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Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World. BBC 720p x264 aac mp4 w/subtitles [aularon]

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Synopsis
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In this fascinating documentary, historian Bettany Hughes travels to the seven wonders of the Buddhist world and offers a unique insight into one of the most ancient belief systems still practised today.

Buddhism began 2,500 years ago when one man had an amazing internal revelation underneath a peepul tree in India. Today it is practised by over 350 million people worldwide, with numbers continuing to grow year on year.

In an attempt to gain a better understanding of the different beliefs and practices that form the core of the Buddhist philosophy and investigate how Buddhism started and where it travelled to, Hughes visits some of the most spectacular monuments built by Buddhists across the globe.

Her journey begins at the Mahabodhi Temple in India, where Buddhism was born; here Hughes examines the foundations of the belief system - the three jewels.

At Nepals Boudhanath Stupa, she looks deeper into the concept of dharma - the teaching of Buddha, and at the Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka, Bettany explores karma, the idea that our intentional acts will be mirrored in the future.

At Wat Pho Temple in Thailand, Hughes explores samsara, the endless cycle of birth and death that Buddhists seek to end by achieving enlightenment, before travelling to Angkor Wat in Cambodia to learn more about the practice of meditation.

In Hong Kong, Hughes visits the Giant Buddha and looks more closely at Zen, before arriving at the final wonder, the Hsi Lai temple in Los Angeles, to discover more about the ultimate goal for all Buddhists - nirvana.


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URL
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013y2mb


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Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 1.35 GiB
Duration : 1h 14mn
Overall bit rate : 2 603 Kbps
Movie name : Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World
Album : Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World
Performer : Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World
Genre : Factual,History,Religion Ethics
Recorded date : 2011-08-24T21:00:00+01:00
Writing application : Lavf53.6.0
Cover : Yes
Comment : Recorded using get_iplayer, by Aularon.
rtng : 2
stik : 1
desc : Bettany Hughes visits seven of the most famous ancient and modern Buddhist locations in the world: seven wonders that give an insight into the long and rich history of Buddhism.
tvnn : BBC HD
tvsh : Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World
tven : b013y2mb
catg : Factual,History,Religion Ethics

Video
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Duration : 1h 14mn
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Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
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Stream size : 1.30 GiB (96%)

Audio
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Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 14mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
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Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz / 24.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 50.2 MiB (4%)

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