Buddhist Spirituality and Disadvantaged Social Strata in the Films of Pema Tseden
Thoughts on the relationship between Buddhism and Tibetans permeate Pema Tseden’s films. His early films focused on whether the Buddhist spirit, such as feelings, dedication, and self-sacrifice, was recognized in modern Tibet. Identity is a problem that Tibetans have always faced in the process of m...
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| description | Thoughts on the relationship between Buddhism and Tibetans permeate Pema Tseden’s films. His early films focused on whether the Buddhist spirit, such as feelings, dedication, and self-sacrifice, was recognized in modern Tibet. Identity is a problem that Tibetans have always faced in the process of modernization. People in economically disadvantaged positions often face difficult choices between self-survival and maintaining moral and cultural traditions. Pema Tseden’s films, however, focus more on the philosophy of Buddhism and use an ethnic internal perspective to examine the problems in ethnic modernization, which provides his stories with a strong allegorical color. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e532f93599e44768934f696bb044c9d2023-11-18T03:04:35ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-05-0114560610.3390/rel14050606Buddhist Spirituality and Disadvantaged Social Strata in the Films of Pema TsedenXiaotong Wang0School of Art, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, ChinaThoughts on the relationship between Buddhism and Tibetans permeate Pema Tseden’s films. His early films focused on whether the Buddhist spirit, such as feelings, dedication, and self-sacrifice, was recognized in modern Tibet. Identity is a problem that Tibetans have always faced in the process of modernization. People in economically disadvantaged positions often face difficult choices between self-survival and maintaining moral and cultural traditions. Pema Tseden’s films, however, focus more on the philosophy of Buddhism and use an ethnic internal perspective to examine the problems in ethnic modernization, which provides his stories with a strong allegorical color.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/5/606TibetTibetan filmPema TsedenBuddhismidentity |
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| title | Buddhist Spirituality and Disadvantaged Social Strata in the Films of Pema Tseden |
| title_full | Buddhist Spirituality and Disadvantaged Social Strata in the Films of Pema Tseden |
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