The Wheel of Samsara spins, weaving labyrinths, where history repeats.
Through dance, a young woman discovers an ephemeral opportunity to transcend the suffering cycle.
A SURREAL SHORT FILM INSPIRED BY BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY BY MANA & SITA ROSE BENNETT.
Saṃsāra is a Sanskrit/Pali word that means "world" or "the cyclicality of all life, matter, existence." Popularly, it is the cycle of death and rebirth. Rooted in ancient Buddhist wisdom, The Dance of Samsara abstractly explores the struggle against discontent and the quest for liberation.
At the moment of the attainment of Buddhahood,
the Buddha uttered the following two verses:
I, who have been seeking the builder of this house (body), failing to attain Enlightenment (Bodhi nana or Sabbannuta nana) which would enable me to find him, have wandered through innumerable births in samsara. To be born again and again is, indeed, dukkha!
- Verse 153
Oh house-builder! You are seen, you shall build no house (for me) again. All your rafters are broken, your roof-tree is destroyed. My mind has reached the unconditioned (i.e., Nibbana); the end of craving (Arahatta Phala) has been attained.
- Verse 154