I hope to see this in the near future and I'm curious as to what the rest of you think of it.
shareThis doco looks absolutely fascinating. I cant imagine the stress the poor servant must feel in trying to locate the reincarnation of his master. I hope I get to see this movie as well.
shareI saw the film yesterday and it's pretty fascinating.
It does not really present any history on what Buddhism is or why things are they way they are. It just lets the events unfold without any real explaination of tradition and belief. Things just are. I think this makes it a much more personal story and less of a textbook lesson on any particular religion. You don't have to know anything about Buddhism (and I know very little) to enjoy this story of the relationship between two spirits, which is really what this movie is all about.
It's like "Anvil: The Story of Anvil", but without all the heavy metal. :)
Its a wonderful, fascinating and touching movie. The unconditional love between enlightened master and his devoted student didn't end with his death, but starts all over again when the student goed on a quest to find the reincarnated soul of his beloved master, when the student becomes the caretaker for the newborn master. I dont think i have seen any movies or documentaries in which the pure love between two spirits is depicted in such a touching manner. I must admit i shed some tears, cause this documentary shows that in our chaotic world real love and dedication do exist, the only source we can and must all draw from.
shareI loved this movie.
sharePure love or just servitude? I mean, if you take don't take for granted that reincarnation is actually happening, isn't the idea of slavery and predestined divinity kind of...feudalistic, divine right and all of that?
shareI saw most of this film on BBC 4 in May 2009. Unfortunately I missed the repeat showing a couple of days later. What I saw was a deeply moving, emotional documentary which by the end gave a real feel good factor. Can't wait til the DVD is out in October.
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Excellent. I've seen it twice.
It's now available on Netflix, Blockbuster, and Amazon, etc.
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Before watching this this well-made documentary I had been interested in Buddhism, but now have lost all respect for the Tibetan form.
Any belief system that promotes the taking of children from perfectly good families is utter barbarism. Such cruelty cannot be defended nor condoned on any level except for the dire purpose of domination through mind control. How better to subjugate a people than to take the best and brightest of their children and brainwash the public into believing it is for some divine purpose. Such a practice is repugnant to the extreme.
The boy's selection of beads and trinkets is proof of nothing but a precocious child's ability to read queues from the facial expressions and body language of those surrounding him. It was theater staged to subjugate the ignorant and the gullible.
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