast to truth -- Gandhi: the call to a supernormal life -- Lame Deer: life enfolded in symbols -- Lame Deer: our place in a symbolic world -- HH Dalai Lama XIV: a modern Buddhist view -- HH Dalai Lama XIV: discernment and happiness -- So, what is the meaning of life?
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