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by kirtu
Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:32 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: The obligatory Dhamma themed movie thread
Replies: 161
Views: 72150

Re: The obligatory Dhamma themed movie thread

Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon , 1972, a Wonderful World of Disney tv movie, two thumbs way up! from IMDB: Chandar is a black leopard who lives near the beach of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) together] with his mother and his sister. When fishers arrive they have to leave and move to a temple in the jun...
by kirtu
Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:44 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: The obligatory Dhamma themed movie thread
Replies: 161
Views: 72150

Re: The obligatory Dhamma themed movie thread

Harp of Burma , 1956, directed by Kon Ichikawa. Ichikawa remade this classic in color in 1985 but I haven't seen that version. The Burmese Harp, Biruma no tategoto, Harp of Burma: at the end of WW2 in Burma, a Japanese soldier, Private Mizushima, who can "pass for a Burmese" and who plays...
by kirtu
Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:00 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Tantric Theravada?
Replies: 142
Views: 85265

Re: Tantric Theravada?

Anything to do with Buddha pouring or casting ceremonies involves a lot of "tantric" magic. Below you can see Reusi Kesa-kaew, a well-known rishi with long hair who gets invited to some forest monasteries as well and has a bodhisattva reputation, presiding over such a ceremony together wi...
by kirtu
Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:24 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Pulling for Individual...
Replies: 70
Views: 26901

Re: Pulling for Individual...

May our friend Individual have a happy rebirth, connect with the Dhamma at birth, attain perfect liberation and by his example and emmulation of our Teacher Shakyamuni, guide numberless beings to the further shore. May Individual's family remember him with love and may they be comforted in their sor...