Short film by documentary film maker Brent Huffman. Buddhist archaeological site of Mes Aynak in eastern Afghanistan in June 2011, artefacts, monasteries and more than 200 statues of Buddha…
Buddhist history
Can we know what the Buddha taught? by Professor Richard Gombrich
Talk by Richard Gombrich in which he explores the difficult issue of whether we can know what the Buddha taught, using the Pali texts as his basis. 46 minutes.
Kumarajiva (AD 344-413) translated many Buddhist Scriptures into Chinese.
Kumarajiva (AD 344-413). His translations are still held in high regard by modern scholars and without him some of the great Mahayana texts may not have been preserved…