Introduction
Commonly celebrated in America, Tibetan Buddhism took place in the subjects of Hollywood films, Media consumers of American society are accustomed to receiving information both in contexts of fictional entertainment and nonfictional news. Things such as (Quick quotable and the rapid montages of pictures and images and also the crafting of simple stories) took place as important media manners.
LITTLE BUDDHA is a well-represented film by Hollywood that tells the story of Jesse Conrad and has a major parallels story of a prince Siddhartha in which the story talks about the birth of Buddhism. Jesse Conrad is a young boy living in Seattle identified by a Buddhist monk as being the reincarnation of Buddha and is taken to Bhutan along with his father to see if he really is a “Little Buddha”.
Bertolucci, the director of Little Buddha, is well known for his religious film’s appeal. His interest in Buddhism began very much earlier than the release of Little Buddha in 1963. Such interests raised questions of Bertolucci being a Buddhist, particularly after his show in an interview wearing a Tibetan Buddhist coral around his neck. According to The Cinema of Ambiguity Bertolucci was deeply involved in studying Buddhism and the Little Buddha had been made from his Buddhist perspective. Little Buddha found great interest among children as it’s a story of a little boy whose Jesse.
It recounts Jesse’s journey to Bhutan with monks who train him in the Buddhist culture and tradition, illuminating the origins of Buddhism. Little Buddha emphasis’ the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism. It shows the difference between western religions and Buddhism that its beliefs do not rest in divine or supernatural power in history. It is a religion purely of human experience, there is no message to be believed in order to be saved, it is a series of steps the follower must reason out for himself.
There are simpler concepts such as generosity, moral conduct, mental concentration, heavenly rebirth, and the law of cause and effect (karma), that are normally taught to novices. All the above are essential characteristics of a Buddhist, So the teachings of the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path are usually reserved for members of the Sangha and advanced laypeople.
The four noble truths
Dukkha, meaning: impermanence and imperfection, is the state of the imperfect, impermanent human condition.
It suggests that the only happiness we feel is transitory and that we can not escape human suffering. So no one is exempt from these.
Samudaya the cause of Dukkha
The cravings we have for physical or mental pleasures are fleeting and not permanent. It can be described as the greed, desire, thirst, or craving that exist in humans to find pleasure. It always exists, when one desire is not satisfied, the craving begins aroused.
Samudaya and Dukkha summed up are the cycle of craving and lack of fulfillment that is human.
Nirodha the cessation of Dukkha
Craving must be transcended and removed, If Dukkha follows craving and Dukkha must be eliminated, The cycle of constant want and disappointment must be broken in order to gain enlightenment. The state of cessation of Dukkha is Nirvana, and Nirvana is the end of greed and craving, but all of Buddhism’s teachings lead towards the realization of the state of Nirvana in the human lifetime.
Maggie the path leading to the cessation of Dukkha, the Noble Eightfold Path
There is a middle path between a life of luxury and greed and one of austerity and self-mortification is the path to enlightenment. Both extremes must be avoided, and this truth is the one that changes Buddhism from philosophy into an active religion. But a follower must be as diligent in his/her practice as in his/her study, also provides a solid example of how to lead a life in the Buddhist religion.
Works Cited
Pico. Iyer,, Buddhism and Popular Culture, (1997) New York City.
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