Directed by David Grubin
Narrated by Richard Gere
Two and half millenia ago,a new religion was born in nothern India,generated from the ideas of a single man,The Buddha,a mysterious Indian sage who famously gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree. The Buddha never claimed to be God or his emissary on earth . He said only that he was a human being who,in a world of unavoidable pain and suffering,had found a kind of serenity that others could find,too. This documentary by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin tells the story of his life,a journey especially relevant in our bewildering times of violent change and spiritual confusion.