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This is a complete buddhist program containing the core teachings of the Buddha and a lot of additional stuff like sutra’s excerpts, buddhist tales or historical information. It contains .exe files to run the program. Nothing will be installed and there are no viruses! You will need Quicktime codecs for seeing the videos.”A triptych of Interactive CD-ROMs about the life and teachings of Lord Buddha, based on the mural paintings in the Royal Chapel of Wat Phra Kaew. The stunning CD-ROM production was made by Dr Titus Leber, a writer and award-winning producer and film-director from Austria.The viewer is given the opportunity to discover the various realms of existence, to understand the different stages of the law of cause and effect as they are symbolically depicted within the Wheel of Life, Paticcasamuppada, the Buddhist theory of consciousness, different episodes of the Jataka tales, large sections of the Tripitaka and more. A new dimension is added by the inclusion of mind-maps, which provide navigational guidance for a comprehensive step-by-step introduction to basic concepts of Buddhist philosophy.By choosing either the guided-narrative or the random-discovery mode, two universes, reflecting the same chain of events, can be explored in parallel – the historic-archeological by means of geographical navigation, and the imaginary, reflecting the creative vision of artists who visualized the events some 2300 years later.The idea for the triptych – to promote the essential concepts of Buddhism for audiences abroad who have little or no knowledge of this philosophy – was initiated by Her Royal Highness the Princess Mother, in a pamphlet entitled “What Did the Buddha Teach?”. Dr. Leber approached the Mae Fah Luang Foundation with the idea of continuing this work using multimedia technology.The magnificent murals in the Royal Chapel were painted more than 200 years ago. They have never before been photographed in their entirety, and in Dr. Leber’s work, serve as the point of departure for an interactive exploration of around 120 episodes from the Lord Buddha’s life. A great number of the scenes are located at holy sites in India and Nepal, where the events occurred.”You can find some more information here:http://www.misu.ait.ac.th/NewsAndEvents/newsletterData/HTMLFormat/iss2no12/budhist.htmIf you are a Buddhist or interested in Buddhism this download will amaze you with it’s contents. Enjoy CD1 – The BuddhaCD2 – The DhammaCD3 – The Sangha