2. Religions of South Asia

3. Buddhism in the Subcontinent

6. Queen Maya's Dream

7. Birth of Buddha

9. Buddha's Encounter with Death Buddha's Encounter with Death

11. THE AWAKENING OF SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA

12. Buddha's Asceticism Buddha's 6 Years of Asceticism

13. Discovery of “Middle Way”

15. THE BUDDHA: Sanskrit: “budh” = English: “wake up”

16. Buddha’s Intent: Bodhisattva – one who delays their own nirvana to enlighten others

17. THE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA: THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS & THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH

20. Tibetan Buddhist Mandalas

23. Buddha's Parinirvana (“final”/”highest” nirvana) "The trees burst into full bloom out of season, bent down over the Buddha, and showered his body with their flowers, as if to do him supreme honor. There were heavenly flowers that rained down and scattered over the venerable one. . . . And the world was like a mountain whose summit has been shattered by a thunderbolt; it was like the sky without the moon."

25. Spread of Buddhism

28. Buddhism in America (1999)