Little Buddha (1993)

Bridget Fonda: Lisa Conrad

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• Dean Conrad : Hey, where's our reincarnation? Where's Lama Dorje?

  Lisa Conrad : Reading his book. Wow. Like the Three Kings from the east, huh?

  Dean Conrad : Hmm. Yeah. Amazing. Well, at least they didn't try to tell us that Jesse was the result of an immaculate conception.

  Lisa Conrad : [chuckling]  I don't know, I like the idea: reincarnation. I wouldn't mind coming back, visiting the places I like again and the people I love.

  Dean Conrad : Suppose you come back as an ant.

  Lisa Conrad : So, what's wrong with an ant? Lots of group activity and picnics and things.

  Dean Conrad : You can get squished.

  Lisa Conrad : People get squished too.

• Lama Norbu : You see, my teacher, Lama Dorje, who was even a teacher of the Dalai Lama, towards the end of his life he felt he was needed in the West, to teach the Dharma, the 'Path Buddha'... so, he came to America, to Seattle, where he passed away nine years ago. We have been searching his reincarnation in many places. But now we think he might have been reborn, right here, as your son.

  Lisa Conrad : [Somewhat startled]  As Jesse?

  Lama Norbu : Yes.

  Kenpo Tenzin : Lama Dorje had a great sense of humor.

  [laughs]