The Buddha (2010) on Netflix
NR20102hDocumentary
A prince from Nepal finds enlightenment while sitting beneath a fig tree, and from his ideas a new philosophy takes shape in Southeast Asia. He says others can find the same serenity.
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The documentary tells the life of the Buddha and the teachings of Buddhism. A prince from Nepal, he reached enlightenment while seated beneath a fig tree, and from his ideas a philosophy took shape in Southeast Asia after 400 BC. Meditation, compassion and mindfulness are discussed as they might be practiced in daily life. Painters and sculptors from across two millennia supply imagery for the story, picturing the Buddha's life in works of beauty and complexity. Contemporary Buddhists offer their own readings of the ancient narrative, among them a poet and a Buddhist leader. By his own account the Buddha was not a god or a god's messenger, but a man who had come upon a peace that others might reach as well.
