Songgwangsa, Echoes of the Great Pines

  • Genre TV Show
  • Content Type Documentary
  • Platform TV Channel
  • Target Age Family
  • Quantity 50 min 2 Quantity Input

Description

3AM; the time when birds, underwater creatures, and all the living creatures
become conscious of their sufferings. At "Songgwangsa", where 16 monks of
high virtue followed the Buddhist teachings, sounds of bells, drums, wooden
clapper, and gongs situated on Korea's most spiritually revered mountain, Jogyesan.
Songgwangsa is home to a large community of Buddhist monks. Young
monks from all over Korea, and even foreign monks, come to the temple to train.
Also, a night owl catches its breath after an arduous hunt, and a hungry leopard
cat falls back asleep. A young flying squirrel completes its maiden flight, and the
kingfisher insistently fills up with fish for migrating back home. None abide on a
single moment. Days and nights come by and seasons circle in four colors. Yet,
even a fraction of moment never comes again. Buddhism describes reasons of
impermanence as nature itself. This wildlife documentary portrays the emptiness
of the ever changing nature and the creations within, projecting the desire of
transcendence onto nature.