What Did
the Buddha Teach?
A
CD-ROM Triptych About the Life and Teachings of Lord Buddha
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Relive, either
guided in narrative mode or exploring at your own leisure, some 130
episodes of the Buddha's biography, brought to life through stunning
animatins of the 18th century murals of the Emerald Buddha Temple in
Bangkok which are reproduced here for the first time ever with Royal
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Project yourself
to the places where all these events took place, exclusively shot in
QuickTime VR on location on the Holy Sites of Buddhism in India and
Nepal.
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Familiarize yourself
with Buddhist philosophy through comprehensive, step by step introductions
into key concepts of Buddhism, featuring dazzling 3D graphics animatin
and virtual visits to mindscapes which will thake you right into the
center of the Wheel of Becoming, explaining the Buddhist law of cause
and effect and Samsara.
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Experience the
popular sides of the great epic by immersing yourself in great battles
with demons or in some of the wondrous miracles which are attributed
to the Enlightened One.
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Study the original
source of this old knowledge by flipping through hundreds of pages of
palm leaf manuscripts.
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Produced by the
Mae Fah Luang Foundation, set up to cultivate the spiritual legacy of
Her Royal Highness Princess Srinagarindra, the Princess Mother, late
mother of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the project was
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conceived, written,
and created by award winning multimedia director
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Titus Leber.
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The production
was executed by the team of the CD-ROM project of
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the Mae Fah Luang
Foundation.
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The soundtrack
was composed by award winning composer Robert Ponger and digital photography
was carried out by internationally renowned museum photographer Ali
Meyer.
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| Recommended System for presentation |
A limited edition,
in English, of 2,543 special sets, to commemorate the Centennial of
the Birthday of H.R.H. The Princess Mother, will be available from December
2000 onwards.
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| PC: Windows 98, Pentium III 450Hz or above, 64 MB RAM, 24X CD-ROM, VGA (8 MB VRAM), 16-Bit soundcard and mouse, QuickTime 3 | ||
| MAC: IMac 400 MHz, G3 400 MHz, Mac OS 8 or higher, QuickTime 3 |
Price per set of this limited edition which
comes with a lavish 14 page introduction in a lacquered golden wood
case: US$ 500.
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For
more information, ordering and inquiries about further editions, please
contact :
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Mae
Fah Luang Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand
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Tel:
66 2 251 3582-3, Fax: 66 2 253 8333, 66 2 255 0830
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E-mail:
mfl_CDROM@bangkok.com
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© 2000 THE
MAE FAH LUANG FOUNDATION UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE
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