"Buddha 2" of trilogy at The Louvre (video)

Dhr. Seven (trans.), CC Liu (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly; Louvre; AnimeAnime.jp; Yushi Makari (OtakuMode.com); Kevin Ouellette (Eigapedia); Domenico (Debris2008); Ashley Wells (ed.)

Osamu Tezuka's "Buddha 2" (Owarinaki Tabi)

 

The official website dedicated to the trilogy "Buddha" is bringing out Toei Animation's adaptation of the famous eight-volume comic (manga) by Osamu Tezuka.

 

"Buddha" was created by the Japanese master in the 1970s and dedicated to the life of Prince Siddhartha, who became the Buddha. Toei has finally released the first full length trailer devoted to the second chapter, the completion of which has been postponed until 2014.

 

The second video is a long form manga, about nine minutes, which recaps the first movie and anticipates the next with some pictures of the second published last year.

 

(See full below) （主題歌：浜崎あゆみ）『手塚治虫のブッダ－終わりなき旅－』予告編 (MC)

 

Jess and Sid "Saintly Young Men" manga (Geraldford)

In the first chapter of the trilogy we saw a young prince wonder about the social differences between people, differences that led him to a better position among them. He falls in love with a bandit girl, Migaila, and learns some hard lessons about life, love, and about himself. He is starting to find his own vision of life and disappointment (dukkha, "suffering").

 
In the second part, we see the comeback of Sayuri Yoshinaga, interpreter, and Kanze Kiyokazu (performer at the Noh Theater) in the role of Siddhartha's mother and father, the latter always having been played by Hidetaka Yoshioka. 

 

The returning Nana Mizuki, Kenichi Matsuyama, is a thief seeking revenge. And the comedian Tetsuo Nakanishi plays the role of Brahmā, who appears to Siddhartha in the guise of an old man in a position to offer him a path to enlightenment. (Who better to play the role of a supreme cosmic deity than a comedian?)

 

"Buddha 2" (full-length trailer)

 (Animeanimeno1) BUDDHA 2: 手塚治虫のブッダー終わりなき旅―2014年公開決定 (AA)

 

(otakumode.com)

In both movies we hear the original song by Ayumi Hamasaki from the second film, entitled "Pray." This is the first time in 12 years that this author, who is well known in Japan, returns to do the music for a work of anime.

The film's release is scheduled for Feb. 8, 2014. The world premiere will be launched in Paris. For the event, the French capital will open one of the halls of the Louvre Museum. This is the first time for a preview of this type at the Louvre. There have been lectures and even screenings but never a world premiere. The film's cast and the staff will be present. Commendably, the manga "Buddha" was published in Italy by Hazard. 

 

Italiano 

"Bouddah 2" (Debris2008/flickr.com)

Il sito ufficiale dedicato alla trilogia, che la Toei Animation stà realizzando per adattare in animazione il celebre manga di Osamu Tezuka, Buddha creato dal Maestro giapponese negli anni settanta e dedicato alla vita del principe Siddharta, il Buddha, ha finalmente diffuso un primo lungo trailer dedicato al secondo capitolo Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha ~ Owarinaki Tabi (Osamu Tezuka's Buddha: Awakening) la cui uscita era stata rimandata al 2014.Il secondo video è un lungo filmato, circa 9 minuti, di ricapitolazione/anticipazione riferito al primo film con alcune immagini del secondo pubblicato lo scorso anno. Nel primo capitolo della trilogia abbiamo visto un giovane principe interrogarsi sulle differenze sociali fra gli uomini, differenze che pure lo hanno portato in una posizione di supremazia fra di loro, innamorarsi di una banditessa, Migaila, ed imparare alcune dure lezioni sulla vita, sull'amore e su se stesso iniziando a individuare una propria visione della vita e della sofferenza. 

 

Nella seconda parte torneranno Sayuri Yoshinaga, interprete ed Kanze Kiyokazu (interprete del teatro Noh) nel ruolo della madre e del padre di Siddharta, quest'ultimo sempre interpretato da Hidetaka Yoshioka, la stessa Nana Mizuki, Kenichi Matsuyama, un ladro in cerca di vendetta, ed l'attore comico Tetsuo Nakanishi che interpreterà il ruolo di Brahma, che appare a Siddharta nelle vesti di un vecchio in grado di offrirgli un cammino verso l'illuminazione...( a chi, d'altronde, meglio di un comico il ruolo di una divinità cosmica?) In ambedue i filmati è possibile ascoltare la canzone originale canta per questo secondo film da Ayumi Hamasaki, intitolata "Pray", è la prima volta, dopo dodici anni che questo autrice, molto nota in Giappone, torna impegnarsi su una musica per un'anime. 

 

L'uscita del film è prevista per l'8 febbraio l'anteprima mondiale del film sarà realizzata a Parigi, e la capitale francese per l'occasione aprirà una delle sale del Museo del Louvre, è la prima volta che si tengono anteprime di questo tipo al Louvre, conferenze, proiezioni vi sono già state ospitate ma non si era mai avuta un'anteprima mondiale. Sia il cast che lo staff del film dovrebbero essere presenti al completo. Il manga di Buddha è stato meritoriamente edito in Italia da Hazard.

"Letting Go" with Thich Nhat Hanh (video)

Amber Larson, Wisdom Quarterly; Source of Light Monastery; plumvillage.org (donate)

Thay ("teacher")

To preserve some of Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh's previous lectures, some of his older lectures are being uploaded by Source of Light Monastery as they become available.

Here Thay, as he is affectionately known, discusses what he calls the most important practice in Buddhist meditation -- the practice of letting go or "throwing away."

Wrong ideas, misperceptions, and false notions (moha, delusion, ignorance) are at the root of our suffering: They are the ground of all afflictions whatsoever. Cravings and aversions never stand without the support of ignorance.

 

In order for us to touch happiness in the here and now, we need to throw away the strong ideas and subtle notions that prevent us from learning and growing. 

Mahayana Buddhism's Diamond Sutra suggests four notions that should be thrown away: self, human being, living being, and life span. The main portion of this talk is dedicated to elaborating on these notions as well as our attachment to views, pairs of extremes, as well as "rules and rituals" we expect can lead to enlightenment. 

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USA (NSA) spying on Europe (video)

CC Liu, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly; Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, DemocracyNow.org

Barry Obama and Sec'y of State John Kerry on drones and spying (economist.com)

American activists gather in Washington, D.C. protesting NSA's illegal activities. Democrat Diane Feinstein, who chairs a congressional committee overseeing America's (known) spying apparatus, plans new legislation to shut down protesters by making NSA spying legal (DN).

 

The Empire is at it again, and it only gets worse with every revelation of intrusive homeland spying, Internet monitoring, and cellphone (mobile) wiretapping. The NSA has been doing it to the nation's allies in Europe as well.

 

  

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Journalist Glenn Greenwald

Jesselyn Radack, a former Justice Department lawyer who now works for the Government Accountability Project reads a message from Edward Snowden; NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake, who was charged with espionage after he was suspected of revealing information about the agency’s warrantless wiretapping program, also speaks. And New Mexico’s former Republican governor, Gary Johnson, chimes in. More

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World's oldest art made by women (video)

Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly; Live.HuffingtonPost.com; Werner Herzog (film)

"Cave of Forgotten Dreams" in France contains art by female cavemen of the remote past.
 

New research suggests that many of the first artistic masters (as well as the majority of shamans, intuitives, and "medicine men") were women, not men.

  

Woman shaman (Elende)

(IFC Films) Documentary filmmaker Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind -- now known to have been created mainly by females -- in their astonishing natural setting. This film follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet cave system, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by humans. It is an unforgettable cinematic experience that provides a unique glimpse of the pristine and "primitive" artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago -- almost twice as old as any previous discovery.
 

VIDEO: An Evening with Werner Herzog

Visionary Herzog

(UC TV) One of the most distinctive filmmakers of our time, Herzog has been called the "romantic visionary" of the New German Cinema movement. His edgy, larger-than-life films fuse the epic with the intimate, redefining the scale and scope of filmmaking to include more than 60 works shot on every continent. He appears in conversation with acclaimed author and essayist Pico Iyer at UCSB.

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