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The Life of the Buddha Animation Film

Posted on August 7, 2011August 21, 2015 by Dharma Documentaries
In a very short compass this animated Life of the Buddha tells more of the significant stories from the Buddha's life than a lot of other films do. It concentrates on getting across the meaning of the teaching, rather than the heroics of the endeavour.

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In a short compass this animated Life of the Buddha manages to tell more of the significant stories from the Buddha’s life than a lot of the high production films ever do.

It is mainly based on the Pa?i scriptures, though maybe not exclusively so, and concentrates on getting across the meaning of the teaching, rather than the heroics of the endeavour.

It covers the birth, youth, marriage and departure of the Bodhisatta to the forest, before turning to his original teachers and ascetic practices. It then shows how the Buddha Awoke to the Truth and went on to teach his first discourse.

Most of these sorts of films more or less stop there, but it was a pleasant surprise to see the story continued with the conversions of Yasa, his family and friends, and also of the 1,000 fire-worshipping brahmins.

We also catch glimpses of the lives of some of the Buddha’s relatives and disciples like Devadatta, Ananda, Gotami, Angulimala and Kisagotami, before moving on to the parinibbana at Kusinara.

Somehow they manage to squeeze all of this and more into a mere 30 minutes, and one can only feel it’s a pity it was not made into an hour long film, where they could have taken just a little more time over the stories.

The film was made by Premanand Kolhapure Abhijeet for Rajsrhi, and is part of a series of Mythological Animation Films made by the company in both Hindi and English.

 

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Dharma, Buddha Biography, Dhamma, India

1 thought on “The Life of the Buddha Animation Film”

  1. Kirstin Petrovits says:
    November 24, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    I think before talking about Mr. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mr. Bilal shall remember that he had done much more than any muslim scholar in last centurary. more that one third muslims are living in freedom from occupation of british and hindu majority just because of this person. May Allah bless Mr. Jinnah with blessing.

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