Footprint of the Buddha The Long Search – The Buddhist Path | Full Documentary (1977)
This third episode of the widely-acclaimed BBC Long Search series, if used with some caution, can serve as a good introduction to Theravada Buddhism that is suitable for both high school and introductory college courses. Filmed entirely on location in Sri Lanka, Footprint of the Buddha conveys some of the essentials of Buddhism through the interpretive eyes of a university professor of anthropology and a distinguished monk: the three refuges, the four noble truths, the noble eightfold path, the two bodies of the Buddha, the importance of stories of the Buddha’s former lives, and the various practices of the laity and the monks.
Producer: BBC
