By Dr Peter D. Santina

Dr Santina covers what we might call the basic Buddhist teachings over a series of twelve lectures. The basic teachings outlined here include: the Life of the Buddha, the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, Karma, Rebirth, Dependent Origination, The Three Universal Characteristics and The Five Aggregates. Dr Santina also puts Buddhism into its context by describing the pre-Buddhist background and gives an overview of Buddhism from a modern perspective in a very readable way.

Useful Links:

• About Buddhism - the Teachings of Buddha
• E-Sangha Buddhism Portal
• His Holiness The Dalai Lama teachings on Buddhism
• Hongaku Jodo, a major American movement of Pure Land Buddhism
• Access to Insight Readings in Theravada Buddhism.
• Ashoka the eDharma university Very high-quality online courses.
• BuddhaNet
• BuddhaChat.org - A Buddhist's learning community.
• Buddhism.about.com
• Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library: the Internet guide.
• DharmaNet
• Encyclopedia of Religion Buddhism article
• Essentials of Buddhism
• ReligionFacts.com on Buddhism facts, glossary, timeline and articles.
• Tathagatagarbha Buddhism five of the main "tathagatagarbha" sutras in full (or in part)

• "Nirvana Sutra Buddhism": full text and discussion of the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
• Journal of Global Buddhism by Charles S. Prebish, Pennsylvania State University (USA) and Martin Baumann, University of Lucerne (Switzerland)

Buddhism is a religion and philosophy focusing on the teachings of the Buddha Śākyamuni (Siddhārtha Gautama), who probably lived in the 5th century BCE. Buddhism spread throughout the ancient Indian sub-continent in the five centuries following the Buddha's death, and propagated into Central, Southeast, and East Asia over the next two millennia. Today, Buddhism is divided primarily into three traditions: Theravāda (Sanskrit: Sthaviravāda), Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna. Buddhism continues to attract followers worldwide, and, with around 350 million followers, it is considered a major world religion.

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