The Buddha
2010 · 120 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 1,268 VOTES · DIR. David Grubin
Overview
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. It features the work of some of the world’s greatest artists and sculptors, who across two millennia, have depicted the Buddha’s life in art rich in beauty and complexity. Hear insights into the ancient narrative by contemporary Buddhists, including Pulitzer Prize winning poet W.S. Merwin and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Join the conversation and learn more about meditation, the history of Buddhism, and how to incorporate the Buddha’s teachings on compassion and mindfulness into daily life.
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00:00:06 Echoes of his world still remain.
00:05:45 all be all right.
00:11:24 vanished long ago.
00:15:46 don't think, "you are a prince;
00:19:36 "If I take my wife's hand from
00:24:52 "The oceans have dried up;
00:29:45 >> GERE: With the authority of
00:35:05 extreme luxuries, so now he
00:40:19 But then he realized that
00:44:50 as the person he was, like the
00:50:10 strengthened, sat down in the
00:55:18 and all his former lives passed
00:59:25 going to understand this.
01:02:58 Buddha walked west nearly 200
01:07:01 and the ascetics listened.
01:11:19 Even before the time of the
01:16:15 lead a perfect example of his
01:20:11 What most often happens in our
01:24:55 everyone is connected.
01:29:03 on fire, and we have to put
01:33:44 in the universe.
01:38:19 you change the tree.
01:43:04 ecstasy, probably even feel
01:49:36 like everything else