Great World Religions: Buddhism

Mahayana Buddhism—the Bodhisattva Ideal (1x6)

Air date: Jan 01, 2015

This lecture describes the movement called the Mahayana, which promotes the ideal of the bodhisattva who does not attempt to achieve nirvana but vows to return again and again to seek the welfare of other living beings. Practitioners of the Mahayana develop the contemplative virtue of wisdom, together with the active virtue of compassion.