由槟城檀香寺主办的国际佛教电影节将从10月2一连三天于菩提国民型中学2楼放映室盛大举行。

本届电影节将提供多部以佛教为主题与内容的电影，与观众结缘。放映时间表敬请参考檀香寺网页。参展本届之电影作品包括《未生怨》，《小字条》，《破浪而出》，Mindfulness And Murder，Brilliant Moon，108 Yaks， Food of the Buddha， Road To Peace等等。

为了接引更多人认识佛法，全部影片入门票一律象征式收费1令吉，公众人士可以在以下地点购取入门票：
- 檀香寺 Than Hsiang Temple 04-6414822
- 菩提国民型华文中学 SMJK Phor Tay 04-6442772
- 菩提独立中学Phor Tay Private High School 04-2271469
- 马佛教发展基金会YBBM Yayasan Belia Buddhist Malaysia 04-2287146 / 2291845
- 禅心素食料理Zen Xin Vegetarian 04-2286828
- 绿苑生机养生素食餐厅 Green Garden Vegetarian & Healthy Food 012-4890508, 012-9117508

欲知有关电影节的详情，请在办公时间，连络檀香寺04-6414822。

电影放映时间表：
Oct 2:
8.00pm 开幕 Opening
8.30pm 《未生怨》

Oct 3:
10.00am
- 《小字条》
- 《破浪而出》
12.00pm
- Mindfulness And Murder
2.00pm
- Brilliant Moon
- 108 Yaks
4.00pm
- 玄奘1 – 绝域求生
- 玄奘2 – 圆满
6.00pm
- Chan Practice
- Buddha
- Food of the Buddha 2
8.00pm
- Grievance from a Former Birth
- The Trap

Oct 4:
10.00am
- Brilliant Moon
- Food of the Buddha 1
12.00pm
- Food of the Buddha 2
- Road To Peace
2.00pm
- Buddha （中文字幕）
- 玄奘1 – 绝域求生
- 玄奘2 – 圆满
- 《破浪而出》
4.00pm
- 3 Marks of Existence
6.00pm
- Chan Practice
- Buddhism After Tsunami
8.00pm
- 《未生怨》
- 《小字条》

影片介绍：

1) 《未生怨》
《未生怨》取材自古印度的佛教历史故事并以崑剧艺术形式演出，融合了古印度文化与中华文化，俾使它更全面的立体呈现。这一流传久远的故事闪烁著人性的光辉，在21世纪的今天依然具有劝善诫恶的积极意义。浙江崑剧团是中国深具实力的专业崑剧团体，1956 年曾以一出改编的传统剧 《十五贯》轰动全国，几十年来好戏连台，星光璀灿。如今浙江崑剧团与志莲净苑联手创作并演出崑剧《未生怨》，用最优秀的中国传统艺术手法演绎经典的传统故事，格外精彩，令人耳目一新。

The story of “Grievance from a Former Birth” is based on India Buddhist story staged in Chinese opera; itis a very interesting expression of two Asian ancient civilizations. The vivid and touching plot explores vice and virtue, familial bonds and the eternal truth of life. The story carries with it the positive message of adhering to virtue and abstaining from evil. This ancient tale has survived the test of time precisely because the theme has universal application.

2) 《小字条》
故事主要激励在生活中心随意转的人，要继续抱持着希望和勇气去应变及奋斗。

志仁自小与母亲在乡下相依为命，过着朴实无华的日子。母子之间通过一个简单的方式 —小字条，对彼此表达内心的关爱，鼓舞及扶持。行行字句鼓动着他们往前走的每一个步伐、协助他们抛弃恐惧和绝望。

电影技术顾问广声法师说：“我们将《小 字条》送给每一个人，希望借此给予一些鼓励。
人生旅途必有挑战，但勇气和耐心一定能牵引我们走出逆境！”

《小字条》就如一股清流，温暖注入你的心。

Little Note is a short story with themes of encouragement and resilience, inspiring everyone impacted by life’s uncertainties, to soldier on with hope and courage.

Living with little wants in the countryside, Zhiren and his mother expressed their love and support for each other in a simple way - by exchanging little notes. These words of encouragement spurred their every step forward in life, helping them cast aside fear and despair in times of uncertainty.

As Venerable Sik Kwang Sheng, technical advisor of the film said, “Little Note is our gift of encouragement to you. Though life has its challenges, courage and patience will lead you through it all.”

Little Note will meander its way into your heart like a clear, pristine stream always.

3) Mindfulness And Murder
When a homeless boy living at the youth hostel run by a Buddhist monastery turns up dead, the Abbot recruits Father Ananda, a former Police detective, to find out why. He discovers that all is not well at the monastery in the heart of Bangkok. Together with his dogged assistant, an orphaned boy named Jak, Father Ananda uncovers a startling series of clues that eventually exposes the motivation behind the crime and leads him to the murderer.

This is a good film but there are some scenes of violence and portrayal of some Thai monks smoking or indulging in astrology may not be acceptable to local Buddhists who believe they give the wrong impression of Buddhism. But the portrayal is not incorrect for much of what’s happening in Buddhism in Thailand.

4) Brilliant Moon
Brilliant Moon chronicles the life of writer, poet, and meditation master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet’s most revered 20th century Buddhist teachers. This documentary uses animation, unseen archival footage, and photos along with interviews of Tibet’s great teachers, to tell Khyentse Rinpoche’s moving life story, from birth to death, and then to rebirth.

5) 108 Yaks
108 Yaks is a remarkable and original story about bearing hardship for the love of the gentle and peaceful yak. Inspired by the advice of his guru Lama Zopa Rinpoche, a monk leads a herd of Himalayan yaks across a rugged terrain of mountain passes, narrow valleys, freezing rivers, and treacherous cliffs to a remote haven in the high grasslands of northeast Nepal.

6) Road to Peace
Filmed in Great Britain, experience the nature and wisdom of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, and discover how he inspires millions of people of all nationalities and creeds to live more meaningful lives in harmony with each other, and with the planet. Road to Peace captures the simple, human and humorous side of the Dalai Lama.

7) The Trap
This short documentary by Lina Verchery examines the unlikely interactions between French-speaking fishermen and Buddhist monks and nuns in a Cape Breton village, Canada. Seemingly divided by language, culture and religion, these people share more than meets the eye. The film delicately weaves a connection between the beliefs of the two groups, who both regard life as a cycle.

8) Three Marks of Existence
M, a young man who wishes for a better life embarks on a pilgrimage to India, visiting the four main holy sites of Buddhism. On his journey, he meets people who shape his understanding of Buddhism in many unexpected ways: Uncle Kamol, who hopes to heal his own pain; Ayako, a Japanese backpacker searching for an answer to a question she does not understand; and Jane, a “hipster” who has everything M could ever want but is never satisfied. To achieve what he wishes for, M will have to take one last journey in order to face the origin of dissatisfaction.

9) Food of the Buddha
Filmed in Korean monasteries, this is a two-part series on how Buddhist practitioners look at food. Food is medicine that sustains the body and life. It is the energy of practice itself. Thus temple cuisine becomes part of the effort to awaken the Buddha innate yet dormant in all of us.

Part 1 of this film is called Nourishment for Enlightenment
Part 2 is Offerings for Liberation.

10) Buddhism after the Tsunami - Souls of Zen
This documentary by Tim Graf presents perspectives on Buddhism as practiced by clergy and millions of families in Japan today by drawing on ethnographic fieldwork about prayer practices and mortuary rituals “on the ground”. Souls of Zen thereby refers to one of Japan’s most enduring traditions – the commemoration of ancestral spirits. This tradition has changed much during the last few decades, and most recently, in the wake of the great Tsunami that hit Japan.

11) Chan Practice
Chan practice is for health, happiness and freedom. In this fast and changing world, most of us are stressful, bewildered, anxious and lost. We are in dire need of a method to manage our daily stress, calm our emotion, clear our mind and bring our body and mind to a state of orderliness. Chan is the way. Chan practice is easy and everyone can do it under the guidance of a teacher.

12) Buddha
This is the story of Siddharta Gautama who became the Buddha, the Enlightened One. He is the beacon of wisdom that shines through a long dark night. He is thus our guiding light as we sojourn in this sea of Samsara. For forty-nine years, the Buddha journeyed barefoot along the shores of the Ganges, leading us along the way to liberation and full enlightenment. Today the Buddha’s message is found throughout the entire world.

13) 《破浪而出 》 ~ 蔡天胜的故事
一封飘洋过海寄往绿岛的长信，承载著一则关于烟毒犯戒毒重生的故事----

蔡天胜(伊正饰) 在希望与绝望之间，几度迷失方向........

蔡天胜耽溺於赌博及毒品，让父母伤心难过，更让自己一步步走入黑暗深渊而无力自拔，终至锒铛入狱，判刑无期。想不到，狱警随手送来的《了凡四训》及《慈济》月刊，却意外地改变他的心念，开启人生另一扇窗。

监狱中他结识了阿修(庄凯勋饰) ，一个同为毒瘾所苦的受刑人；出狱后，两人一齐创业，共同为更生人的重生而努力。然而，面对接锺而来的种种考验，他们要如何扭转一般人的刻板观感，重新拥抱生命的蓝天？