Documentary about the Journey of Master Xuanzang

dharma222

Master Xuanzang travelled many thousands of miles on an arduous journey for the Buddhadharma Mahayana Buddhist scriptures which originated from Sakya-Muni Buddha.This is the documentary of his life.

1)youtube.com/watch?v=p4UKrY4n498&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368&index=1

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4)youtube.com/watch?v=cxL7NuXuYys&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368&index=4

5)youtube.com/watch?v=hlWCvXB3SYY&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368&index=5

6)youtube.com/watch?v=o6w2fVQkxso&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368&index=6

7)youtube.com/watch?v=OqCIZCukJqo

8)youtube.com/watch?v=-37xUqJtlro

9)youtube.com/watch?v=XLbYRaXqtTQ

10)youtube.com/watch?v=-t5Owj4sFHc

11)youtube.com/watch?v=SRqTgMRhT6A

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14)youtube.com/watch?v=JnAWbleaBAo&index=12&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368

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18)youtube.com/watch?v=2ta3mURpZ0A&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368&index=16

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Dakini

FABULOUS contribution, OP! Looks like I"m all set for dinner-theater for the week.
I've heard of Xuangzang, but now I can learn much more.

Dakini

Video #2 needs a youtube link. It's not accessible as posted.

Did anyone notice at the beginning of vid #1, one of the monks Xuanzang studieid with is a Westerner? Back then, Buddhism was spread around the borderlands with Western China and the oasis towns of the Tarim Basin by the Tocharians, descendants of proto-Indo-Europeans who migrated into the area from the Russian steppes (and from Anatolia, Turkey, according to some experts) a couple thousand years before the Buddha's time. They set up a civilization in the desert, and in the mountains to the north. Eventually, they moved into northern India. They called themselves the Arya.

dharma222

Sorry,I will repost all the links.Hope you will enjoy it.

1)youtube.com/watch?v=p4UKrY4n498&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368&index=1
2)youtube.com/watch?v=Fmw_22ri8-M
3)youtube.com/watch?v=mla8v9Chiug
4)youtube.com/watch?v=cxL7NuXuYys&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368&index=4
5)youtube.com/watch?v=hlWCvXB3SYY&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368&index=5
6)youtube.com/watch?v=o6w2fVQkxso&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368&index=6
7)youtube.com/watch?v=OqCIZCukJqo
8)youtube.com/watch?v=-37xUqJtlro
9)youtube.com/watch?v=XLbYRaXqtTQ
10)youtube.com/watch?v=-t5Owj4sFHc
11)youtube.com/watch?v=SRqTgMRhT6A
12)youtube.com/watch?v=GWOXPr59Tlc
13)youtube.com/watch?v=IULLM2O7mpw
14) youtube.com/watch?v=JnAWbleaBAo&index=12&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368
15)youtube.com/watch?v=8upExAiALE0
16)youtube.com/watch?v=soTPWbVKGKI
17)youtube.com/watch?v=2TT5c8gJcbg
18)youtube.com/watch?v=2ta3mURpZ0A&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368&index=16
19)youtube.com/watch?v=1vLxr1sFChk
20)youtube.com/watch?v=B2n_K1dIE6A&list=PLA7CF8BFB0B396368&index=18
21)youtube.com/watch?v=Tye1dnqdsFs

dharma222

I just find the link to this documentary that is 1 hour 33 minutes long with better English translation.Hope you will like it.

youtube.com/watch?v=7pbmbvWSaA0

Dakini

Thanks so much, @dharma222. I've been enjoying it, and I plan to share it with friends.

I think it's quite a good show, considering. Do we know if it's produced by the PRC, or by Taiwan? There's some obvious pro-Chinese-culture propaganda, but it's not heavy-handed. And it treats the "Western barbarians" pretty objectively. The part on the role of Gandhara in the history of Buddhism is fascinating. The view of Kushan culture and Kushan Buddhism is also interesting.

Thanks again.

Invincible_summer

@Dakini - The 1h 33 min video that @dharma222 linked to is from China - there's a bunch of credits at the beginning that mention Shanghai, Beijing, etc, and one of the companies' logos at the beginning is based in Guangzhou, China.

I'm not sure about the other video that is linked in parts. The accent of the narrator is pretty "standard," meaning there's not a heavy regional influence, but at times he sounds a bit more southern Chinese/Taiwanese to me.

EDIT: Ah, my ears serve me well! Fo Guang Shan produced The Journey of Xuanzang, so it's definitely Taiwanese.

Dakini

@Invincible_summer said:

EDIT: Ah, my ears serve me well! Fo Guang Shan produced The Journey of Xuanzang, so it's definitely Taiwanese.

Hey, cool. Thanks. I've heard good things about Fo Guang Shan.
hmm... It looks like maybe Taiwan copied the other one, but refined it a bit, and turned it into a weekly serial, or something. I like the Taiwanese one better. But it's good to have one that's a single film. What do you think of the two?