Summary: Drawing on Buddha's ancient sermons, this program vividly depicts the life story of Siddhartha Gautama, who is said to have renounced luxury and radical asceticism alike to attain spiritual freedom by taking the middle path. Transformed, Siddhartha became reverentially known as Buddha, "The Enlightened One," and offered his teachings to any who wished to learn the Four Noble Truths. Buddhist...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The recorded history of the West is, in a sense, the history of Christianity. How did the religion get its start? This program, based on the New Testament, uses gripping reenactments-from Herod's infanticidal purge to the crucifixion and burial-to dramatize key moments in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Footage of rituals as well as landmarks both devotional and archaeological adds depth to the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: There is among you the messenger of God, the future prophet whom the gospel has announced as the successor of Jesus. This program narrates the biography of Muhammad, a merchant from Mecca, reportedly called by Allah to be his prophet and spread the Muslim faith. Why was Islam so readily accepted by so many? What is the secret of Islam's appeal? And why do many non-Muslims fear the religion's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006