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THE BUDDHA
ON THE SCREEN.
The Buddha a prisoner in the Palace of Delights (From N. J. Krom's "Life of Buddha „ pubd. by M. Nijohff, the Hague)
(From the Italian)
The history of the vicissitudes of the life of the Buddha, that is to say of the Prince of the family of the Sakiya who, on account of his wisdom and 'holiness came to be known as the Buddha, namely the Perfectly Enlightened One, is certainly one of the most edifying of all stories by reason of the deeply philosophical and ethical lesson it conveys. All honest and intelligent men who traverse life's stage acquire the religious sense; that is to say, they are driven by the caducity of the things of this world to aspire to eternal truth and learn from the sorrows of life to be compassionate and to love all living creatures. Wisdom and goodness — these are the most precious fruit which it is given to man to gather in his brief earthly pilgrimage. Now the life of Buddha — the greatest of all the great Indians — is all permeated with wisdom and goodness. The most imaginative and suggestive of legends have been added to historical fact to render the arid truth more attractive, to sweeten « the rim of the cup», and all this has given rise to a marvellous combination of truth and fantasy of a kind to convince the intellect and move the heart.
Why should the educational film neglect to exhibit on the screen the great and lovable figure of the Buddha ?
We are informed that in India and the United States a film dealing with this subject has met with success ; but its details are unknown to us and we prefer them to remain so, in order that we may ourselves attempt, on the basis of legend and history, to reconstruct in scenario form the life of Buddha in its essential lines.
This might be divided into four parts :
i) birth and early years ;
2) from the first awakening of the mind to its complete illumination ;
3) his teaching ;
4) his last years and death.
All this could be illustrated compactly and comprehensively in seventy-two pictures, in a manner to give a simple and enjoyable picture of one of the vastest religious and moral conceptions of mankind.