The Buddha the story of Siddhartha

Grubin, David. (Added Author). Gere, Richard, 1949- (Added Author). Brown, Blair. (Added Author). Asia Society. Museum. (Added Author). David Grubin Productions (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Two and a half millennia ago, a new religion was born in India, generated from the ideas of the Buddha, a mysterious Indian sage who gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree. The Buddha never claimed to be God or his emissary on earth, only that he was a human being who had found a kind of serenity that others could find, too. This documentary tells the story of his life, a journey especially relevant in our own times.

Record details

ISBN: 9781608831951 :
Physical Description: videorecording
videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: New York : David Grubin Productions ; [United States] : distributed by PBS Distribution, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Produced in conjunction with the exhibition, Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, organized by Asia Society Museum, New York." DVD release of a program originally shown on PBS. Special features: Interview with David Grubin ; Interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama ; Making animation for The Buddha ; Buddhist pilgrimage sites. Widescreen presentation.
Formatted Contents Note:	Birth -- Siddhartha -- Leaving the Palace -- Reincarnation -- Asceticism -- A Childhood Memory -- Enlightenment -- The First Teaching -- The Four Noble Truths -- The Sangha -- Meditation -- Teachings -- Miracles -- Death of the Buddha.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	David Grubin Productions ; Writer/Producer/Director, David Grubin ; Associate producer, Anna Bowers ; Music, Michael Bacon.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Richard Gere, with Blair Brown.
Language Note:	In English, with Chinese, English or Mandarin subtitles. Closed-captioned ; Described for the visually impaired.