Buddhism, Mortality, and the Search for Happiness

The Dalai Lama’s face beams from the cover of Time magazine. Richard Gere is recognized as a reincarnated Lama. Poets and writers, including Allen Ginsburg and Gary Snyder, preach the Buddhist Dharma. Buddhism has become a well-established American religion. Indeed, it is one of the fastest growing religions in America. What is it about Buddhism that has struck such a responsive chord in Americans? In this program, Dr. Charles Orzech and his audience explore the classic Buddhist teaching on the self, desire, and the role of discipline in our lives and how personal happiness is bound up with compassionate action on behalf of others.