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Antonella P A beautiful, somber meditation on impermanence, the inexorability of change, and the disruptive effects of the violence of material power against spiritual wisdom. Kundun follows the 14th Dalai Lama from his childhood to his escape to India in 1959. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/23/24 Full Review Ewa K An overlooked movie that time has left behind. China wants you to forget about it.Do not help China to reach there goal. Watch it! Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/24 Full Review Alec B Unfairly regarded as "Lesser Scorsese" as I think people generally missed the point of the movie. It's not really an examination of Buddhism or Tibetan culture but rather an attempt to place the audience directly in the shoes of the Dalai Lama. In a way it's sort of a spiritual sequel to Scorsese's adaption of "The Last Temptation of Christ", by asking what is truly the role of being not just a spiritual leader but a Holy Man in a world filled with doubt, hypocrisy, and complexity. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review steve d You have seen it all before. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Yang) In the film Kundun we meet a seemingly unique boy named Lhamo and from the very day he was born Lhamo was said to have brought protection to those around him. Then around the age of five, Lhamo would meet a Buddhist monk who had travelled a long distance in search of something and it would seem that the monk's long search had finally come to an end as he set his sights on Lhamo. Later Lhamo would meet even more Buddhist monks, who would test him with a series of choices between different items in which he succeeded in choosing the right ones. It is than the Buddhist monks would confirm Lhamo to be the 14th incarnation of the Dalai Lama and with the permission of his parents the monks would take Lhamo to be trained as a Buddhist monk who would try to lead their people through future problems. I think that the film Kundun was good, it showed the struggles a boy such as Lhamo would have if they had such a responsibility past on them and it had a lot of elements that helps to relate it to the world religion side of things. Throughout the film Kundun there were a lot of moments that showed the religious practices and aspects of Buddhism such as the Four Noble Truths. But where the film Kundun really stood out is when it showed how the people who follow Buddhism lived their lives. From what I understand practitioners of Buddhism are those who seek to observe the workings of the mind and to see reality more clearly make use of meditative disciplines. When watching Kundun you can really see that in Lhamo as he gets older and the more he learns, Lhamo begins to see reality more clearly. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/11/22 Full Review Mr. Fan In the film Kundun we meet a seemingly unique boy named Lhamo and from the vary day he was born Lhamo was said to have brought protection to those around him. Then around the age of five, Lhamo would meet a Buddhist monk who had travelled a long distance in search of something and it would seem that the monks long search had finally come to an end as he the sets his sights on Lhamo. Later Lhamo would meet even more Buddhist monks, who would test him with a series of choices between different items in which he succeeded in choosing the right ones. It is than the Buddhist monks would confirm Lhamo to be the 14th incarnation of the of the Dalai Lama and with the permission of his parents the monks would take Lhamo to be train as a Buddhist monk who would try to lead their people through future problems.I think that the film Kundun was good, it showed the struggled a boy such as Lhamo would have it they had such a responsibility past on them and it had a lot of elements that helps to relate it to world religion side of things. Throughout the film Kundun there were a lot of moments that showed the religious practices and aspects of Buddhism such as the Four Noble Truths. But where the film Kundun really stood out is when it showed the how the people who follow Buddhism lived their lives. From what I understand practitioners of Buddhism are those who seek to observe the workings of the mind and to see reality more clearly make use of meditative disciplines (Page 178). When watching Kundun you can really see that in Lhamo as he gets older and the more he learns, Lhamo begins to see reality more clearly. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/11/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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