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- Title
Enlightenment Through Film: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
- Authors
Avila, Wanda
- Abstract
Through its mandala-like structure, Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (Korea, 2007) provides a kind of Enlightenment experience to the spectator. Like the mandala, Bodhi-Dharma has a symbol of the Truth at its center. Around this center are three interdependent narratives of a Zen Master, a monk, and an orphan boy, corresponding to the concentric graduated circles found in most mandalas. Also like the mandala, the film is unified by a multiplicity of motifs.
- Subjects
NARRATIVES; MANDALA; MOTION pictures &; religion; ENLIGHTENMENT (Buddhism); FILMMAKING
- Publication
Journal of Religion & Film, 2010, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1092-1311
- Publication type
Article