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...monotheist. Christians reject many gods and think nothing of it. Atheists simply believe in one fewer god than they do, and want to have the same rights and show of respect that Christians expect. Like Christians, we value moral excellence and the common ethical teachings of men like Socrates, Buddha and Christ. Of course, we do have our differences: we do not worship Christ as divine and find some of his teachings, like those about hellfire and eternal punishment, very harmful. But on the whole, we have much in common...
...cypress-roofed temple is the city's center of gravity, marked on all the highway signs. Zenkoji announces itself with the shock of pounding drums, the smell of burning incense, the flutter of white-paper prayers. Somewhere inside its main hall is what is said to be the first Buddha image ever to arrive in Japan, so precious that only a replica is displayed once every seven years...
...WIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla.--Perhaps nothing left in our culture is sacred. Integrity. Authority. Justice. Respect. Compassion. Democracy. All of these once were held in high esteem by a majority of Americans, at least theoretically. But, today almost anyone with enough power and money can buy these items like plastic Buddha statues at a garage sale...
That turns out to be the wrong question. The director has come to this biography of "the Buddha of compassion, the wish-fulfilling jewel" as a pilgrim. He is in Tibet (actually Morocco) to explore, bend, learn, find new ways of seeing and showing the light. That makes Kundun his simplest and most experimental film...
Melissa Mathison's script dares to tell an Asian tale with no Westerners, not even Brad Pitt. At two, Tenzin Gyatso is found in a remote village and proclaimed Buddha's incarnation. Schooled and coddled, he grows to manhood. He confronts Mao and his acquisitive legates, and he finally flees to India...