Little Buddha Page #3

So, you will be my guide,

Jesse?

Yeah.

- Good-bye.

- Good night.

Good night.

[ Jesse ] "Little Buddha,

The Story of Prince Siddhartha."

Okay, now your toes.

Ah.

Careful of your book.

Mom, where did those men

come from?

Well, they're Tibetans,

honey.

They come from Bhutan,

which is a country in the Himalayas.

What are the Himalayas?

The Himalayas are

the highest mountains in the world.

Mom, good-bye!

Good-bye!

Let's see.

Okay.

"Buddha was born

in a small kingdom...

in ancient Nepal.

- [ Elephant Snorts ]

- [ Speaking Nepali ]

[ Lisa Reading ]

As was the custom in those days,

his mother, Queen Maya, was returning

to her parents' home...

for the birth of her child.

It was a long journey

for the Queen to make,

so, on the way,

the royal caravan stopped for a rest...

by the edge

of a great forest.

[ Singing ]

As the Queen

entered the trees,

she fell into

a kind of trance...

and remembered a strange

dream she had had...

the day

she conceived her child.

[ Singing Continues ]

[ Lisa Reading ]

In the dream...

- a baby elephant

had appeared at her side...

- [ Kissing ]

and blessed her

with its trunk.

Queen Maya

was deep inside the wood...

when suddenly

her birth pains began.

And then, it is said,

a tree,

understanding

this great moment,

bent slowly down

to protect her,

offering its branches

for her support.

[ Singing ]

[ Singing Continues ]

[ Groans ]

[ Singing Continues,

Weakly ]

[ Baby Crying ]

[ Crying Continues ]

[ Lisa Reading ]

The child was born with almost no pain,

with shining, golden skin.

He was fully conscious,

his eyes wide open.

And he was strong enough

to stand on his own legs.

I have been born

to reach Enlightenment...

and free all creatures

from suffering.

[ Lisa Reading ]

And, it is said,

lotus blossoms grew

in his footsteps."

[ Cajun, Distant ]

[ Dean ]

Hey, where's our reincarnation?

Where's Lama Dorje?

[ Chuckling ]

Reading his book.

Wow. Like the Three Kings

from the east, huh? Hmm.

Yeah. Amazing.

Well, at least they didn't try

to tell us that Jesse was the result...

of an immaculate

conception.

[ 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.

Suppose you come back

as an ant.

So, what's wrong

with an ant?

Lots of group activity

and picnics and things.

You can get squished.

People get squished too.

Yeah, that's a fact.

[ Continues, Distant ]

I can't believe you'd be this upset over

four harmless, little Tibetan monks.

- What's bothering you, Dean?

- It's Evan.

He's bankrupt.

What?

Evan's bankrupt?

He's been hiding from everybody even me.

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