Meaning of Life: Perspectives from the World's Great Intellectual Traditions

<p>Guided by a passionate and thorough professor, this intellectually gripping course offers a rigorous and wide-ranging exploration of what various spiritual, religious, and philosophical traditions from both the East and the West have contributed to this profound line of questioning.</p>

• By This Professor
• 01: The Meaning of the Meaning of Life
• 02: The Bhagavad-Gita-Choice and Daily Life
• 03: The Bhagavad-Gita-Discipline and Duty
• 04: The Bhagavad-Gita-Union and Purpose
• 05: Aristotle on Life-The Big Picture
• 06: Aristotle-The Highest Good
• 07: Aristotle-The Happy Life
• 08: Job's Predicament-Life Is So Unfair
• 09: Job's Challenge-Who Are We?
• 10: Stoicism-Rationality and Acceptance
• 11: Human Finitude-The Epicurean Synthesis
• 12: Confucius-Order in the Cosmos and in Life
• 13: Daodejing-The Dao of Life and Spontaneity
• 14: Daodejing-The Best Life Is a Simple Life
• 15: Daodejing-Subtlety and Paradox
• 16: Zhuangzi on Daoism-Impermanence and Harmony
• 17: The Teachings of the Buddha
• 18: Santideva-Mahayana Buddhism
• 19: Santideva-Transforming the Mind
• 20: Zen-The Moon in a Dewdrop and Impermanence
• 21: Zen-Being-Time and Primordial Awakening
• 22: Taking Stock of the Classical World
• 23: Hume's Skepticism and the Place of God
• 24: Hume's Careless and Compassionate Vision
• 25: Kant-Immaturity and the Challenge to Know
• 26: Mill's Call to Individuality and to Liberty
• 27: Tolstoy-Is Everyday Life the Real Thing?
• 28: Nietzsche-Twilight of the Idols
• 29: Nietzsche-Achieving Authenticity
• 30: Gandhi-Satyagraha and Holding Fast to Truth
• 31: Gandhi-The Call to a Supernormal Life
• 32: Lame Deer-Life Enfolded in Symbols
• 33: Lame Deer-Our Place in a Symbolic World
• 34: HH Dalai Lama XIV-A Modern Buddhist View
• 35: HH Dalai Lama XIV-Discernment and Happiness
• 36: So, What Is the Meaning of Life?