Buddhism. The Great Courses. $75. Video DVD with course guidebook. Taught by Prof. Malcolm David Eckel, professor of religion and director of the core curriculum at Boston University. Course includes an intro to Buddhism, the doctrine of reincarnation, the path to nirvana, Theravada Buddhism in southeast Asia, Mahayana Buddhism and the Bodhisattva Ideal, buddhist philosophy, tantra, mandala, Dalai Lama, Chinese Buddhism, Buddhism in America, and much more.