Author Affiliations: Occidental College A review of "One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage". Directed by Edward A. Burger. COMMONFOLK FILMS, 2016, (DVD), U.S. $349.00.
摘要
Edward A. Burger’s superb film One Mind is a documentary contemplation of the meditative life currently practiced at Zhenru (true suchness) Chan monastery in Jiangsi, China. The film aspires to be a Chan Buddhist film, not just about Chan practice at Zhenru monastery, but more importantly an open exploration into the state of mind that is cultivated and lived there experienced through the filmmaker’s own long-term participation in this meditative way of life. In this respect One Mind is a remarkable success and in addition provides justification for a review of a Buddhist film in the Journal of Buddhist Ethics. If ethics is concerned with the qualities of particular ways of being in the world then what we see in this film is Buddhist ethics at its best.
