Human Intelligence
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- Episode
- Travellers - The Buddha
- Broadcast Info
- 2025 (14 mins)
- Description
- Naomi Alderman explores the thinking of the Buddha, who, as a young prince, ventured outside the palace walls and began his journey towards enlightenment. Siddhartha Gautama lived in a life of rarefied luxury until an encounter with suffering changed everything for him. He became the Buddha, the awakened one, urged self-transformation and profoundly shaped the world we live in. But did his many insights come from thinking, as such, or something else altogether?
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The Open University, "Human Intelligence". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/252712 (Accessed 30 Mar 2026)