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Little Buddha (1993) Little Buddha is a captivating film released in 1993, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. This cinematic

Little Buddha (1993)

Little Buddha is a captivating film released in 1993, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. This cinematic gem explores the spiritual journey of a young boy believed to be the reincarnation of a revered Tibetan lama. As Prince Siddhartha embarks on his quest to find enlightenment and discover the true meaning of life, the movie skillfully intertwines his story with the modern-day journey of three Westerners seeking wisdom in Nepal.

Starring the brilliant cast of Keanu Reeves, Bridget Fonda, and Chris Isaak, Little Buddha immerses viewers in a visually stunning world, combining breathtaking landscapes and mesmerizing scenes. With its profound portrayal of Buddhist teachings and meditative themes, this film transcends the boundaries of entertainment.

If you are intrigued by the enchanting sounds and melodies that accompany this masterpiece, you can play and download them here. Let the ethereal soundtrack transport you into the tranquil realm of Little Buddha.

A beautiful day.
A beautiful... myth.
A girl, a dolphin, a tree, a monkey.
A hundred years from now we'll all be dead.
A little boy from Kathmandu.
A little boy in Kathmandu.
A little overcome, that's all.
A magic mist had descended over everything.
A month ago, she wrote to me to come right away...
A spiritual leader.
A week later she died of a terrible illness...
About a lot of things these last two days.
After 499 times dying...
Again and again.
Again and again.
Ah, yes, the goat.
Ah, yes. He wanted to see the world.
Ah. Careful of your book.
All of us are attached...
All of us...
All right. Please sit down.
All three children show the same signs.
Also I teach astrology. Mostly astrology.
Amongst all these people, the two of them...
An unexpected guest arrived.
And above all, to pass on knowledge,
And all the experts.
And all the people alive in the world today
And at what hour?
And be reborn and die, and be reborn and die again.
And because you're taking the adventure away from me.
And being reborn as a goat,
And being reborn as a goat,
And death what moment is that?
And discovered compassion.
And do you remember Kenpo Tenzin from school?
And for the first time in years,
And free all creatures from suffering.
And he achieved...
And he can meditate deep and vast as ocean.
And he married the beautiful Princess Yasodhara.
And he's come on a very important mission for all of us.
And I know about the invasion of Tibet...
And I'm in the middle of the semester and I can't take him.
And if you leave it too slack,
And if you leave it too slack, it won't play.
And just as he was leaving,
And Mara had sent them...
And now it is almost complete.
And now Mara was enraged.
And red rats have very long ears.
And remembered a strange dream she had had...
And restored his body to health.
And sacrificed goats to the gods.
And that in all these years he had been following...
And the great compassion he had found.
And the millions after that.
And the tiger was looking for food to feed her babies.
And the tragedies that happened,
And then five girls appeared.
And then he gave a great reception to present his son to the people.
And then I found the site...
And then, it is said, a tree,
And then, smoothly,
And you can then see your faults...
And you're a foreigner.
And your religion,
And, it is said,
And, uh, remember to take your medicine.
And, uh, this is for you.
Architect, finally I have met you.
Are there a lot of us? How many are there? I want to meet them.
Are you sure the other boy will be here today, Sangay?
Are you sure, Mrs. Conrad? Is it okay if I go now?
As he left his father,
As if she knew that she too would not live to see her son's destiny fulfilled.
As if Siddhartha had given up the great search for Enlightenment.
As if they were passing clouds.
As soon...
As the Queen entered the trees,
As was the custom in those days,
As you can see, we're still living out of boxes,
As your son.
Ascetics? Why are they so thin and naked?
At Jesse's school. The Tibetan astrologer.
Bathing and eating like an ordinary person,
Because a most amazing thing had happened.
Because in life, he always wore robes.
Beyond the present.
Born this very evening.
Buddha was born 2,500 years ago...
But at least the kitchen's done.
But first of all he must follow me...
But first, to be sure of the reincarnation,
But for Siddhartha the dream was ending.
But he don't know that.
But his mind was made up.
But how can we all be Lama Dorje?
But how can you find him if he's dead?
But I am your house, and you live in me.
But I don't believe in reincarnation, and neither does my wife.
But I will. I'm looking forward to it.
But I'm afraid I have to go.
But immediately after Lama Dorje died,
But in fact he had not yet given up the battle.
But in fact they were the five daughters of Mara,
But it is still mind.
But it's still tea.
But no one knows for certain!
But now we must leave.
But now we think he might have been reborn right here,
But remember this:
But remember,
But Siddhartha was looking beyond form,
But then I was lucky.
But then, one day,
But there are a few...
But there was nothing there.
But what is the tea?
But when the ascetics saw their master...
But where are they taking them?
But you've never looked after Jesse before.
But, how? How can that happen?
By making their minds so strong...
By the edge of a great forest.
Can I get you some something to drink?
Cannot remove the pain I feel.
Champa, so you have woken up.
Champa!
Channa, I am doing this for everyone.
Channa!
Channa! Channa!
Channa.
Channa.
Channa.
Channa. Channa,
Chanting prayers in Tibetan, saying things I couldn't understand.
Children. We are all children.
Come back! Hey! Dad?
Come here.
Come on, buddy! Give me a hand here.
Come on, Dean. This is crazy. What's going on?
Come on, Lisa. Everybody goes!
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on. Come out. Come say hello.
Come on. I have a little distraction for you.
Come. Come, O ignorant boys.
Come. I'll show you around the center.
Come...
Consult the Abbot of the monastery...
Cool.
Dad!
Dad! Dad, this is my new friend.
Dad.
Death is a big part of life.
Death is the moment of separation...
Detachment from illusions.
Do not be alarmed, O Queen.
Do such places exist, places as beautiful as here?
Do you like my mask?
Do you want me to fix you something to eat?
Don't eat me!
Don't laugh. You'll scare them. Do you know...
Eat me, O poor tiger!
Eat me!
Emptiness is form.
Evan's bankrupt?
Even if he's an American?
Even in the towel, it's still tea.
Even kings?
Even my love for Yasodhara... and my son...
Every breath that we breathe... we die.
Everybody is a wonderin'!
Everybody is a worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go!
Everyone should be young and healthy.
Excuse me, Lama.
Far beyond deluded thoughts.
For a long time, I didn't know what it meant.
For drink, they had rain.
For I know that they too will have to suffer,
For lawyers to talk to lawyers to talk to lawyers.
For many years we have been living in exile,
For six years,
For ten days...
For the birth of her child.
For the reincarnation of Lama Dorje.
Forgive me, I beg you.
Form is empty.
From a passing boat speaking to his pupil.
From all knowledge of pain and worry.
From now on, I will be the guardian and protector of every goat in the land.
From that moment on,
From this fire, with these people,
Get Kantaka. Mind no one sees you and meet me at the old gate.
Go on, join them, if you dare.
Good bye!
Good morning, Jesse Long Ears.
Good night.
Good night.
Greed, Fear, Ignorance and Desire.
Grow old... and die.
Ha!
Had seen the ultimate reality of all things.
Haddadu, haddadu, haddadu, haddadu, haddadu, haddadu
Have found each other in this way.
Have found each other.
Have you no pity for the wife you leave, and for your own son?
He became a great horseman, a great archer,
He can sit like a mountain, serene and unmovable.
He can... get a little robe...
He could become a very powerful figure in our society,
He could see beyond the universe.
He felt he was needed in the West to teach the Dharma,
He had reached beyond himself.
He had understood...
He has given us everything we could want.
He knew there was no salvation...
He made it for his friend Evan, but it's always empty.
He must have meant something different.
He must've been pretty stupid to do something like that.
He placed his hand...
He raised his arm to cut the goat's throat,
He read in his room all afternoon. He's asleep now.
He remembered his first birth...
He stayed for two days.
He tasted proper food.
He was beyond joy or pain,
He was born a year after Lama Dorje passed away.
He was fully conscious, his eyes wide open.
He was pointing to this empty spot,
He was still young Prince Siddhartha, Ahh!
He was the abbess of a convent.
He was the revered hermit and astrologer Asita,
He will be a great king!
He will be a king!
He will be a king.
He will come back.
He will stay at the Dharma Center we've started here in Seattle.
He'll be the master of the world.
He's a very important lama. He's come on a very special mission.
He's an engineer.
He's bankrupt.
He's been hiding from everybody even me.
He's got school.
He's never been away from me.
Hello.
Here the ashes are given to the river, my Lord.
Hey, buddy!
Hey, Dad! Hey!
Hey, honey. Hey, what's the matter? You look done in.
Hey, Jesse.
Hey, where's our reincarnation?
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey! American boy! Hey!
Hey. So, your dad's going to come by and pick you up at 4:00.
Hi, Champa. Hi, Punzo.
His father prepared everything in advance...
His heart was torn,
His long journey of awakening had begun.
His mother, Queen Maya, was returning to her parents' home...
Honest? A human bone?
How can I live here as I lived before...
How did it happen?
How much you give?
How strange.
How unusual.
How would you know? I'm sorry, you don't go to school.
I I got your invitation that you sent me...
I am champion of Kathmandu!
I am Lama Thunderbolt.
I am looking for freedom.
I am the real Lama Dorje, and you are both fakes.
I am truly happy, three times happy.
I am. To take a child away from his family,
I became pregnant.
I can go back to... Tibet,
I can hear him kicking!
I can show you Buddha!
I can't believe it.
I can't believe you'd be this upset over four harmless, little Tibetan monks.
I discovered that it belonged to the family of an engineer...
I don't know if I believe it, but I'd like to.
I don't know, I like the idea: Reincarnation.
I have a secret garden.
I have been born to reach Enlightenment...
I hope your journey was not too tiring, Lama.
I know why you're here.
I love you, Lisa.
I mean, what, you're offering Jesse life in a Buddhist monastery?
I mentioned that an important lama wanted to see her.
I must see the world, Yasodhara!
I only wish we had a crane to get me on board.
I saw they had started to build a house.
I send help, sahib.
I think I am.
I think you should go to the police, if you want to find him.
I thought I could go with him.
I thought you were the one that was open to the idea.
I was just telling Jesse the story of Siddhartha.
I was worried.
I will be reborn as a human being.
I wrote her last week.
I... will lift that curse.
I'll be watching you!
I'm a Buddhist monk from Tibet. My name is Kenpo Tenzin.
I'm just
I'm so happy to have found you again.
I'm so happy to have found you again.
I'm so happy to have found you... at last.
I'm sorry, Dean.
I'm sorry. I'm just upset with myself being upset.
I'm sorry. I'm just upset with myself being upset.
I've been waiting for nine years...
I've heard that only suffering lies beyond these walls.
I've not even seen my own city!
I've... been meaning to go. I just haven't had the time, but, uh
If he wanted it.
If I can reach Enlightenment,
If the Prince tries to escape, he must be stopped by force.
If the Prince tries to escape, he must be stopped by force.
If the world is so beautiful,
If we can learn to meditate in the right way,
If you tighten the string too much,
If you tighten the string too much, it will snap.
In a small kingdom...
In ancient Nepal.
In our monastery in Bhutan.
In perfect understanding with no hindrance of mind.
In San Francisco.
In the cleverest of ways:
In the cup, on the table, or on the floor,
In the dream...
In the end, it happens to us all, my Lord.
In the morning. Very early. 6:30.
In the simplest forms.
In this country, we call kidnapping.
In this way he hoped to shield his son...
In Tibet, we think of the mind and the body...
In Tibetan Buddhism,
Is an effect provoked by a cause.
Is he dead?
Is Lama Norbu sick? I see him taking those pills.
Is this his bowl?
Is this really, like, Siddhartha's tree?
Is to feel compassion for all beings,
It evokes the beauties of the country she knew as a child,
It has to be burned like wood.
It is a trumpet made from a human bone.
It is being totally quiet and relaxed,
It is better not to concern yourself with these things, my Lord.
It is from a faraway land, my Lord.
It is good that two of the candidates...
It is one way of telling the truth, and children seem to love it.
It is the line between all opposite extremes.
It is true;
It is very mysterious, Your Holiness.
It is very rare, but it has happened before.
It looks like a church.
It moves from one body to another,
It seemed as if Mara had been defeated,
It was a great honor to visit you,
It was a long journey for the Queen to make,
It was on this day,
It was outside a little village called Bodgaya.
It will be a very long drive.
It will be very interesting for him.
It will snap.
It'll be destroyed with one gesture.
It's a bit of a mess.
It's a dome, like the one on your building.
It's a very beautiful country.
It's an old Tibetan habit.
It's beautiful. Why is it made of sand?
It's dusty.
It's just for a couple of weeks.
It's just for a couple of weeks.
It's Oh, God.
It's okay, Maria, I'll get it.
It's okay, Maria.
Jesse can't go to Bhutan.
Jesse is this Tibetan lama?
Jesse, I need to talk to Lama Norbu alone for a minute.
Jesse, is that you?
Jesse!
Jesse!
Jesse! Jesse!
Jesse?
Just a minute, Jesse.
Just as it was in the dreams.
Just like this one.
Just think of it as a career opportunity for Jesse.
Just through the force of his love...
Keep it with you in your hearts, always.
Kenpo Tenzin. Yes.
Kenzo Te Kenpo Tenzin.
Lama Dorje was walking in front of me, on a hill.
Lama Dorje was wearing jeans?
Lama Dorje wasn't a woman.
Lama Dorje, which means thunderbolt in Tibetan.
Lama Norbu is also my teacher...
Lama Norbu just said:
Lama Norbu passed away.
Lama Norbu, I have a great respect for your culture...
Lama Thunderbolt?
Lama, can I go around and touch those things?
Lama, what's impermanence?
Lama! Lama, is it true?
Let's see.
Like that.
Like the Buddha.
Like the mind after death,
Like the world to the universe.
Like you, like me,
Lisa, I think Jesse should go to Bhutan.
Little Buddha, The Story of Prince Siddhartha.
Lived in silence and never left the forest.
Lock the gate.
Look, Champa, the other candidate.
Lots of group activity and picnics and things.
Lotus blossoms grew in his footsteps.
Made a donation every year to Lama Dorje's monastery.
Mantu! Mantu, come back!
Mara had tried to tempt Siddhartha...
May I ask, uh,
May this bowl... float upstream.
Maybe it's the time I need to think about what to do with the rest of my life.
Me?
Mmm. The goat had many, many lives as a human being,
Mom, good bye!
Mom, where did those men come from?
Must ever be sacrificed.
My brother is very naughty, but great singer.
My dreams began about a month after Lama Dorje passed away.
My father built that building.
My friend Lama Norbu has just arrived from Bhutan...
My grandfather, who was a raja and a great saint,
My late husband, a man of great faith,
My Lord Siddhartha!
My Lord!
My teacher,
My work is done.
My... child is born?
Named the child Siddhartha,
No cause of... or end to... suffering.
No color, sound, smell, taste,
No end to old age in death.
No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind.
No eye, no ear, no nose.
No gain.
No hindrance, therefore, no fear.
No Jesse, no Lama!
No man can ever escape that curse.
No one reaches the moment of death...
No room will be empty if your mind is full.
No suffering.
No wisdom.
No you!
No, he can't go.
No, he was a real person.
No, I was meditating.
No, my Lord!
No, my Lord. They're ascetics.
No, thanks. Cab's waiting outside to take you home.
No. I've just changed my mind.
None for me, thanks.
None of these three exists without the others.
Not being able to be with you and Jesse.
Not completely well, but very strong.
Nothin's goin' on.
Now he attacked again.
Now I can rest.
Now we must visit a third candidate...
Now you look angry.
Now, then, what does this ancient tale teach us?
Now, where did we get to?
O lord of my own ego,
Of an immaculate conception.
Of Buddhist detachment.
Of course not. Please come in.
Of course, I felt very shy about approaching them,
Of the body, the speech and the mind.
Offering its branches for her support.
Oh, he wasn't called Buddha yet.
Oh, my father,
Oh, my teacher,
Oh, my teacher,
Oh, no! Aah!
Oh, really? I'm a teacher too. I teach math.
Oh, really? Well, would you like to come inside?
Oh, wonderful, wonderful!
Oh, yes, said the goat.
Oh, yes. It was quite startling,
Oh, yes. Oh, yes. May I give you this card, please?
Oh! Like me!
Oh.
Oh. I see.
Oh. It's my husband. Excuse me.
Oh. Oh. Nice to meet you.
Oh. Siddhartha wanted to see the world.
Okay, Dad.
Okay, I'm coming!
Okay, Jesse. I'll see you later.
Okay, now your toes.
Okay, thank you. Good night.
Okay.
Old age and death?
Old age destroys memory, beauty and strength.
Once upon a time in a village in ancient India,
Once we're certain about the reincarnation,
One day, Champa, but not yet.
One for winter, one for the rainy season and one for summer.
Only a great being can do something like that.
Only the great elephants are awake, my Lord.
Or a broth of mud,
Or even more.
Or he could go on with his life here and decide when he's older.
Or her.
Or its redeemer.
Or the droppings of a passing bird.
Particular people whom we can identify.
People get squished too.
Perhaps one day, you will find me.
Please come inside.
Please excuse us.
Please make yourselves comfortable.
Queen Maya saw tears come to his eyes.
Queen Maya was deep inside the wood...
Queen Maya was filled with a strange foreboding,
Quite a bit like Jesus,
Quite by chance a few months after,
Raju!
Raju! Raju!
Reading his book.
Right here in this garden,
Sangay has told us much about you.
Seattle!
Secretly, however,
See? The one with the green dome.
Separate from judgment.
Separate manifestations...
Separating yourself from everything around you,
Setting your mind free like a bird.
Shall we?
She fell into a kind of trance...
She is in pain, my Lord.
She was speaking Sanskrit.
Show us something of your previous life, huh?
Sickness, poverty,
Siddhartha and his followers...
Siddhartha heard an old musician...
Siddhartha reached Enlightenment under this tree?
Siddhartha sat under a great tree,
Siddhartha went to see his wife and his newborn son.
Siddhartha won the battle against an army of demons,
Siddhartha!
Siddhartha! Siddhartha!
Siddhartha! Siddhartha! Siddhartha! Siddhartha!
Since the occupation in 1959.
So do I.
So he came to America, to Seattle,
So let us hope it is Lama Dorje's... last joke.
So my grandfather offered himself.
So when it is completed,
So, on the way, the royal caravan stopped for a rest...
So, what's wrong with an ant?
So, you will be my guide, Jesse?
So... what is this feeling I have?
Someone like Lama Norbu can remain like this...
Something which my husband and I had thought...
Spooky, huh?
Suddenly, however, through the crowd,
Suddenly, in the midst of the ceremony, and to everyone's surprise,
Suddenly, Siddhartha realized...
Suppose you come back as an ant.
Tell me again about your dreams.
Tell me, who are those men?
Ten rupee? Five rupee?
Thank you, Maria, for staying and everything.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.
That every movement in the universe...
That is impermanence.
That is why we are here.
That no living creature...
That she can never forget.
That these simple words held a great truth...
That's a beautiful story.
That's beautiful.
The Awakened One.
The beautiful prayer.
The bowl is for Jesse.
The child was born with almost no pain,
The child would receive a special education.
The day she conceived her child.
The five ascetics...
The great calm that precedes...
The guests of our brothers in Bhutan, Nepal and India.
The Heart sutra. A little miracle. How could she know that?
The high priest said, Why now are you crying?
The Himalayas are the highest mountains in the world.
The King had given Siddhartha three palaces.
The man who once found me.
The Middle Way was the great truth Siddhartha had found,
The path he would teach to the world.
The path of Buddha.
The path to Enlightenment is in the Middle Way.
The prayer wheels? Of course.
The priest dropped to his knees, saying,
The priest stopped, amazed, and asked the goat,
The priest wanted to sacrifice the goat to the gods.
The same tea.
The song was in a language he had never heard before.
The village girl offered Siddhartha her bowl of rice.
The whole court had fallen into a deep sleep.
The whole world is dreaming, Channa.
The wrong path.
The young Prince saw something he had never seen before.
Then one day, Lama Dorje came here.
Then that... is my task.
Then the little goat began to cry.
Then we must ask the oracle, Lama Norbu.
Then why did you come to our house?
Then, one day...
There was a little goat and a priest.
There's no need to go anywhere else when you've such beauty around you.
There's nothing I can do here now except wait...
These are for you.
They already have another candidate,
They are chanting the Heart Sutra.
They are men like the rest of us, my Lord,
They became Siddhartha's first disciples.
They come from Bhutan, which is a country in the Himalayas.
They felt betrayed,
They have given up all the comforts of life, my Lord.
They have sworn never to leave the forest...
They just appeared.
They looked like innocent village girls,
They never will.
They were him, and he was them.
They were so intense, and they always led me to the same place.
They were the spirits of Pride,
They were trying to master suffering...
They would forget about their bodies.
Think of them, Siddhartha.
This has gone too far. We're outta here.
This is Champa, and this is Punzo.
This is death, my Lord.
This is Jesse.
This is Lama Dorje's bowl.
This is Lama Norbu.
This is Lama Norbu.
This is Lama Norbu's kata.
This is Nirvana.
This tooth belonged to the tiger that ate my grandfather.
Though he was born long before.
Though in the end, only you can decide.
Three weeks ago...
Thus bodhisattvas lived...
Tibetan monks.
To everyone?
To give of oneself,
To learn from the teachings of your son.
To receive this.
To show the impermanence of all within the universe.
To tempt Siddhartha away from his search.
To the Dharma Center, and, uh,
To the place I was born.
To you and to me?
Too hungry.
Towards the end of his life...
Uh huh.
Uh, Champa.
Uh, they were just admiring the emptiness of the room, sweetheart.
Um...
Unannounced. Just appearing at the door like a miracle.
Understanding this great moment,
Until one day he turned into someone...
Very bad karma.
Very exciting. It's very exciting to me.
Very special beings...
Very strange indeed.
Visiting the places I like again and the people I love.
Vroom!
Wait.
Was Buddha a god?
Was eaten by a tiger.
Was impossible.
We are looking for his reincarnation.
We are very pleased to meet you, Raju.
We believe that everybody is reborn,
We can all reach Enlightenment.
We have been searching for his reincarnation in many places,
We have everything, and everything is perfect.
We must all die... and be reborn...
We must all die... and be reborn...
We only just moved in a few weeks ago.
We shall all pray for the success of your mission.
We Tibetans have a very advanced system of astrology.
We will take Jesse to Bhutan,
We'll have to see about that.
We've been waiting for you both.
Welcome to our home.
Well, at least they didn't try to tell us that Jesse was the result...
Well, probably something very similar.
Well, this must be the Dharma Center.
Well, well. It seems there's another candidate...
Were you sleeping, Lama?
What about his passion for life?
What about the people he's leaving behind?
What and where they all came from!
What are the Himalayas?
What are you saying? That you've suddenly started to believe...
What day on what day your son was born?
What did it mean?
What do you mean, suffering?
What happened to Buddha when he grew up?
What happened to Evan?
What happened to to the goat?
What if they decide Jesse is this reincarnation?
What is that?
What is the matter with those people?
What was your teacher's name?
What?
What's going on, honey?
What's meditating?
What's that one called over there?
What's this?
When a body grows cold and stiff like wood,
When he grows older, Siddhartha can become a teacher, like you, if he wants,
When so many are suffering outside?
When suddenly her birth pains began.
When suddenly the goat began to laugh.
When?
Where he passed away nine years ago.
Where's Lama Dorje?
Which comes to every person in every family.
Which means, 'He who brings good.'
While doing meditation, he can enter into the state of death...
While I stay here?
Who are these people?
Who are they, Channa? Are they robbers?
Who are those men?
Who come back as spiritual guides,
Who knows that he will not live long enough...