Seeing like the Buddha : enlightenment through film / Francisca Cho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cho, Francisca, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xi, 177 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]

Summary:

In this important new contribution to Buddhist studies and Buddhist film criticism, Francisca Cho argues that films can do more than simply convey information about Buddhism. Films themselves can become a form of Buddhist ritual and contemplative practice that enables the viewer not only to see the Buddha, but to see like the Buddha. Drawing upon her extensive knowledge of both Buddhism and film studies, Cho examines the aesthetic vision of several Asian and Western films that explicitly or implicitly embody Buddhist teachings about karma, emptiness, illusion, and overcoming duality. Her wide-ranging analysis includes Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring (South Korea, 2003), Nang Nak (Thailand, 1999), Rashomon (Japan, 1950), Maborosi (Japan, 1995), and the films of American Terrence Malick. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Seeing Like the Buddha 1

Chapter 2 The Karmic Narrative of Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring 27

Chapter 3 The Meditative Discernment of Nang Nak 49

Chapter 4 Rashomon and the Indiscernible Emptiness of Being 67

Chapter 5 The Depth of Shadows in Maborosi 87

Chapter 6 The Visual Cinema of Terrence Malick 107

Chapter 7 Descent into the World 127.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cho, Francisca, author. Seeing like the Buddha.

ISBN:

9781438464398

1438464398

OCLC:

961826602