Based upon the sūtra “The Play in Full,” this abstract film titled “The Perfect Awakening” aspires explore the crucial moments around which the Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment.
Based upon the sūtra “The Play in Full,” this abstract film titled “The Perfect Awakening” aspires explore the crucial moments around which the Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment.
Metaphors are applied to represent some of the more unfathomable moments and elements of this event. Beginning in darkness, the clouds portray the demon Mārā —a conceptual personification of that which obstructs our own awareness.
In contrast, Buddha’s radiant wisdom, compassion, and his unmovable enlightened qualities, manifest as light breaking throug hthe clouds, and revealing the continued presence of our own Buddhanature.
As the narration climaxes, the film manifests clear, empty sky, representing the fundamental destruction of our own “Mārā” and the realization that there is no Mārā, and that there is no Buddha, that there are no beings and that there is no self. This is the moment when our pure awareness moves beyond all dualistic distinctions.
導演 | Directed & Edited by DALeast
攝影 | Director of Photography: Jigme Tenzing
⾳樂 | Original Music by Harry Einhorn
製⽚ | Produced by Ushnisha Ng
配⾳ | CAST
引⾔ | Intro: Pema Abrahams
旁⽩ | Narrator: Raghav Bhalla
魔羅/天神 | Māra/God: Nick Demeris
菩薩 | Bodhisattva: Lucky Vakharia
中⽂翻譯 | Chinese Translator: Florence Jia-Yi Lee
特別鳴謝 | Special Thanks:
Huang Jing Rui
Joie Chen
Jennifer Yo
Candice Tsuei
Alaine Teu
Ugyen Tshomo
This film was originally commissioned for “On His Lotus Seat,” an online event celebrating the Buddha by Bhumisparsha of SI India, 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha & The Kumarajiva Project (an Khyentse Foundation initiative).
Our team is made up of academics, Dharma teachers, technology experts, translators, and practitioners working remotely from twenty-two cities around the world.
