TIBETAN
BUDDHISM: THE WHEEL OF LIFE (30 minutes, 1991)
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...focuses
on a Buddhist painting of a giant wheel, within the rims and spokes
of which are colorful scenes illustrating Buddhism's major teachings.
These include Buddhism's Four Noble Truths: (1) Suffering, (2) the Cause
of Suffering, (3) the Cessation of Suffering, and (4) the Path to the
Cessation of Suffering. On the axle of the Wheel are depicted a pig,
rooster, and snake (representing ignorance, attachment, and hatred--the
three central causes of suffering). The Wheel itself is typically shown
clenched in the jaws of Death, dramatizing how sentient beings are bound
to the cycle of rebirth, re-suffering, and re-death. The film itself,
with its narration, demonstrates the ways in which an artistic representation
can be used to teach complete philosophical lessons.
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