To view the full experience of this website, please download and install Adobe Flash Player 9.

Award-winning filmmaker David Grubin tells the story of the Buddha’s life narrated by Richard Gere, a journey especially relevant to our own bewildering times of violent change and spiritual confusion. Experts on the Buddha, representing a variety of disciplines, relate the key episodes of the Buddha’s life and reflect on what his journey means for us today.

Visit the The Buddha website

Support programming like The Buddha through your local PBS station.

The Buddha
Full episodes
1 VIDEOS

Full Program
1:53:08 Air Date 04/08/10
Previews
1 VIDEOS

Preview Trailer
5:22 Air Date 02/19/10
Shorts
19 VIDEOS

Compassion
5:47 Air Date 03/11/10

Teachings, part 2
4:45 Air Date 03/11/10

Meditation
7:49 Air Date 03/11/10

Community
4:13 Air Date 03/11/10

Birth & Youth, part 1
9:11 Air Date 03/11/10

Enlightenment, part 3
5:29 Air Date 03/11/10

Seeking, part 1
5:49 Air Date 03/11/10

Miracles
4:10 Air Date 03/11/10

Birth & Youth, part 3
3:02 Air Date 03/11/10

Teachings, part 4
3:40 Air Date 03/11/10

Enlightenment, part 1
6:23 Air Date 03/11/10

Death & Legacy, part 2
12:43 Air Date 03/11/10
+ MORE SHORTS