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- Karim's mother is English and his father is Indian. Therefore Karim has some problems with life in British society which is becoming more and more racist and intolerant; he experiences this especially when he pursues acting.
- One day when Pickle and his friend Belly Bottom watch the dashcam recordings of Pickle's boss they stumble upon a secret.
- After 400 BC, a new philosophy was born in South east Asia, generated from the ideas of Buddha, a mysterious Prince from Nepal who gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree.
- 2005 years ago in India, a boy named Siddhartha Gautama of the kingdom Shakya is born. At that time various kingdoms were continuously raging wars with each other. When the boy attained puberty, he associated with people from the lower class like Migaila a girl who was known as a thief. Siddhartha began to have doubts about the strict class system even though he is raised in luxury as a future king. Later, the powerful kingdom of Kosala attacks the kingdom of Shakya. Both sides fight fiercely. The commander of Kosala's army is the general's son Chapra. He is thought of as the most brave soldier in the kingdom of Kosala. Chapra was actually born into slavery but hid his background. By the general's order he came all the way up into his current position. Chapra wants to make a successful career for himself and Siddhartha abondons his family's wealth to find Tao. These two opposite persons meet in the war and changes the fate of their respective kingdoms.
- 2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future, a monk with only one eye and Depa. Siddhartha continues traveling. Siddhartha is overwhelmed by the sufferings he witnesses around him. Meanwhile, Prince Ruri of Kosara begins his attack on the Shakya clan.
- A country bumpkin arrives to help his brother's rice business. Things get out of hand while a rival company becomes corrupt. The bumpkin, an ace martial artist, fights off the rivals with the aid of some Buddhist guidence...
- Siddharta, a Prince of Kapilavastu, gave up the royal life and family to gain freedom by seeking the path to end human misery, which arises out of ignorance. In the process of finding the path, he attained divinity and became a Buddha.
- There is a series of Buddha statue thefts in Kyoto. Beniko, a high school girl, gets the Buddha statue at her family's temple stolen and has her parents killed at the same time. Beniko hears from Enju, her parents'friend, that a robbery group called SEADDATTHA is the one who killed her parents, and feels the strong urge for vengeance. Enju offers Beniko to live with him since she has no place to go. She wanders into Enju's secret room and meets an ugly creature that looks like a fusion of her parents and Buddha statue...
- The Shurakuen Buddha statue, located in Aichi, suddenly springs to his feet and wanders around Nagoya city.
- The story of how Prince Siddharth Gautama came to be Buddha, The Enlightened One.
- Chef David Yárnoz returns to Taiwan 3 years later to face the problems of bringing Spanish cuisine to the other side of the world, where local chef, Kai Ho , tirelessly searches for influences to combine the produce of his land.
- Cai Yan, a pirate leader, loses his memory and finds refuge in a Shaolin Temple. There, he discovers the monks are in danger and vows to safeguard them.
- What do we know of the wife and child the Buddha abandoned when he went off to seek his enlightenment? Yashodhara - The Buddha's Wife brings this intimate, intense, and rarely told fascinating story to the forefront.
- Narrated by Ben Kingsley this cinematic feature documentary looks at the life and work of a Mongolian national treasures. He is on a life long mission to heal all the patients under his care , all Mongolians and all humanity.
- Siva fled to Britain in 1993, flushing his false passport down the toilet during his flight. Its plot revolves around the conflict between minority Tamil rebels and the Sri Lankan army and Indian peacekeeping forces. The film portrays the agony of a people who only wanted 'peace of mind and a decent life' as a protagonist puts it. The film upholds the value of compassion and abjures all forms of retribution.
- Bavahari, a half caste Indian girl, renounces her oath as a sacred dancer to the worship of Buddha. The High Priest, who secretly loves the girl, is enraged and vows vengeance. Bavahari marries an English army officer, and they move to Paris where she becomes a sensation as a dancer. After she deserts her husband, he kills himself at her feet. The High Priest, discovering that Bavahari is in Paris, announces his presence by marking the "Sign of Death" on her dressing room door. He then disguises himself as a Buddha idol. As Bavahari dances on stage, the High Priest kills her in front of the audience.
- A skilled fighter is employed by a Manchu after saving him from Ming assassins, but his loyalty is tested when he discovers that his family have been targeted by the Manchus.
- International crook Wolf Frees and his partner, Percy Herbert, steal the "Green Buddah," a priceless eastern-art object, while it is on a display-exhibition in London. Frees double-crosses Herbert and forces Wayne Morris, the owner of a small charter-plane company to fly him to Glasgow. During the flight, the two men struggle and the plane crashes. Morris then sets out to find the Buddah and claim the reward to pay for his wrecked plane. During his search, Morris Meets and falls in love with nightclub singer Mary Germaine. The search for the fence who has the Buddah ends up a roller-coaster at an amusement park.
- The journey of a young man on his path towards enlightenment.
- FEATURING ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, SARAH SILVERMAN, PATTON OSWALT & MANY MORE! Cult-Comic Eddie Pepitone's life is on display in this unhinged portrait of creativity, enlightenment and rage.
- A filmmaker's investigation into the destruction of giant Buddha statues in Afghanistan.
- A team of archaeologists has been granted special access to dig at Lumbini, one of the holiest sites in Buddhism, and the answers they uncover could reshape history.
- This is a documentary which tells the story of Toni Hagen who was the first who was allowed to travel the himalaya kingdom Nepal. While he crisscrossed the country he found thousands of tibetan refugees. This changed his live.
- Did a 19th-century British landowner really discover gold, jewels and the bones of the Lord Buddha in an underground chamber on his estate? Is the site the lost city of Kapilavastu, where the real Buddha lived as Prince Siddhartha?
- On the anniversary of Buddha, a young monk is sent by his master on a spiritual journey through the frozen lands. His quest is to bring offerings to a Buddha statue on the top of a holy mountain.
- In 2001, the Taliban government of Afghanistan destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the world's tallest stone sculptures. By the summer of 2002, after the fall of the Taliban, more than 250 Afghans, most of them Hazara refugees, were living in caves beside the rubble. This film, organized chronologically over four seasons, follows a refugee family living there, including Mir, a smiling lad of eight. The landscape is stark, the winter is harsh, the refugees' stories are harrowing, Mir's school is crowded and ill equipped, helicopters move across the sky, and the roads carry mostly military vehicles, yet Mir's family hopes for a house and a bright future.
- After not being able to pay rent and owing money to a drug lord 3 Roommates struggle to find the one thing that can save their lives, The Golden Buddha! But beware of the curse hidden behind the beautiful gold statue, they're gonna need some good luck.
- After a notorious rapist kills his master and entire clan, the Iron Buddha sets out for revenge.
- The Buddha rises from a humble priest to a religious icon.
- If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!
- Women of Tibet: The Buddha's Wife explores the radical changes women and men experience on the quest to become fully realized human beings. Forced by the demands of modern living we delve into what it means to follow a spiritual path while reexamining traditional roles. This film seeks to shed light on what happens when two primal forces, the Divine Feminine and the Sacred Masculine, begin to work together to create a more harmonious and peaceful world.
- When we think of a Buddhist community, we tend to imagine a group of monks who, in the midst of nature's silence, repeat millenarian gestures and ancient lifestyles from time immemorial. Are we sure it is always like that? Could we ever imagine a secular community in Milan's town center which keeps its ancient traditions while living modernity in full? 'Meet the Buddhas' is the tale of how Shinnyo-en, a modern Buddhist community, prepare to celebrate a most important event: the annual meeting of the followers from all over Europe with their spiritual leader. A tale of joy, feelings and teachings to live in harmony, embracing all beings, in order to gain a deeper understanding of what we think we know about Buddhism.
- A little person sits in zen meditation. A split-second of awakening.
- The film is the story of the Kagai-ool family from Tuva. Tuva lies in Central Asia, in Siberia, not far from the Mongolian border. Mama and papa Kagai-ool live alone in a yurt, moving from the steppe to the forest and back several times a year. They have one horse, some sheep, goats and cattle. The entire Kagai-ool family depends on them in the coming winter. Their son Alexei is a stone carver and lives in the city of Kyzil but many things keep him tied to his home village. He is the modern nomad. City life does not prevent him from hearing the voices of the spirits who live in the stones he carves. The Kagai-ools are "in the arms of Buddha and the drum". Buddhism and shamanism have survived here in spite of the attempts of the communists to destroy people-s traditions and old beliefs. Buddha and the shaman are always present, even if the modern world has sometimes penetrated the traditional life stile.
- Christopher Titmuss is a product of the sixties. At the beginning of the seventies he traveled to India as a reporter, discovered Buddhism and became a monk in Thailand. Seven years later he "disrobed" and founded the meditation center Gaya House in England. Since then he has been traveling around the world, holding meditation retreats in India, Australia, Israel, Palestine, Europe and the USA. His understanding of the teachings of the Buddha is clear, radical and political. The film follows him to conflict areas in different places of the world and documents his efforts towards peace. A pilgrimage to Thailand to his former places of action illustrates the importance of deep friendship but also of the stillness of being alone for a fulfilled life. And again and again the small things in life play a great role in the search for happiness.
- This is about the life and work of the great Gautama Buddha.
- Hanif Kureishi looks back on the iconic drama series The Buddha of Suburbia (1993).
- Twelve hundred years ago, the people of Tibet developed a comprehensive medical system. The practitioners understood how the mind can powerfully affect the body. They made medicines from plants and minerals blessed in lengthy rituals. This knowledge was encoded in a series of elaborate paintings known as The Atlas of Tibetan Medicine. The Atlas was hidden away in museum archives, in Siberia, for ages. This documentary surveys the evolving practice of Tibetan medicine in today's Chinese-controlled Tibet. It also as takes a look at the practice in the exile community of Dharamsala, India, the Russian republic of Buryatia and in North America. With its message of natural healing, human connection and right living, Tibetan medicine is all the more precious for having nearly been lost.
- An ancient stone inscription, discovered in 1928, states that the Buddha was born in a village in eastern India. This claim runs counter to all established theories. Anthropologists James Freeman and Annapurna Pandey investigate the claim and make an unexpected and significant discovery.