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"The Buddha" is an interesting, PBS documentary tracing the life story of the Buddha. It is good for an introduction to Buddhist mythology, but could benefit from a bit more depth. Through the use of animation and interviews with figures such as the Dalai Lama, the documentary explains what Buddhists believe the Buddha went through, and what ...
Mar 29, 2010 · If Buddhism ranks among the three most accomplished missionary religions of the world (along with Christianity and Islam), then the filmmaker David Grubin can well be considered a...
A wonderful introduction to the life of the Buddha. There are excerpts of the Dalai Lama and other monks which are very good, the narrated sections are of high quality, and some of the lay people have interesting things to contribute. I am relatively new to Buddhism.
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The animations and music during the analogy of the sitar and the middle way were particularly captivating. I saw this a year ago. This was a really great documentary. I was fortunate enough to come across this documentary on Netflix about a year ago and it remains my favorite film about Buddhism.
This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha’s life, a journey especially relevant to our own bewildering times of violent change and spiritual confusion.
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The Buddha: Directed by David Grubin. With Richard Gere, Blair Brown, The Dalai Lama, Mark Epstein. After 400 BC, a new philosophy was born in South east Asia, generated from the ideas of Buddha, a mysterious Prince from Nepal who gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree.
