For those readers who are living in America there will be an interesting documentary on PBS coming up on April 7th entitled The Buddha. Narrated by Richard Gere, who is himself a devout Buddhist, and shot by award winning filmmaker David Grubin The documentary will tell the tale of Buddha’s life.

Featured will be the works of renowned artists who throughout the ages have been inspired by and have re-created the likeness of Buddha in many art forms. The documentary will also follow the history of Buddhism with added insights from contemporary Buddhists and the Dalai Lama.

This looks to be a very interesting documentary and might serve to help gain some insight into Thai Buddhism and how it relates to the culture we love so much.

For those not in America the whole documentary is already up on Youtube but you’ll have to figure out how to piece the many different videos into the correct order.  The DVD can be purchased from PBS. For more information on this upcoming PBS Buddha documentary check out The Buddha on PBS. You can watch a preview below.