Little Buddha Page #2
- PG
- Year:
- 1993
- 123 min
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This is Lama Norbu.
And do you remember
Kenpo Tenzin from school?
Why don't you wear shoes?
It's an old
Tibetan habit.
Do you like my mask?
- In our country, we love masks.
- I made it.
- It's a red rat.
- Oh.
- Honey, I need a scotch.
- Mmm.
[ Whispering ]
So do I.
You see, my teacher,
Lama Dorje,
who was even a teacher
of the Dalai Lama,
towards the end
of his life...
he felt he was needed in the West
to teach the Dharma,
the path of Buddha.
So he came to America,
to Seattle,
where he passed away
nine years ago.
We have been searching
for his reincarnation in many places,
but now we think he might
as your son.
- As Jesse?
- Yes.
- [ Both Chuckling ]
This is Champa,
and this is Punzo.
[ Lama Norbu ]
Champa, so you have woken up.
Please excuse us.
It was a great honor
to visit you,
but now we must leave.
[ Jesse ] You should see the monorail.
I'll show you the monorail.
[ Lama Norbu ]
Uh, Champa.
This book is for you.
So, you will be my guide,
Jesse?
Yeah.
- Good-bye.
- Good night.
Good night.
[ Jesse ] "Little Buddha,
The Story of Prince Siddhartha."
Okay, now your toes.
Ah.
Careful of your book.
come from?
Well, they're Tibetans,
honey.
They come from Bhutan,
which is a country in the Himalayas.
What are the Himalayas?
The Himalayas are
the highest mountains in the world.
Mom, good-bye!
Good-bye!
Let's see.
Okay.
"Buddha was born
in a small kingdom...
in ancient Nepal.
[ Lisa Reading ]
As was the custom in those days,
his mother, Queen Maya, was returning
to her parents' home...
for the birth of her child.
It was a long journey
for the Queen to make,
so, on the way,
the royal caravan stopped for a rest...
by the edge
of a great forest.
[ Singing ]
As the Queen
entered the trees,
she fell into
a kind of trance...
and remembered a strange
dream she had had...
the day
she conceived her child.
[ Lisa Reading ]
In the dream...
- a baby elephant
had appeared at her side...
- [ Kissing ]
and blessed her
with its trunk.
Queen Maya
was deep inside the wood...
when suddenly
And then, it is said,
a tree,
understanding
this great moment,
bent slowly down
to protect her,
offering its branches
for her support.
[ Singing ]
[ Groans ]
[ Singing Continues,
Weakly ]
[ Baby Crying ]
[ Lisa Reading ]
The child was born with almost no pain,
with shining, golden skin.
He was fully conscious,
his eyes wide open.
And he was strong enough
to stand on his own legs.
I have been born
to reach Enlightenment...
and free all creatures
from suffering.
[ Lisa Reading ]
And, it is said,
lotus blossoms grew
in his footsteps."
[ Cajun, Distant ]
[ Dean ]
Hey, where's our reincarnation?
Where's Lama Dorje?
[ Chuckling ]
Reading his book.
Wow. Like the Three Kings
from the east, huh? Hmm.
Yeah. Amazing.
Well, at least they didn't try
to tell us that Jesse was the result...
of an immaculate
conception.
[ Chuckling ]
I don't know, I like the idea:
reincarnation.
I wouldn't mind
coming back,
visiting the places I like again
and the people I love.
Suppose you come back
as an ant.
So, what's wrong
with an ant?
Lots of group activity
and picnics and things.
You can get squished.
People get squished too.
Yeah, that's a fact.
[ Continues, Distant ]
I can't believe you'd be this upset over
four harmless, little Tibetan monks.
- What's bothering you, Dean?
- It's Evan.
He's bankrupt.
What?
Evan's bankrupt?
He's been hiding from everybody even me.
But, how? How can that happen?
You are his best friend.
Everything you've ever done,
you've done together
"King Suddhodhana,
the baby's father,
named the child Siddhartha,
which means,
'He who brings good.'
And then he gave a great reception
to present his son to the people.
[ Continues ]
[ Chanting ]
[ Lisa Reading ] Suddenly,
in the midst of the ceremony,
and to everyone's surprise,
an unexpected guest arrived.
He was the revered hermit
and astrologer Asita,
whom nobody had seen
for years.
[ Music, Chanting
Continue ]
Queen Maya saw tears
come to his eyes.
Do not be alarmed,
O Queen.
Mine are only the tears
of an old man...
who knows that
he will not live long enough...
to learn from
the teachings of your son.
Will he be a great king?
He'll be the master
of the world.
Or its redeemer.
When he grows older, Siddhartha can
become a teacher, like you, if he wants,
but first of all
he must follow me...
- and be a king.
- It may be as you wish,
but the gods often betray
[ Siddhartha Crying ]
He will be a king.
- He will be a king!
Queen Maya was filled
with a strange foreboding,
as if she knew that she too would not
live to see her son's destiny fulfilled.
He will be
a great king!
A week later she died
of a terrible illness...
[ Jesse ]
I know why you're here.
- You're looking for your teacher,
aren't you?
- Yes.
And red rats
have very long ears.
What was
your teacher's name?
- Lama Dorje, which means
"thunderbolt" in Tibetan.
- Lama Thunderbolt?
[ Horn Blows ]
I think you should go to the police,
if you want to find him.
No, the police can't help us.
You see, Lama Dorje is dead.
But how can you find him
if he's dead?
It's very difficult to explain,
but we believe he's been reborn.
- Like a ghost, you mean?
- No.
- As a child.
- Could I be Lama Dorje?
You could be, yes.
I think I am.
I am Lama Thunderbolt.
We'll have to see
about that.
Then why did you come
to our house?
You ask a lot
of questions, huh?
[ Whispering ]
- Yes, Maria, yes!
- [ Laughing ]
I can show you
Buddha!
- [ Children Chattering ]
- Jesse, show them the building
your father built.
Yeah! Come on.
My father
built that building.
See? The one
with the green dome.
He made it for his friend Evan,
but it's always empty.
Was Buddha a god?
No, he was
a real person.
- Like Jesus?
- Yes.
Quite a bit
like Jesus,
though he was born
long before.
What happened to Buddha
when he grew up?
Oh, he wasn't called
Buddha yet.
He was still
young Prince Siddhartha,
Ahh!
[ Lama Norbu Continuing ]
and he married the beautiful
Princess Yasodhara.
a great archer,
and he often played
with his friends...
the ancient game
called "Kabadi."
- [ Yelling, Groaning ]
- [ Cheering ]
You mean, all he was doing
Yes.
[ Chanting Repeatedly ]
Haddadu, haddadu, haddadu,
haddadu, haddadu, haddadu--
- [ Repetitive Chanting Continues ]
- Ha!
- Wendikali!
- [ Crowd ] Wendikali!
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