The Buddha | movie | 2010 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Bu | dG1fUnBPQW5HY3dxbGM

Transcript

00:00 Born some 500 years before the birth of Jesus,

00:06 the Buddha would grow to manhood in a town vanished long ago.

00:10 For nearly three decades, he would see nothing of the world beyond.

00:15 The tales say he was the son of a king,

00:25 raised in a palace with every imaginable luxury.

00:30 He was called Siddhartha Gautama,

00:34 a prince among a clan of warriors.

00:38 "When I was a child," he said,

00:43 "I was delicately brought up, most delicately.

00:47 A white sunshade was held over me day and night

00:51 to protect me from cold, heat, dust, dirt and dew."

00:57 My father gave me three lotus ponds.

01:01 gave me three lotus ponds.

01:03 (upbeat music)