enlightened one also known as Śākyamuni, the Holy of the Śākya tribe, because he spotted the Four Noble Truths: Suffering is an inescapable part of life. The origin of this suffering lies in desire, attachment and revulsion. Human being, however, can detect and understand these roots and adjust its acts. By doing so human being can conduct a life without harming any creature,
The goal - not to be saved from God but “to seek for being God by unity of God and I”
‘Tantra’
Traditional asceticism before the Aryan
Way for finding I and universe are same so only action and fulfillment exist, No ideology
Instead of rejecting desire, reach nirvana through setting them free.
The life, action and achievement.
Only high class monks benefited from enlightenment.
monk, loudly ringing a bell.
Candles are lit.
Napoleon, age 9, sun-tanned, leaps out of bed, rubbing his
arms and shivering. He tries to pour a pitcher of water,
discovering that it has frozen solid.
NAPOLEON
Who has been putting glass in my
pitcher? Look here, someone has
filled my pitcher with glass!
DUFOUR
Oh, my goodness! Someone has filled
Bonapartes pitcher with glass.
Now, who on earth wou
enlightened
before the others are condemned to
purse that light in spite of
others..."
COLUMBUS stares down at the documents, moving them away
from the rain drips. He stares out by the window, and we
see:
A devastated landscape. Flooded roads, half-destroyed
huts, broken trees... A dog picks its way through the mud.
FERNANDO (V.O.)
There was a time when the New World
didnt exist...
DISSOLVE TO:
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KUNDUN
Melissa Mathison
16 October 1992
Cast of Characters
(in order of appearance)
Reting Rinpoche ... Regent of Tibet, served in the years between
the death of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama and the discovery
of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. A monk.
Lama of Sera ... Keustang Rinpoche A high lama.
Lhamo Dhondrup ... The Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Also known
as Tenzin Gyatso.
Lobsang Samten ... The Dalai Lam