- What do we know of the wife and child the Buddha abandoned when he went off to seek his enlightenment? Yashodhara - The Buddha's Wife brings this intimate, intense, and rarely told fascinating story to the forefront.
- What do we know of the wife and child the Buddha abandoned on the night of his childbirth when he went off to seek his enlightenment? Yashodhara - The Buddha's Wife brings this intimate, intense, and rarely told fascinating story to the forefront.
Yashodhara is sitting in meditation as usual but today something is different, it has been exactly12 years today since that night and she has come a very long way in overcoming the truth of her husband 'the buddha' leaving suddenly in the middle of the night of their childbirth to seek enlightenment, with no intimation and no indication, not a word to her or anyone...
Today a flood of memories grip her, something is happening and she is reminded to be reaffirmed in her resolve for today is the day when he returns! and a long pending healing conversation between the now enlightened Buddha and his wife takes place as he remembers her and her contribution to his state of being in this lifetime, he remembers he owes her this wisdom that he has discovered in solitude and away from home, he remembers something else too that they had both decided...
What transpires is a heightened sense of oneness as while he thinks knows, he discovers she knows the truth too! perhaps always did and she did not have to abandon anything or leave the palace to get to this understanding. She asks him 3 significant questions upon his return and through them, they both realize. An energetic transmission transmutes the moment.
They both suffered in their own right and today is the day when healing happens for both of them. They both walked the same path, and although they went different routes they ended up at the exact same destination. Wasn't suffering then a... gift?
The film aims to offer a nuanced portrait of this compelling and compassionate figure who hasn't really been fully discovered yet. Yashodhara, witness her alternative journey to spiritual enlightenment.
Tagline: Suffering can be the biggest portal to enlightening.
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By what name was Yashodhara the Buddha's Wife (2022) officially released in Canada in English?
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