IEB0000157095

Title: Sacred echoes :

Remainder of title: beneath the Bodhi tree /

Remainder of title page transcription/statement of responsibility: IGNCA presents ; director, Gautam Chatterjee ; producer, B.S. Rawat

[ Holdings: WC · NII ]

Place of publication, distribution, etc.: New Delhi :

Name of publisher, distributor, etc.: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts,

Date of publication, distribution, etc.: [2013?]

Extent: 1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 28 min.) :

Other physical details: sd., col. ;

Dimensions: 4 3/4 in.

General note: Copyright notice on container: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi

Summary, etc.: Bodhgaya - an eternal space where Buddha attained Nirvana. Buddha Charita denotes this space as a corridor of eternity. The documentary fathoms Bodhgaya as a pilgrimage to re-understand the process of awakening even beyond the Bodhi tree. Parallely, the documentary highlights the importance of seven places where Lord Buddha did penace. Those are: (1) Bodhi palankha - the place of enlightenment where Gautam Buddha spent first week beneath the Bodhi tree, (2) Animesa locana - After enlightenment Lord Buddha spent the second week in meditation here gazing unwinking at the Bodhi tree, (3) Cankamana - Buddha spent the third week here walking up and down in meditation, (4) Ratnaghara (the place of basic contemplation) - Lord Buddha spent the fourth week here in meditation reflecting the casual law, (5) Ajapala Nigrodha tree (Banyan tree) - Lord Buddha spent the fifth week under this tree in meditation after enlightenment. He explained one becomes a Brahamana only by ones deeds not by birth, (6) Mucalinda lake (the abode of snake king) - Buddha spent the sixth week in meditation here, and (7) Rajyatana (a kind of forest tree) - After enlightenment Lord Buddha spent the seventh week here in meditation. Alongisde the Tipitaka chanting by eight theravada countries were documented. Tipitaka encompasses Vinaya Pitaka - code of ethics for monks; Sutta Pitaka - basket of teaching; and Abhi Dhamna Pitaka - the higher knowledge. Thus the documentary waves an unique fabric of chanting tradition and sacred space Bodhi Tree, the Temple and pilgrims that unifies a holistic vision of Buddhism as a emblem of world peace

General note: Summary taken from container

Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages

Geographic subdivision: India

Geographic subdivision: Buddh Gaya

Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Buddhism

General subdivision: Customs and practices

Geographic subdivision: India

Geographic subdivision: Buddh Gaya

Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Buddh Gaya (India)

General subdivision: Religious life and customs

Genre/form data or focus term: Documentary films.

Genre/form data or focus term: Nonfiction films.

Personal name: Chatterjee, Gautam,

Dates associated with a name: 1958-

Relator term: direction

Personal name: Rawat, Birjendra Singh,

Relator term: production

Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts