Memang banyak film yang mengangkat tema ke-buddha-an, baik itu versi masa lalu maupun masa kini. Salah satu film yang menarik untuk ditonton berjudul "Little Buddha". Berikut sinopsis-nya dalam bahasa Inggris:
"Little Buddha is a story about the quest of a group of monks, led by Lama Norbu (Ruocheng Ying), to seek out the reincarnation of his great Buddhist teacher, Lama Dorje (Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen). Lama Norbu and his fellow monks believe they have found a candidate of Dorje's reincarnation within a boy named Jesse Conrad (Alex Wiesendanger) in Seattle. While Jesse is fascinated with the monks and their way of life, his parents, Dean (Chris Isaak) and Lisa (Bridget Fonda), are wary, and that wariness turns into near-hostility when Norbu announces that he would like to take Jesse back with him to Bhutan to be tested. Jesse's father changes his mind however, after one of his close friends and colleagues commits suicide, seeming to realize that there could be more to life than work and money. He then decides to go to Bhutan with his son. In Nepal, two children who are also candidates are encountered, Raju (Rajuh Lal) and Gita (Greishma Makar Singh).
In the story, the Lama Norbu relates Buddha's life story from a book
entitled "Little Buddha" which is also enacted as a story within the
movie. In the story, a Hindu prince called Siddhartha sets on a journey to
achieve his goal. Mara, a jealous demon, senses that Siddhartha (Keanu Reeves)
is about to attain enlightenment and sends his daughters to distract him.
Failing to do so, he attempts to shatter Siddharthas resolve and thus begins an
onslaught of threats, intimidation and temptation. Mara summons a terrifying
horde of monsters of every conceivable description but even something as
horrific as this still leaves Siddhartha unmoved, unperturbed. Instead he
transforms the weapons which these hosts throw at him into lotus petals which
exude a lovely fragrance as they gently floated down to earth. Mara decides
that Siddhartha will not deny himself and turns into his image in a reflection
on a pool of water. Instead Siddhartha reaches and pulls the image out of the
water.
Lama Norbu explains that Siddhartha defeated an army of demons,
simply through his observance of patience and tolerance. He achieved great
peacefulness and compassion, through self-detachment from illusions.
In the end, it is found that all three children are reincarnations
of the Lama Dorje, separate manifestations of his body (Raju), speech (Gita), and
mind (Jesse). His reincarnation represents the three most important aspects of
life. A funeral is held for Lama Norbu. The children distribute his ashes to
respect Norbu's teaching of reincarnation through setting off the ashes in many
places."
Penasaran? Yuk, tonton film-nya di Youtube dengan klik disini.
Penasaran? Yuk, tonton film-nya di Youtube dengan klik disini.
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