Biography of Dharma Patriarch, also known as Dharma Patriarch, is a drama film directed by Brandy Yuen and starring Dong Shengyi and Fan Shaohuang. It was released on 1993. The film tells the story of the founder of Dharma in the 28th generation of Zen Buddhism.
This film has both Buddhism and Zen, and it is a classic film that can be used to understand Buddhism. The film tells the story in two lines, one is Fazu Line, the other is Shen Guang Monk Line, and Shen Guang Monk is the later Zen master Hui Ke.
The story begins with the story that Dharma is the third prince of South India. When he was young, he got lost in the forest, met an old man and told him that he was himself. Dharma didn't understand what the old man meant. At this time, someone said that the king was seriously ill and told him to return to the palace. On the way, I met an assassin arranged by my eldest brother and second brother. Dharma returned to his father with his high-energy martial arts.
At this time, the evil in my father's body soon died. At this time, Dharma was enlightened by Master Panruo Duoluo, thinking that it was predestined relationship with Buddha. When he left, he left two sentences: Who was I before I was born, and who was I when I was born.
Deep Zen in The Father of Dharma
The film was directed by Brandy Yuen. In 1980s, actor Brandy Yuen turned to be a behind-the-scenes worker and founded Yuan Jiaban with his brother. In the golden age when excellent actors and films emerge one after another, director Brandy Yuen found a new way to direct such a Zen-like film.
In order to convey the Buddhism to everyone, the director made an extremely serious and in-depth study and slowly presented the Buddhism to the audience with a profound but very interesting plot.
Buddhism can't be divorced from reality. What you know is what you know, and what you don't know is what you don't know. This is the last thing the director wants to tell the audience. The director himself became a monk because he realized everything after making this film. Later, he served as a host in a temple in Hong Kong.