The Buddha /

Two and a half millennia ago, a new religion was born in India, generated from the ideas of the Buddha, a mysterious Indian sage who gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree. The Buddha never claimed to be God or his emissary on earth, only that he was a human being who had...

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Corporate Authors: Asia Society. Museum, David Grubin Productions, PBS Distribution (Firm)
Other Authors: Grubin, David (Screenwriter, Producer, Director), Bowers, Anna, Gere, Richard, 1949- (Narrator), Brown, Blair (Narrator)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional English or traditional or simplified Chinese Mandarin subtitles and optional video description; closed-captioned in English.
Published: ©2010
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Summary:Two and a half millennia ago, a new religion was born in India, generated from the ideas of the Buddha, a mysterious Indian sage who gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree. The Buddha never claimed to be God or his emissary on earth, only that he was a human being who had found a kind of serenity that others could find, too. This documentary tells the story of his life, a journey especially relevant in our own times.
Item Description:"Produced in conjunction with the exhibition, Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, organized by Asia Society Museum, New York."
Special features: interview with David Grubin; interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama; making animation for The Buddha; Buddhist pilgrimage sites.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC; widescreen presentation ; stereo.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Cinematographer, James Callanan ; editor, Deborah Peretz ; music, Michael Bacon.
ISBN:9781608831951
1608831957