Past Programs
Buddhism - 2008
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Adventures in Inter-religious Dialogue
31/08/2008
A Catholic priest, a yogi and a Tibetan Buddhist monk set up house together in Melbourne. In Britain, the Dalai Lama visits a community of Christian friars and together they talk about their respective traditions of contemplation. In the course of the conversation, the Dalai Lama has a blunt message to Christians about the importance of prayer and meditation. These adventures in inter-religious dialogue defeat all the stereotypes.
Doubt
13/07/2008
We look at the other side of the coin of belief - the realm of doubt. Does doubt necessarily erode faith? We hear from Christians, Muslims and a Buddhist who've been on a journey of religious doubt. This program was first broadcast on 1st July 2007.
The Contemplative Life
20/01/2008
Encounter visits the monks of the Benedictine Catholic and Theravadin Buddhist orders and discovers that monastic lives are deeply linked to the temporal and spiritual life of the lay community.
This program was first broadcast on February 18, 2007.
The Zen Priests of Nothingness
13/01/2008
We travel to Tokyo and Kyoto to meet a Zen sect with a tradition of music as spiritual practice whose influence continues today. They were the Fuke sect, and the wandering monks of this Buddhist lineage, known as the komuso, became famous as the Zen Priests of Nothingness.
