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Thai Animated Life of Buddha

Posted on August 28, 2015November 3, 2019 by Dharma Documentaries
A long and excellent animated film on the life of the Buddha from Thailand.

Thai Animated Life of Buddha

This is one of the best and most accurate adaptations of the traditional life of the Buddha I have come across, based firmly on the Theravada traditions.

Of the various Lives I’ve featured here the so-called documentaries done by the BBC and PBS are the weakest; the various movie versions are generally better; but it is the animated films which are the closest to the original story, and manage to get the most information over.

This film was made originally in Thailand and at almost five hours is by far the most detailed and informative of the animated Lives I know, closely following the traditional story as found in the commentaries and later Pali works.

It’s a long watch: The story begins with the Bodhisatta in Heaven and finishes with his parinibbana (with a written coda on the First Council), and takes in most of the major events and characters in the story that has come down to us.

The film is well drawn, well paced, and colourful, and is a mine of information and would bear watching more than one time. Probably the best way to watch it though is to download it first and watch it over a couple of nights.

 

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Culture, Animation, Buddha Biography, Thai, Theravada

3 thoughts on “Thai Animated Life of Buddha”

  1. Robert Kleijn says:
    February 23, 2018 at 6:08 pm

    I have seen this movie but I wonder when it would be available on Amazon.co.uk with English subtitles or any other seller on the internet. It is a lovely movie. I have lived in Thailand but only for 10 months.

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    1. Anandajoti says:
      March 3, 2018 at 8:33 am

      I have now updated with the English language version.

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  2. Vignesh says:
    December 5, 2018 at 11:03 pm

    I need subtitle file for this video. Can You Share Download Link For Subtitles in English. Please

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