Samsaric Films
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dhamma_newb
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Samsaric Films
After reading Ben and tiltbillings posts about "La Grande Bouffe" being a film with "Samsara as you've never seen it before," I wonder what are some of your favorite films that portray Samsara at it's worst? I like "Requiem for a Dream" directed by Darren Aronofsky.
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Dhp 36
I am larger and better than I thought. I did not know I held so much goodness.
Walt Whitman
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- "And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting oneself one protects others? By the pursuit, development, and cultivation of the four establishments of mindfulness. It is in such a way that by protecting oneself one protects others.
"And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting others one protects oneself? By patience, harmlessness, goodwill, and sympathy. It is in such a way that by protecting others one protects oneself.
- Sedaka Sutta [SN 47.19]
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I wonder what are some of your favorite films that portray Samsara at it's worst?
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I recently watched 5 seasons of the UK version of "Skins". (Never leave me unsupervised for an entire weekend.) The premise of the show is following a group of teenagers who believe that sex, violence, and drug abuse are normal teenage behaviors. They all suffer horrible consequences as a result of this misguided belief. I'm not usually a big fan of serial-dramas, but I was compulsively drawn into this one...
"As I am, so are others;
as others are, so am I."
Having thus identified self and others,
harm no one nor have them harmed.
Sutta Nipāta 3.710
as others are, so am I."
Having thus identified self and others,
harm no one nor have them harmed.
Sutta Nipāta 3.710
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I should warn prospective viewers that La Grande Bouffe contains graphic depictions of sexual intercourse. It is not suitable for family viewing of for those who may be offended by such material.dhamma_newb wrote:After reading Ben and tiltbillings posts about "La Grande Bouffe" being a film with "Samsara as you've never seen it before," I wonder what are some of your favorite films that portray Samsara at it's worst? I like "Requiem for a Dream" directed by Darren Aronofsky.
kind regards,
Ben
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
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Not only that, Ben, but if I recall correctly, sexual intercourse of middle-aged people, which I definitely found offensive when I watched it (being 18-19)! 
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Indeed, Dan, Indeed.Dan74 wrote:Not only that, Ben, but if I recall correctly, sexual intercourse of middle-aged people, which I definitely found offensive when I watched it (being 18-19)!
Jokes aside, the movie is very confronting - and not just because of the sexual content. And if you suffer from anorexia or bulemia then you should definitely NOT see the movie.
kind regards,
Ben
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
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tiltbillings
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Judging from how you look in your avatar, I am sure you are over that now.Dan74 wrote:Not only that, Ben, but if I recall correctly, sexual intercourse of middle-aged people, which I definitely found offensive when I watched it (being 18-19)!
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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Ha! I am, but that's Jorge Luis Borges, an Argentinian writer, whom you may know by name if not by face. He went blind in his old age hence the "funny" eyes. He was perhaps one of the rare right-wing intellectuals who seem to have become all but extinct now at least in public life.tiltbillings wrote:Judging from how you look in your avatar, I am sure you are over that now.Dan74 wrote:Not only that, Ben, but if I recall correctly, sexual intercourse of middle-aged people, which I definitely found offensive when I watched it (being 18-19)!
PS I figured since you are probably not Jeff Goldblum, I am allowed not to be Jorge Borges...
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Greetings,
Metta,
Retro.
Once Were Warriors. (not a 'favourite' as such, just a good example)films that portray Samsara at it's worst?
Metta,
Retro.
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tiltbillings
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I am not even tiltbillings.Dan74 wrote:Ha! I am, but that's Jorge Luis Borges, an Argentinian writer, whom you may know by name if not by face. He went blind in his old age hence the "funny" eyes. He was perhaps one of the rare right-wing intellectuals who seem to have become all but extinct now at least in public life.tiltbillings wrote:Judging from how you look in your avatar, I am sure you are over that now.Dan74 wrote:Not only that, Ben, but if I recall correctly, sexual intercourse of middle-aged people, which I definitely found offensive when I watched it (being 18-19)!
PS I figured since you are probably not Jeff Goldblum, I am allowed not to be Jorge Borges...
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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....Mother....?tiltbillings wrote:.....I am not even tiltbillings.
Are you following me.....?
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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tiltbillings
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Shocking, isn't it?Fede wrote:....Mother....?tiltbillings wrote:.....I am not even tiltbillings.
Are you following me.....?
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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The Wall! haha that is a good example. In truth, all films are a good example if they do not at least point at liberation through love, kindness or non-attachment. It might be easier to come up with a list of films that point toward Nirvana or the Dhamma as truth 
No doubt, such a movie will have to show Samsara in stunning detail. I might suggest "What Dreams May Come" whatdoya think?
No doubt, such a movie will have to show Samsara in stunning detail. I might suggest "What Dreams May Come" whatdoya think? Evil is caused by and is the cause of future suffering, abandon at all costs! Cultivate virtuous qualities and live the happy life! Just as all wise human endeavors, from Physics to Philosophy, approach the Dhamma; be fearless in your reverence for it- The time for the True Law is yet to dawn in the west!!