Does our inescapable suffering stem from our own greed and ignorance? Buddha thought so. Narrated by Stephen Fry.

Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths

Big questions and theories explained in under 2 minutes from A History of Ideas on BBC Radio 4. Animations voiced by Harry Shearer, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Fry and Aidan Turner.  Scripted by Nigel Warburton. This project is made in collaboration with The Open University and the animations were created by Cognitive.

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Big questions and theories explained in under 2 minutes from A History of Ideas on BBC Radio 4. Animations voiced by Harry Shearer, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Fry and Aidan Turner. Scripted by Nigel Warburton. This project is made in collaboration with The Open University and the animations were created by Cognitive.

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