Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World
2011 · 74 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 135 VOTES · DIR. Faris Kermani
Overview
In this fascinating documentary, historian Bettany Hughes travels to the seven wonders of the Buddhist world.Her journey begins at the Mahabodhi Temple in India, where Buddhism was born; here Hughes examines the foundations of the belief system - the three jewels.At Nepal's Boudhanath Stupa, she looks deeper into the concept of dharma - the teaching of Buddha, and at the Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka, Bettany explores karma, the idea that our intentional acts will be mirrored in the future.At Wat Pho Temple in Thailand, Hughes explores samsara, the endless cycle of birth and death that Buddhists seek to end by achieving enlightenment, before travelling to Angkor Wat in Cambodia to learn more about the practice of meditation.In Hong Kong, Hughes visits the Giant Buddha and looks more closely at Zen, before arriving at the final wonder, the Hsi Lai temple in Los Angeles, to discover more about the ultimate goal for all Buddhists - nirvana.
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00:48:36 in the war that engulfed Vietnam and other countries of southeast Asia.
00:49:36 by the Khmer Rouge regime
00:50:27 While in Cambodia Buddhism is emerging out of the darkness of the Khmer Rouge regime
00:51:19 this great Asian city.
00:52:19 But then as the philosophy passes through regions like Afghanistan
00:53:18 of the perfection of the moon.
00:54:10 They're shown offering gifts like fruit and incense
00:55:33 but here in China a new brand of meditation was born
00:56:31 and is practised by both the laity and the ordained together.
00:57:43 washing bowl, all these were designed to help people be in the moment
00:59:25 so it's very important our mind know how to relax
01:00:46 Zen, and its ancestor Chan
01:01:49 and with the suffering we see all around and feel within us.
01:02:57 in the fast-paced and highly competitive world of California.
01:03:58 the ultimate goal for Buddhists, Nirvana.
01:05:25 is that it's pleasingly mystical, it comes from the East
01:06:11 to reward me or punish me.
01:07:14 For Buddhists, yoga's key purpose is to achieve personal enlightenment.
01:08:19 It's very in line with everything.
01:09:08 It's a state of mind which you attain, and, at that moment, and thereafter
01:10:23 Buddhists will tell you that Nirvana has no fixed point in time or space.
01:11:26 Now, whatever the permutations and interpretations of Buddhism
01:12:30 that his ideas would have on human history