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"Compassion and Wisdom" is a
groundbreaking Buddhist film which combines interviews with many of the
world's greatest Buddhist teachers and scholars with rare and often
never before seen footage of Buddhist architecture, painting and
sculpture in India, Nepal, Japan and the United States. Produced and
directed by James Zito, "Compassion and Wisdom" is a thought provoking
documentary examining the ideal of the Bodhisattva which is central to
the Buddhism of late India, China,Korea, Tibet and Japan as well as
their continuation in American Buddhism today.
The film includes an in-depth
examination of the Bodhisattva path and its main components: compassion
and wisdom. Also included is a discussion of the relevance of the
Bodhisattva ideal to current issues such as pollution of the
environment, stress, the care and treatment of the dying and other ways
in which Buddhist ideas can have a bearing on modern issues. The film
also profiles the great historical Bodhisattva figures such as
Avalokiteshvara, Manjusri, Tara, and Jizo still revered and worshipped
daily by Millions of Mahayana Buddhists throughout the world.
(108 minutes)
Available on DVD |