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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,139 --> 00:00:10,440 In Commemoration of the 1,150th Anniversary of the Death of Koho Daishi. 2 00:00:14,748 --> 00:00:23,316 Toei Company Ltd Presents 3 00:00:24,525 --> 00:00:32,797 KUKAI (Enlighten Priest) 4 00:00:47,915 --> 00:00:51,477 Screenplay by HAYASAKA Akira 5 00:02:14,501 --> 00:02:16,129 Starring 6 00:02:16,136 --> 00:02:20,073 KITAOJI Kinya 7 00:02:20,073 --> 00:02:24,067 OGAWA Mayumi 8 00:02:24,077 --> 00:02:28,037 SAIGO Teruhiko 9 00:02:39,226 --> 00:02:42,993 TAMBA Tetsuro 10 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:46,991 NISHIMURA Kon NAKAMURA Katsuo 11 00:03:49,930 --> 00:03:53,526 KATO Go 12 00:03:55,168 --> 00:03:58,969 MORISHIGE Hisaya 13 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:04,907 Directed by SATO Junya 14 00:04:39,679 --> 00:04:41,238 Out of our way! 15 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:44,175 The emperor is passing! 16 00:04:44,718 --> 00:04:45,981 Get out of our way! 17 00:05:19,619 --> 00:05:20,643 Stop. 18 00:05:22,455 --> 00:05:23,753 Is it bleeding? 19 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:27,056 Its legs are broken, sir. 20 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:29,494 Where from? 21 00:05:29,563 --> 00:05:33,398 Probably it came from that forest. 22 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,460 I meant you. 23 00:05:36,236 --> 00:05:38,068 I'm from Sanuki. 24 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:40,040 Sanuki, Shikoku? 25 00:05:40,073 --> 00:05:42,907 My uncle is here in the capital. 26 00:05:42,909 --> 00:05:44,468 Capital? 27 00:05:45,745 --> 00:05:47,270 This was a capital. 28 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:53,652 I'm building a new capital forty miles north. 29 00:05:55,088 --> 00:05:59,116 I deserted this Nara. Go. 30 00:06:02,796 --> 00:06:05,391 Deserted? Why? 31 00:07:01,855 --> 00:07:03,050 Saicho. 32 00:07:04,958 --> 00:07:06,051 Yes, sir. 33 00:07:07,627 --> 00:07:09,391 Where to? 34 00:07:11,398 --> 00:07:14,163 I'm leaving Nara. 35 00:07:15,201 --> 00:07:17,397 To the new capital? 36 00:07:19,906 --> 00:07:24,867 Even if the emperor is away, this is our capital. 37 00:07:24,878 --> 00:07:29,179 No. It can't be a capital to anyone 38 00:07:38,058 --> 00:07:40,892 How can he live elsewhere? 39 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:55,241 We seem to be stalled. 40 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:59,906 All the countries are moving to the new capital. 41 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:04,250 Let's get off, my child. 42 00:08:04,250 --> 00:08:07,152 What're you going to do? Walk? 43 00:08:07,153 --> 00:08:08,917 I'm not going. 44 00:08:08,922 --> 00:08:10,288 What? 45 00:08:10,290 --> 00:08:13,624 The new capital isn't like a town yet. 46 00:08:13,626 --> 00:08:15,288 Kusuko. 47 00:08:15,295 --> 00:08:19,665 When houses are built there, send for me. 48 00:08:40,086 --> 00:08:45,684 So you're going to the new capital, too. 49 00:08:45,692 --> 00:08:47,991 I'll miss you. 50 00:08:49,262 --> 00:08:54,724 The emperor wishes it. As courtier, I must obey. 51 00:08:54,734 --> 00:09:01,402 Will Prince Iyo, your master, succeed to the throne? 52 00:09:01,408 --> 00:09:05,311 No. He's the emperor's third son. 53 00:09:05,311 --> 00:09:08,748 He won't be crown prince. 54 00:09:16,656 --> 00:09:20,491 Mao. Is it you, Mao? 55 00:09:22,796 --> 00:09:28,133 He's my nephew, Mao of Saeki. 56 00:09:29,335 --> 00:09:33,329 He was born a genius. 57 00:09:33,339 --> 00:09:37,003 He's called "Treasure" back home in Sanuki. 58 00:09:37,010 --> 00:09:42,472 He's the hope of our Saeki Family. 59 00:09:42,482 --> 00:09:45,077 So he has a big future. 60 00:09:46,453 --> 00:09:50,185 He came to town to study at the university. 61 00:09:50,190 --> 00:09:53,592 What happened to the deer? 62 00:09:58,631 --> 00:10:00,532 Let's take a rest. 63 00:10:04,037 --> 00:10:08,099 Emperor Kammu has a strong will. 64 00:10:09,676 --> 00:10:12,578 He deserted such a big capital. 65 00:10:12,579 --> 00:10:14,844 Deserted for what? 66 00:10:16,883 --> 00:10:18,408 They became too powerful. 67 00:10:18,418 --> 00:10:20,683 Who's "they"? 68 00:10:20,687 --> 00:10:23,156 Look at the temple. 69 00:10:23,890 --> 00:10:28,692 The six religious sects in Nara have gained power. 70 00:10:28,695 --> 00:10:33,463 A priest even tried to usurp the throne. 71 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:38,203 It's true. He almost succeeded. 72 00:10:40,540 --> 00:10:43,066 He was banished. 73 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:47,212 That's why the emperor deserted the town. 74 00:10:49,182 --> 00:10:54,712 Mao came to town at the changing of capitals. 75 00:10:57,023 --> 00:10:59,549 Six years later... 76 00:11:02,295 --> 00:11:04,093 They're back. 77 00:11:05,565 --> 00:11:10,765 What a reception! Thank you very much. 78 00:11:10,770 --> 00:11:12,398 My brother. 79 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:16,399 I don't see Mao. Isn't he with you? 80 00:11:17,544 --> 00:11:18,773 Otari. 81 00:11:19,913 --> 00:11:21,404 Brother-in-law. 82 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:23,246 It's been years. 83 00:11:23,249 --> 00:11:24,911 Sister. 84 00:11:26,586 --> 00:11:28,578 Isn't my son with you? 85 00:11:28,621 --> 00:11:32,615 Hasn't he returned? 86 00:11:34,027 --> 00:11:37,122 You mean you haven't brought him? 87 00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:41,032 Let's talk inside. 88 00:11:43,269 --> 00:11:46,103 He's a real treasure. 89 00:11:48,541 --> 00:11:50,772 He was the brightest student at the university. 90 00:11:50,777 --> 00:11:56,944 He can read and write Chinese well. 91 00:11:56,950 --> 00:12:01,354 So he's distinguished even in town. 92 00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:08,318 But this year, he suddenly stopped going to school. 93 00:12:11,965 --> 00:12:13,900 He wanted to quit. 94 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:17,029 It's only been a year. 95 00:12:17,036 --> 00:12:20,939 I tried to dissuade him. 96 00:12:20,940 --> 00:12:27,369 It was promised he'd be accepted as an official at the court. 97 00:12:27,380 --> 00:12:32,614 He could be promoted to a very high position. 98 00:12:33,319 --> 00:12:37,757 But all of sudden he left school. 99 00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:41,216 Why? What happened to him? 100 00:12:42,228 --> 00:12:47,326 I don't know. He suddenly disappeared. 101 00:12:48,134 --> 00:12:49,602 Disappeared? 102 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:54,666 I searched the whole town. 103 00:12:54,674 --> 00:12:56,302 Nara, too. 104 00:12:58,511 --> 00:13:00,503 Then a letter came. 105 00:13:01,881 --> 00:13:06,216 It said he'd gone home. So I returned in a hurry. 106 00:13:07,186 --> 00:13:11,419 He wrote so to us, too. So we're waiting. 107 00:13:11,424 --> 00:13:12,858 Father. 108 00:13:12,859 --> 00:13:14,350 Is it Mao? 109 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,851 I don't know. 110 00:13:28,908 --> 00:13:30,604 He's a beggar. 111 00:13:30,610 --> 00:13:31,908 Wait. 112 00:13:38,951 --> 00:13:40,078 It's Mao. 113 00:13:40,086 --> 00:13:42,920 He can't be our son. 114 00:13:42,922 --> 00:13:45,050 But he is. 115 00:13:52,065 --> 00:13:53,431 Father. 116 00:13:54,067 --> 00:13:55,763 Mother. 117 00:13:56,436 --> 00:13:57,734 Mao. 118 00:13:57,737 --> 00:14:00,070 No! He isn't! 119 00:14:00,073 --> 00:14:01,541 Yes, I am. 120 00:14:02,775 --> 00:14:05,438 How are you, Mother? 121 00:14:05,445 --> 00:14:10,474 Why dress like a beggar? 122 00:14:10,483 --> 00:14:14,921 I'm traveling. I'm in a hurry. 123 00:14:14,921 --> 00:14:17,481 Where to? 124 00:14:17,490 --> 00:14:20,289 You're dirty. Come in anyway. 125 00:14:20,293 --> 00:14:25,322 No, I can't. I'm in a hurry. 126 00:14:25,331 --> 00:14:29,894 Seeing both of you is enough. 127 00:14:29,902 --> 00:14:33,634 Return to the capital. 128 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:37,304 It's contaminated. 129 00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:40,303 Goodbye. 130 00:14:53,793 --> 00:14:54,988 He isn't Mao. 131 00:14:54,994 --> 00:14:57,122 He can't be. 132 00:14:57,130 --> 00:14:59,690 He is Mao. 133 00:15:00,867 --> 00:15:03,234 But he's mad. 134 00:16:35,761 --> 00:16:39,789 When it's fair, we can see the Inland Sea. 135 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:43,903 What'll you do? 136 00:16:44,971 --> 00:16:46,132 I don't know. 137 00:16:46,138 --> 00:16:47,538 You don't? 138 00:16:50,443 --> 00:16:52,776 You don't know. 139 00:16:53,746 --> 00:16:55,908 Why do we live? 140 00:16:58,117 --> 00:17:03,351 What do we live for? 141 00:17:04,457 --> 00:17:08,588 You came here to find it? 142 00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:11,860 You what? 143 00:17:13,699 --> 00:17:16,669 If I deserve to live... 144 00:17:17,970 --> 00:17:20,530 I won't die if I fail. 145 00:17:20,606 --> 00:17:22,666 Don't be silly. 146 00:17:22,675 --> 00:17:27,443 If Buddha exists, he'll save me. 147 00:17:29,682 --> 00:17:31,947 Will you test him? 148 00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:37,524 Do I deserve life? 149 00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:43,261 I want to know. 150 00:17:46,465 --> 00:17:47,865 What'll you do? 151 00:18:29,041 --> 00:18:30,805 Stop it! 152 00:18:32,712 --> 00:18:34,203 Why? 153 00:18:34,246 --> 00:18:35,714 Shame on you! 154 00:18:35,715 --> 00:18:39,914 Shame? Why are you ashamed of making love? 155 00:18:54,233 --> 00:18:56,327 Stop it! 156 00:18:57,069 --> 00:19:01,564 Don't interfere. Who do you think I am? 157 00:19:01,574 --> 00:19:03,167 I don't know. 158 00:19:03,175 --> 00:19:05,167 You don't. 159 00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:11,513 I'm you. 160 00:19:55,061 --> 00:19:56,324 Are you alive? 161 00:20:07,773 --> 00:20:09,799 Why follow me? 162 00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:12,973 Your test is over. Let's return. 163 00:20:12,978 --> 00:20:15,277 Return? 164 00:20:15,281 --> 00:20:16,840 Where to? 165 00:20:16,849 --> 00:20:18,477 The capital. 166 00:20:18,484 --> 00:20:20,316 Capital? 167 00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:22,288 What for? 168 00:20:22,321 --> 00:20:30,286 Finish the university, and you'll be a courtier. 169 00:20:30,296 --> 00:20:34,199 You'll get promotions. 170 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,999 You'll be able to have a pretty wife. 171 00:20:37,970 --> 00:20:40,804 Did my uncle send you here? 172 00:20:40,806 --> 00:20:45,642 Yes. He'll give me a generous reward. 173 00:20:46,712 --> 00:20:48,510 Tell him this: 174 00:20:48,514 --> 00:20:52,952 "Mao became a fish." 175 00:21:59,785 --> 00:22:01,310 "Reporting!" 176 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:06,122 "A star flew into Mao's mouth. It's true." 177 00:22:34,553 --> 00:22:37,250 Here he is. He's still training himself. 178 00:22:37,489 --> 00:22:40,550 I'll get him. 179 00:22:45,431 --> 00:22:47,059 Reporting. 180 00:22:47,066 --> 00:22:49,433 Mao is training at Mt. Fuji. 181 00:22:49,435 --> 00:22:53,270 March 14, 800 A.D. 182 00:22:56,909 --> 00:22:58,741 We meet again. 183 00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:20,622 It'll explode. 184 00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:25,128 Explode! 185 00:23:33,812 --> 00:23:35,804 What'll explode? 186 00:23:37,483 --> 00:23:38,644 The mountain. 187 00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:45,982 The mountain is going to erupt! 188 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:47,957 It'll erupt! 189 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,952 Run, everybody! 190 00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:34,702 Get in the cave. 191 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:22,210 The earth is alive. 192 00:25:45,010 --> 00:25:46,273 Stop it! 193 00:25:58,857 --> 00:26:03,488 Make love! 194 00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:07,332 Men, make love with women by nature. 195 00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:11,032 Fear nothing. 196 00:26:11,036 --> 00:26:13,164 Make love. 197 00:26:17,109 --> 00:26:20,841 Come here and make love. 198 00:26:21,713 --> 00:26:24,308 Never think of dying. 199 00:26:24,316 --> 00:26:27,548 Make love and enjoy life. 200 00:26:28,253 --> 00:26:31,155 Live! Make love and live! 201 00:27:32,918 --> 00:27:39,119 Men, women, the earth... They're all alive. 202 00:27:46,231 --> 00:27:48,791 My child... 203 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:05,615 Give him up if he's dead. You'll have another child. 204 00:28:09,755 --> 00:28:12,452 Mao, she's going to die. 205 00:28:17,396 --> 00:28:20,525 Make love with her, or she'll die. 206 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,091 Look! 207 00:29:00,472 --> 00:29:02,907 The earth and the people are alive. 208 00:29:04,543 --> 00:29:06,136 Live. 209 00:29:09,147 --> 00:29:11,378 Death solves nothing. 210 00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:14,880 Life is everything. 211 00:29:16,221 --> 00:29:18,588 It's life that matters. 212 00:29:31,837 --> 00:29:33,237 Crown Prince! 213 00:29:38,010 --> 00:29:39,672 Chamberlain. 214 00:29:44,883 --> 00:29:46,681 Where is he? 215 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,580 Somewhere else. 216 00:29:52,858 --> 00:29:58,695 The earthquake will end soon. Don't go out. 217 00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:12,701 Where can he be? 218 00:30:12,711 --> 00:30:16,341 Is he with that woman? 219 00:30:18,583 --> 00:30:22,987 You're safe here with me. 220 00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,364 Kusuko. 221 00:30:42,374 --> 00:30:43,865 Who is it? 222 00:30:43,875 --> 00:30:46,037 Chamberlain Kadono. 223 00:30:47,879 --> 00:30:50,542 It's an earthquake. Get out! Get out of the room! 224 00:30:50,549 --> 00:30:53,678 Don't worry. It'll be over. 225 00:30:56,555 --> 00:30:58,421 May I come in? 226 00:30:58,423 --> 00:31:01,860 Wait! Wait a minute. 227 00:31:06,598 --> 00:31:07,691 Let me in. 228 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:09,258 Come in. 229 00:31:19,111 --> 00:31:21,273 What is it? 230 00:31:43,602 --> 00:31:47,266 This belongs to the crown prince. 231 00:31:47,272 --> 00:31:50,140 He can't sleep elsewhere. 232 00:31:50,142 --> 00:31:52,270 What do you mean? 233 00:31:52,277 --> 00:31:55,008 He can sleep well here. 234 00:31:55,013 --> 00:31:57,915 What's on your mind? 235 00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:00,852 He has a wife. 236 00:32:00,852 --> 00:32:04,186 He can't sleep with her. 237 00:32:04,189 --> 00:32:08,524 And she's your daughter. 238 00:32:08,527 --> 00:32:13,932 She's too young to sleep with a man. 239 00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:19,132 Besides you have a respectable husband. 240 00:32:19,137 --> 00:32:21,538 Respectable? 241 00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:33,582 You're a wicked woman. 242 00:32:34,653 --> 00:32:41,821 Kadono, are you going to reveal this? 243 00:32:44,563 --> 00:32:50,195 What if the emperor finds out? 244 00:32:51,436 --> 00:32:56,704 As chamberlain, you'll be held responsible. 245 00:33:01,980 --> 00:33:06,418 You'll be severely punished. 246 00:33:06,418 --> 00:33:09,081 I'm ready for that. 247 00:33:10,222 --> 00:33:13,192 You'd better be ready, too. 248 00:33:15,861 --> 00:33:20,629 Prince Aden will be the next emperor. 249 00:33:20,632 --> 00:33:26,333 Don't you like promotions? 250 00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:05,676 I'm glad you returned to the capital. I'll get paid. 251 00:34:07,379 --> 00:34:09,575 Why chant the sutra? 252 00:34:09,581 --> 00:34:13,177 To become authorized priests. 253 00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:16,613 What for? 254 00:34:16,621 --> 00:34:20,353 The government will give you money. 255 00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:22,986 So what? 256 00:34:24,162 --> 00:34:28,623 So you won't be a beggar like me. 257 00:34:28,633 --> 00:34:30,829 Unauthorized priests are beggars. 258 00:34:31,670 --> 00:34:33,605 Where's Buddha? 259 00:34:33,605 --> 00:34:39,340 In the west, Western Paradise, so they say. 260 00:34:39,344 --> 00:34:41,370 Not in this country? 261 00:34:41,379 --> 00:34:49,219 Thousands of sutra scrolls were brought, but not Buddha. 262 00:35:40,538 --> 00:35:41,506 Kadono. 263 00:35:42,907 --> 00:35:46,344 The dance reminded me of something. 264 00:35:47,112 --> 00:35:48,705 What is it? 265 00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:52,050 Our envoy to China. 266 00:35:53,118 --> 00:35:54,746 Envoy? 267 00:35:55,587 --> 00:35:57,215 When was the last? 268 00:35:58,590 --> 00:36:00,582 21 years ago. 269 00:36:00,592 --> 00:36:04,359 That's right. So long ago. 270 00:36:04,362 --> 00:36:06,160 I'll send an envoy. 271 00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:08,099 Good idea. 272 00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:10,227 Give him a drink. 273 00:36:27,485 --> 00:36:29,351 For Kadono. 274 00:36:33,958 --> 00:36:36,257 Read it. 275 00:36:37,595 --> 00:36:41,191 Read aloud so they'll understand. 276 00:36:46,938 --> 00:36:50,340 "This is a drink. 277 00:36:50,341 --> 00:36:57,612 "To wish you a safe return. 278 00:36:57,615 --> 00:37:02,349 "From the long voyage... 279 00:37:02,353 --> 00:37:07,690 "Over the China Sea." 280 00:37:09,194 --> 00:37:10,753 Understand? 281 00:37:14,032 --> 00:37:15,022 Me? 282 00:37:15,033 --> 00:37:18,663 Yes. You're the envoy. 283 00:37:18,670 --> 00:37:23,335 But I can't leave the crown prince. 284 00:37:23,341 --> 00:37:26,106 He doesn't need you. 285 00:37:26,111 --> 00:37:29,878 You refuse the mission? 286 00:37:29,881 --> 00:37:31,509 No, sir. 287 00:37:31,516 --> 00:37:35,385 I'm glad to be given such a mission. 288 00:37:35,386 --> 00:37:37,582 Kusuko. 289 00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:42,527 You mustn't live in the palace. 290 00:37:44,429 --> 00:37:47,991 Return to your husband's house. 291 00:37:53,471 --> 00:37:55,099 Who blabbed? 292 00:37:56,674 --> 00:37:58,165 I didn't. 293 00:37:58,176 --> 00:38:01,613 Look. He's trembling. 294 00:38:08,253 --> 00:38:10,779 Prince Iyo did. 295 00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:17,127 Kadono, read the poem again to celebrate your mission. 296 00:38:23,535 --> 00:38:27,199 "This is a drink 297 00:38:27,205 --> 00:38:31,609 "To with you a safe return 298 00:38:31,609 --> 00:38:36,741 "From the long voyage 299 00:38:36,748 --> 00:38:46,747 "Over the China Sea." 300 00:38:49,460 --> 00:38:52,794 He won't come back alive. 301 00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:05,937 Mao's been in the temple for 100 days reading the sutras. 302 00:39:08,446 --> 00:39:10,005 This is it! 303 00:39:14,052 --> 00:39:15,782 This sutra! 304 00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:20,622 What are the sutra texts for? 305 00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:26,826 Where they brought from China only to gather dust? 306 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:30,198 Finished? 307 00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:32,761 Not in two months. 308 00:39:35,340 --> 00:39:37,172 We're doing our best. 309 00:39:37,175 --> 00:39:39,838 Not that fast. 310 00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:42,808 Take your time. 311 00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:47,278 Build it carefully. 312 00:39:52,457 --> 00:39:53,948 Your job is to build it, but mine is to go 313 00:39:53,992 --> 00:39:57,190 all the way to China. 314 00:40:00,064 --> 00:40:01,999 To China! 315 00:40:03,134 --> 00:40:06,002 You want to go to China? 316 00:40:06,004 --> 00:40:09,668 I want to study, Esoteric Buddhism. 317 00:40:11,609 --> 00:40:13,703 What's that? 318 00:40:13,711 --> 00:40:15,509 Buddhism. 319 00:40:16,848 --> 00:40:18,680 We have a lot of Buddhist sutras already. 320 00:40:21,319 --> 00:40:23,345 They aren't real. 321 00:40:24,188 --> 00:40:31,994 If we learn real Buddhism, we'll be in paradise alive. 322 00:40:34,465 --> 00:40:36,127 A voyage to China is risky. 323 00:40:36,134 --> 00:40:39,298 Only half the passengers survive. 324 00:40:39,304 --> 00:40:41,933 No, fewer. 325 00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:43,602 I won't die. 326 00:40:43,608 --> 00:40:48,672 Only authorized priests can go with the envoy. 327 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:54,847 You're Prince Iyo's tutor. You can help me. 328 00:40:55,553 --> 00:40:57,886 You want me to ask him? 329 00:40:57,922 --> 00:41:04,192 I'll bring back something valuable. 330 00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:05,959 Real treasure. 331 00:41:05,964 --> 00:41:12,063 If you go, you must spend twenty years there. 332 00:41:12,070 --> 00:41:15,837 That's the rule. 333 00:41:16,874 --> 00:41:18,900 You're thirty-two. 334 00:41:18,910 --> 00:41:25,373 When you return, you'll be old. 335 00:41:26,384 --> 00:41:28,683 I know. 336 00:41:30,054 --> 00:41:34,549 My life means nothing if I don't see China. 337 00:41:37,862 --> 00:41:42,391 This sword certifies you're my envoy. 338 00:41:59,751 --> 00:42:05,884 He suddenly left school before, and now he wants to go to China. 339 00:42:07,959 --> 00:42:12,363 He renamed himself Kukai. It means "sky and sea." 340 00:42:12,430 --> 00:42:15,264 What a big name! 341 00:42:17,001 --> 00:42:20,836 The new capital of Kyoto is ten years old. 342 00:42:22,273 --> 00:42:26,005 It's still under construction. 343 00:42:27,612 --> 00:42:31,310 For the new capital, we need new administration, 344 00:42:31,315 --> 00:42:39,087 new religion and new culture. 345 00:42:40,491 --> 00:42:47,955 They must be greater than those of Nara, the former capital. 346 00:42:49,967 --> 00:42:53,927 We must import them from China. 347 00:42:55,273 --> 00:43:01,406 Changan, China's capital, has the best of the world's culture. 348 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:09,610 Laws, medicine, religion engineering, art, ceramics... 349 00:43:10,721 --> 00:43:17,252 Bring a lot of them and make Kyoto prosper like Changan. 350 00:43:17,261 --> 00:43:20,163 That's my ardent wish. 351 00:43:22,166 --> 00:43:25,864 I hope you'll return safely. 352 00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:08,506 My name is Hayanari. 353 00:44:09,180 --> 00:44:10,808 Kukai is mine. 354 00:44:16,387 --> 00:44:20,449 This is my first voyage. 355 00:44:20,458 --> 00:44:24,793 I'm already seasick. 356 00:44:25,596 --> 00:44:27,121 Your purpose? 357 00:44:29,300 --> 00:44:32,065 China fever. 358 00:44:33,070 --> 00:44:35,767 I must see China. 359 00:44:37,375 --> 00:44:40,971 It'll make me look great. 360 00:44:43,581 --> 00:44:45,641 You'd better throw up. 361 00:44:47,318 --> 00:44:52,120 I have no family background. I need some career. 362 00:45:00,631 --> 00:45:04,398 Tanoura, Kyushu 363 00:45:26,190 --> 00:45:28,216 It's goodbye to Japan. 364 00:45:32,430 --> 00:45:33,921 Who is he? 365 00:45:38,236 --> 00:45:39,670 Saicho. 366 00:45:42,106 --> 00:45:43,836 He's going to China with us. 367 00:45:51,415 --> 00:45:53,543 The Saicho? 368 00:45:54,518 --> 00:45:57,249 I've been waiting. 369 00:45:59,724 --> 00:46:03,126 Get abroad the second ship. 370 00:46:03,127 --> 00:46:07,963 I'm vice-envoy. I'll be with you. 371 00:46:15,072 --> 00:46:17,268 Look at the cargo. 372 00:46:18,209 --> 00:46:21,304 Unlike us, he has a special mission. 373 00:46:21,312 --> 00:46:24,043 The emperor gave him a lot of money. 374 00:46:27,051 --> 00:46:32,957 We'll return in twenty years, but he will in a year. 375 00:46:34,625 --> 00:46:36,992 Then he'll be leader. 376 00:46:37,828 --> 00:46:42,266 The emperor will use him to beat the Nara priests. 377 00:46:53,577 --> 00:46:55,978 July 6, 802. 378 00:46:55,980 --> 00:47:01,510 The four ships set sail for China in the Tung Dynasty. 379 00:47:01,519 --> 00:47:04,717 The next night, a storm hit them. 380 00:47:27,845 --> 00:47:29,507 Oh my god! 381 00:47:39,890 --> 00:47:40,823 We lost the sail. 382 00:47:43,627 --> 00:47:46,119 Do you know how they build a ship? 383 00:47:46,130 --> 00:47:48,099 No, never. 384 00:47:48,099 --> 00:47:51,661 A Chinese ship has a keel. 385 00:47:51,669 --> 00:47:58,337 It's the backbone of a ship, like the one you have. 386 00:47:59,477 --> 00:48:00,672 So it's strong. 387 00:48:00,678 --> 00:48:02,909 Does this ship have one? 388 00:48:02,913 --> 00:48:03,710 No. 389 00:48:04,682 --> 00:48:07,652 They assemble planks into a ship. 390 00:48:09,186 --> 00:48:16,218 If hit by a heavy sea, it'll break to pieces. 391 00:48:16,227 --> 00:48:19,196 You know that and got aboard? 392 00:48:19,196 --> 00:48:20,755 No other way. 393 00:48:21,699 --> 00:48:23,565 No better ships. 394 00:48:23,567 --> 00:48:25,968 Then we're going to die here. 395 00:49:08,979 --> 00:49:10,504 Ball the water, or we'll sink. 396 00:49:10,514 --> 00:49:16,146 Go back! Return to Japan! 397 00:49:19,123 --> 00:49:20,182 No. We lost the sail. 398 00:49:20,191 --> 00:49:24,492 What'll happen to this ship? Will we sink? 399 00:49:30,234 --> 00:49:35,104 Kukai, chant the sutra like a priest. 400 00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:39,340 That can't change the weather. 401 00:49:42,780 --> 00:49:44,840 You know the truth? 402 00:50:04,168 --> 00:50:05,534 The wind... 403 00:50:07,271 --> 00:50:08,569 The waves... 404 00:50:09,573 --> 00:50:10,973 The rain... 405 00:50:12,510 --> 00:50:14,342 What are they? 406 00:50:20,818 --> 00:50:22,150 Heaven's breath. 407 00:50:25,322 --> 00:50:27,120 Heaven is breathing. 408 00:50:30,094 --> 00:50:31,392 It has a heart that's beating. 409 00:50:39,570 --> 00:50:42,301 The universe is living. 410 00:50:42,306 --> 00:50:44,605 It's alive. 411 00:50:44,608 --> 00:50:50,445 The wind, the waves, and the rain prove it. 412 00:50:53,951 --> 00:50:56,921 Don't try to stop the wind. 413 00:50:57,655 --> 00:50:59,419 Become the wind. 414 00:51:01,258 --> 00:51:03,818 Don't try to stop the rain. 415 00:51:04,762 --> 00:51:07,425 Become the rain yourself. 416 00:51:45,736 --> 00:51:46,897 Captain. 417 00:51:50,975 --> 00:51:53,001 Is it only us who survived? 418 00:51:53,010 --> 00:51:55,172 Maybe so. 419 00:51:57,848 --> 00:51:59,783 Which way are we drifting? 420 00:52:00,951 --> 00:52:02,647 To the south. 421 00:52:05,089 --> 00:52:07,558 Farther from our country. 422 00:52:09,393 --> 00:52:11,589 Will we be saved? 423 00:52:13,063 --> 00:52:16,727 I'm on heaven's journey. 424 00:52:19,136 --> 00:52:19,967 Heaven's? 425 00:52:21,005 --> 00:52:24,533 Esoteric Buddhism came from India to Changan. 426 00:52:25,309 --> 00:52:28,473 I'm going to study the real Buddhism. 427 00:52:30,881 --> 00:52:33,146 I don't follow you. 428 00:52:33,183 --> 00:52:38,554 Buddhism is heaven's teachings. 429 00:52:38,555 --> 00:52:41,150 The secrets of the universe. 430 00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:47,562 Heaven can't stop me from learning it. 431 00:52:48,799 --> 00:52:52,133 Are you going to get such a big thing? 432 00:52:52,136 --> 00:52:57,700 So we'll reach China even if this ship falls apart. 433 00:52:57,708 --> 00:53:02,806 As long as I'm abroad, it'll reach China. 434 00:53:43,987 --> 00:53:45,979 It's the 34th day. 435 00:53:48,926 --> 00:53:51,293 We ran out of food. 436 00:53:55,165 --> 00:53:57,760 No water to drink. 437 00:54:02,039 --> 00:54:07,774 I want to drink of water even sea water, before I die. 438 00:54:07,778 --> 00:54:09,906 Do so. 439 00:54:15,185 --> 00:54:20,954 Kukai, heaven didn't help you, after all. 440 00:54:20,958 --> 00:54:23,860 Hayanari, smell the air. 441 00:54:25,896 --> 00:54:28,559 It smells of grass. 442 00:54:30,434 --> 00:54:32,130 Land is near. 443 00:54:39,676 --> 00:54:40,905 Land! 444 00:54:42,513 --> 00:54:43,845 Land! 445 00:54:43,847 --> 00:54:45,179 You're right. 446 00:54:48,285 --> 00:54:50,379 Land! 447 00:54:51,221 --> 00:54:53,588 I can see land! 448 00:54:57,594 --> 00:55:00,325 I can see land! 449 00:55:03,634 --> 00:55:05,466 Get the oars! Row! 450 00:55:50,247 --> 00:55:53,513 It was nearly 2,000 miles to Changan. 451 00:58:00,644 --> 00:58:02,272 Where am I? 452 00:58:02,279 --> 00:58:04,612 Near Suchou. 453 01:00:47,744 --> 01:00:50,839 Don't look down, or you'll be dazed. 454 01:00:54,084 --> 01:00:55,780 He's a monster. 455 01:00:56,920 --> 01:00:58,684 Changan is near. 456 01:00:59,723 --> 01:01:03,990 After this, well have it easier. 457 01:01:39,529 --> 01:01:42,089 The envoy's here. 458 01:02:10,860 --> 01:02:12,852 Vice-envoy! 459 01:02:12,862 --> 01:02:14,524 Are you alive? 460 01:02:16,099 --> 01:02:19,695 I'm glad to see you alive. 461 01:02:21,638 --> 01:02:27,134 I managed to survive the storm. 462 01:02:27,877 --> 01:02:33,839 I thought your ship had sunk. 463 01:02:33,850 --> 01:02:42,725 My ship fortunately reached Nimpo, but the other two... 464 01:02:44,027 --> 01:02:46,519 They sank? 465 01:02:47,230 --> 01:02:50,894 Is Saicho safe here in Changan? 466 01:02:50,900 --> 01:02:56,168 He isn't here. He went to the temple on Mt. Tendai. 467 01:02:57,007 --> 01:03:02,571 So he already started studying Buddhism. 468 01:03:12,122 --> 01:03:13,715 Look. 469 01:03:14,624 --> 01:03:16,752 That's Changan. 470 01:03:18,295 --> 01:03:22,562 That's Tayen Tower. Exactly in the picture I saw. 471 01:03:24,567 --> 01:03:27,298 Tayen Tower, Changan 472 01:03:30,940 --> 01:03:34,468 Chunming Gate, Changan 473 01:03:39,416 --> 01:03:42,284 Huaching Pond, Changan 474 01:04:09,512 --> 01:04:13,040 Shiming Temple, Changan 475 01:04:36,473 --> 01:04:37,600 You speak Japanese. 476 01:04:37,607 --> 01:04:40,270 Because I take care of Japanese students. 477 01:04:41,277 --> 01:04:42,370 This way. 478 01:04:44,314 --> 01:04:47,182 Welcome. My name is Yochu. 479 01:04:48,118 --> 01:04:49,518 Kukai is mine. 480 01:04:51,821 --> 01:04:55,019 I'll get your luggage. 481 01:05:00,563 --> 01:05:02,862 Use my room. 482 01:05:03,867 --> 01:05:06,666 It's on the sunny side of the house. 483 01:05:08,004 --> 01:05:09,529 And you? 484 01:05:11,241 --> 01:05:13,710 I'll return to Japan. 485 01:05:13,710 --> 01:05:15,576 On your ship. 486 01:05:26,389 --> 01:05:28,790 When did you get here? 487 01:05:28,792 --> 01:05:31,057 It's 768 A. D. 488 01:05:33,096 --> 01:05:34,928 34 years ago. 489 01:05:34,931 --> 01:05:37,196 Before I was born. 490 01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:44,107 I copied these sutra texts, the result of my 34 years' labor. 491 01:05:47,944 --> 01:05:53,178 Finally I can take them to Japan. 492 01:06:32,889 --> 01:06:36,189 China is a horrible country. 493 01:06:37,861 --> 01:06:45,291 She munches every thought and idea and swallows them like a tiger. 494 01:06:46,336 --> 01:06:50,797 Japan has no fangs to bite with. 495 01:06:50,807 --> 01:06:54,073 That's right. No fangs. 496 01:06:54,844 --> 01:07:00,681 I've been trying to become a fang the past ten years. 497 01:07:00,683 --> 01:07:04,415 What do you want to bite with the fang? 498 01:07:05,255 --> 01:07:10,353 The biggest and the hardest thing? 499 01:07:11,194 --> 01:07:12,958 Which is? 500 01:07:14,330 --> 01:07:15,354 Esoteric Buddhism. 501 01:07:15,698 --> 01:07:17,997 Chingiung Temple, Changan 502 01:07:18,001 --> 01:07:19,162 You'd better give up. 503 01:07:19,168 --> 01:07:21,160 Why? 504 01:07:21,170 --> 01:07:30,842 It isn't easy to even see Huikuo, the master. 505 01:07:32,549 --> 01:07:40,389 Twenty years isn't enough to delve into the secrets of Esoteric Buddhism. 506 01:07:42,525 --> 01:07:48,226 I came here to bite and swallow it. 507 01:08:23,566 --> 01:08:27,003 - Look! - How vast! 508 01:08:27,036 --> 01:08:28,800 Where does it lead? 509 01:08:28,805 --> 01:08:31,468 To Tenjiku and Persha. 510 01:08:32,408 --> 01:08:35,139 This is the Silk Road. 511 01:08:35,144 --> 01:08:36,806 Silk Road. 512 01:08:37,747 --> 01:08:44,051 Esoteric Buddhism came from India along this road. 513 01:08:44,053 --> 01:08:49,356 I'd like to go to India, but I can't. 514 01:09:39,876 --> 01:09:41,538 From west to east. 515 01:09:43,646 --> 01:09:46,377 From west to east. 516 01:09:58,928 --> 01:10:03,298 Why don't Japanese girls dance like that? 517 01:10:03,299 --> 01:10:05,825 Why not jump? 518 01:10:21,584 --> 01:10:26,386 I hear Acarya Huikuo Keikaajeri sick. 519 01:10:26,389 --> 01:10:27,618 Sick? 520 01:10:29,892 --> 01:10:31,417 How old is he? 521 01:10:31,461 --> 01:10:34,329 I think he's sixty. 522 01:10:34,330 --> 01:10:36,993 I must hurry. 523 01:10:38,568 --> 01:10:40,298 I'll learn Sanscrit. 524 01:10:40,303 --> 01:10:41,794 Sanscrit? 525 01:10:42,939 --> 01:10:47,639 Santsang, the Indian, is the best Sanscrit teacher. 526 01:10:47,643 --> 01:10:51,239 He'll be glad to teach Japanese men. 527 01:10:51,247 --> 01:10:52,306 Why? 528 01:10:54,283 --> 01:10:57,447 Lichuang Temple, Changan 529 01:10:58,154 --> 01:11:02,956 I'd like to learn everything about Sanscrit. 530 01:11:43,833 --> 01:11:45,301 Very good. 531 01:12:03,886 --> 01:12:07,789 I hear Acarya Huikuo won't survive this year. 532 01:12:08,658 --> 01:12:11,389 You must see him. 533 01:12:11,394 --> 01:12:12,953 It'll be too late. 534 01:12:13,029 --> 01:12:15,055 Go immediately. 535 01:12:15,064 --> 01:12:20,503 I must learn Esoteric Buddhism directly from him. 536 01:12:22,271 --> 01:12:23,534 It'll take time. 537 01:12:23,539 --> 01:12:24,871 What'll you do? 538 01:12:24,874 --> 01:12:27,036 I must learn Sanscrit first. 539 01:12:29,245 --> 01:12:31,009 Or I won't understand. 540 01:12:31,013 --> 01:12:33,847 It'll take three years. 541 01:12:33,850 --> 01:12:35,978 Three months for me. 542 01:12:36,018 --> 01:12:38,544 Three months? Are you mad? 543 01:12:39,522 --> 01:12:41,514 I'm madly eating Sanscrit. 544 01:12:41,524 --> 01:12:42,617 Eating? 545 01:12:42,625 --> 01:12:43,991 Like this. 546 01:12:47,630 --> 01:12:49,428 You eat alone. 547 01:13:18,628 --> 01:13:20,324 Saicho returned. 548 01:13:20,963 --> 01:13:24,957 He brought some Esoteric Buddhism texts. 549 01:13:26,102 --> 01:13:30,631 Kukai went to China to learn Esoteric Buddhism, too. 550 01:13:31,674 --> 01:13:33,438 He's stupid. 551 01:13:33,442 --> 01:13:35,741 Welcome home, Saicho. 552 01:13:37,213 --> 01:13:43,449 Thanks to you and Buddha. 553 01:13:43,452 --> 01:13:45,011 Well done. 554 01:13:45,855 --> 01:13:49,986 I've been waiting for this day. 555 01:13:58,701 --> 01:14:02,138 Saicho was assigned as the master of all the priests. 556 01:14:22,158 --> 01:14:25,890 The Nara priests yielded to Saicho. 557 01:14:33,235 --> 01:14:35,727 I finally beat Nara. 558 01:14:57,526 --> 01:14:59,154 Did I misread it? 559 01:14:59,195 --> 01:15:01,255 Are you really Japanese? 560 01:15:02,431 --> 01:15:04,866 Only three months! 561 01:15:04,900 --> 01:15:07,426 I want to read the Prajnaparamita Naya 562 01:15:07,436 --> 01:15:13,000 Sutra of Esoteric Buddhism in Sanscrit. 563 01:15:13,042 --> 01:15:14,374 Esoteric? 564 01:15:14,377 --> 01:15:18,906 I want to learn it in the original language. 565 01:15:19,949 --> 01:15:22,145 Come this way. 566 01:15:23,386 --> 01:15:26,618 These are the sutra texts I copied. 567 01:15:32,094 --> 01:15:34,120 You can have them. 568 01:15:34,897 --> 01:15:36,297 Can I? 569 01:15:37,900 --> 01:15:40,199 Thank you very much. 570 01:15:42,104 --> 01:15:47,236 If I were younger, I'd go to Japan myself. 571 01:15:48,544 --> 01:15:52,914 Why? You're interested in Japan? 572 01:15:54,183 --> 01:15:56,914 China is too old. 573 01:15:57,586 --> 01:15:59,054 Too old? 574 01:16:02,491 --> 01:16:05,120 Buddha tells me to go east. 575 01:16:05,161 --> 01:16:07,027 Go east? 576 01:16:08,664 --> 01:16:12,328 Acarya Huikuo thinks the same way. 577 01:16:12,334 --> 01:16:15,736 Him, too? 578 01:16:21,444 --> 01:16:24,004 All right. I'll go. 579 01:16:25,714 --> 01:16:28,013 Where are you going? 580 01:16:28,984 --> 01:16:31,476 To see Acarya Huikuo. 581 01:16:31,487 --> 01:16:33,752 I thought you did. 582 01:16:40,896 --> 01:16:45,027 A Japanese student will come to see me. 583 01:16:45,034 --> 01:16:48,095 His name is Kukai. 584 01:17:28,377 --> 01:17:33,077 I'm a Japanese student Kukai is my name. 585 01:17:33,115 --> 01:17:35,243 You're late. 586 01:17:37,386 --> 01:17:41,380 I heard you came to Changan several months ago. 587 01:17:41,390 --> 01:17:44,326 Why didn't you come sooner? 588 01:17:44,326 --> 01:17:49,230 I came to your gate several times, but... 589 01:17:49,265 --> 01:17:51,700 You're too late. 590 01:17:51,734 --> 01:17:54,568 My days are numbered. 591 01:17:57,740 --> 01:17:59,675 I'm glad. 592 01:18:00,809 --> 01:18:02,573 I'm glad to have you. 593 01:18:03,879 --> 01:18:05,814 I still have time. 594 01:18:06,815 --> 01:18:10,843 I'll teach you about Esoteric Buddhism. 595 01:18:14,590 --> 01:18:16,525 Why are you surprised? 596 01:18:16,525 --> 01:18:20,360 Because Kukai is a foreigner? 597 01:18:24,633 --> 01:18:29,037 Esoteric Buddhism was born in India, a foreign land. 598 01:18:30,306 --> 01:18:35,142 The Indian taught me about it. 599 01:18:36,378 --> 01:18:42,443 Acarya Pukung was Indian. 600 01:18:43,285 --> 01:18:49,452 It's only natural to teach it to foreigners. 601 01:18:50,226 --> 01:18:54,630 So I'll teach the foreign priest in turn. 602 01:18:56,966 --> 01:19:00,402 Esoteric Buddhism moved eastward. 603 01:19:00,402 --> 01:19:04,737 Let's start immediately. 604 01:19:06,008 --> 01:19:09,206 We have no time to waste. 605 01:19:10,212 --> 01:19:15,742 I'm glad I came all the way from Japan. 606 01:19:44,013 --> 01:19:45,379 Maha Vairocana. 607 01:19:46,081 --> 01:19:50,177 Wonderful! On Maha Vairocana. 608 01:20:10,906 --> 01:20:12,238 Maha Vairocana. 609 01:20:13,208 --> 01:20:16,235 Oh! Again! 610 01:21:01,357 --> 01:21:04,452 The Kukai learned about Esoteric Buddhism 611 01:21:04,460 --> 01:21:08,556 in only three months. 612 01:21:09,832 --> 01:21:14,236 During the period, Kukai had little time to sleep. 613 01:21:17,072 --> 01:21:18,472 Kukai. 614 01:21:19,808 --> 01:21:23,711 I have nothing else to teach you. 615 01:21:25,247 --> 01:21:27,443 Thank you. 616 01:21:27,449 --> 01:21:30,647 Take Esoteric Buddhism east. 617 01:21:30,719 --> 01:21:35,123 Go farther east across the ocean. 618 01:21:35,124 --> 01:21:38,458 I'll try my best. 619 01:21:38,460 --> 01:21:42,591 Call yourself Henjo Vajra. 620 01:21:42,598 --> 01:21:44,533 Henjo Vajra. 621 01:21:47,403 --> 01:21:51,602 I'm glad you came in time. 622 01:21:54,376 --> 01:21:55,639 Acarya! 623 01:21:57,379 --> 01:22:01,180 Go east! 624 01:22:22,204 --> 01:22:23,832 You return to Japan? 625 01:22:23,839 --> 01:22:25,671 That's right. 626 01:22:27,009 --> 01:22:30,776 Are you crazy? We must stay here twenty years. 627 01:22:30,779 --> 01:22:33,214 I can't wait that long. 628 01:22:34,049 --> 01:22:35,278 Kukai. 629 01:22:36,985 --> 01:22:38,476 But there's no ship. 630 01:22:38,487 --> 01:22:40,854 Do you know Takashina? 631 01:22:40,889 --> 01:22:42,482 I know him. 632 01:22:42,491 --> 01:22:44,357 He came to Changan. 633 01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:48,460 To pay homage to the new king. 634 01:22:50,399 --> 01:22:54,336 Maybe this is our only chance. 635 01:22:55,270 --> 01:22:57,637 Wait. 636 01:22:58,507 --> 01:22:59,600 Take me with you. 637 01:22:59,608 --> 01:23:04,740 Do you know what the punishment will be? 638 01:23:06,415 --> 01:23:11,911 Makibi returned two years earlier man expected. 639 01:23:15,123 --> 01:23:16,819 He was banished led to Sado Island as punishment. 640 01:23:16,892 --> 01:23:18,451 You know that? 641 01:23:18,460 --> 01:23:21,692 I know, yet I want to go home. 642 01:23:22,931 --> 01:23:25,594 You might die. 643 01:23:41,984 --> 01:23:45,785 Welcome back, everybody. 644 01:23:45,787 --> 01:23:48,780 Thank you, sir. 645 01:23:51,560 --> 01:23:53,426 I almost died in the storm. 646 01:23:55,297 --> 01:23:59,291 I'm surprised. He's the governor here. 647 01:23:59,301 --> 01:24:00,997 Who? 648 01:24:01,003 --> 01:24:04,132 Tadanushi, Kusuko's husband. 649 01:24:04,139 --> 01:24:05,698 Kusuko? 650 01:24:05,707 --> 01:24:10,475 She's intimate with the crown prince. 651 01:24:12,848 --> 01:24:14,680 Is it true? 652 01:24:14,683 --> 01:24:17,380 Why would I lie about it? 653 01:24:18,854 --> 01:24:20,550 Terrible! 654 01:24:22,324 --> 01:24:24,850 The emperor's dead! 655 01:24:26,695 --> 01:24:28,027 No! 656 01:24:28,096 --> 01:24:29,655 When? 657 01:24:29,665 --> 01:24:31,531 Last March. 658 01:24:31,567 --> 01:24:34,264 When we left Changan. 659 01:24:34,269 --> 01:24:37,467 Who's the new emperor? 660 01:24:37,472 --> 01:24:41,637 Prince Aden, of course. 661 01:24:41,643 --> 01:24:43,771 He was heir to the throne. 662 01:24:43,779 --> 01:24:46,180 Too bad. 663 01:24:47,482 --> 01:24:50,384 Will we be exiled or executed? 664 01:25:07,235 --> 01:25:09,295 What's that? 665 01:25:09,304 --> 01:25:16,143 These are the sutras and Mandala brought by Kukai. 666 01:25:16,545 --> 01:25:20,209 Kukai? I don't know. 667 01:25:21,750 --> 01:25:28,315 Kukai is Otari's nephew, Your majesty. 668 01:25:28,323 --> 01:25:32,818 He went to China two years ago with Saicho. 669 01:25:33,929 --> 01:25:35,693 I see. 670 01:25:42,371 --> 01:25:45,739 He should've stayed in China for twenty years. 671 01:25:45,741 --> 01:25:50,372 Why two years? 672 01:25:50,379 --> 01:25:53,042 He wrote the reason. 673 01:25:53,048 --> 01:25:56,382 "To violate the rule is unforgivable. 674 01:25:56,418 --> 01:26:01,880 "But to bring the valuable teaching is important." 675 01:26:01,923 --> 01:26:05,621 Valuable teaching? What is it? 676 01:26:05,627 --> 01:26:06,993 Esoteric Buddhism. 677 01:26:06,995 --> 01:26:08,930 Esoteric? 678 01:26:08,964 --> 01:26:12,628 Saicho already brought it to Japan. 679 01:26:12,634 --> 01:26:17,129 That's right. Saicho brought it here. 680 01:26:19,474 --> 01:26:23,809 The one Kukai brought is different. 681 01:26:23,812 --> 01:26:27,476 Saicho didn't go to Changan. 682 01:26:27,482 --> 01:26:30,816 But Kukai went there... 683 01:26:30,819 --> 01:26:32,549 Send him back. 684 01:26:32,554 --> 01:26:35,490 Send him back to China. 685 01:26:35,490 --> 01:26:42,829 I suggest we examine what he brought. 686 01:26:42,831 --> 01:26:49,260 The emperor said to send him back to China. 687 01:26:49,271 --> 01:26:52,139 Is there a ship available? 688 01:26:52,140 --> 01:26:55,440 No. His ship was destroyed. 689 01:26:55,444 --> 01:26:58,812 He can wait in Kyushu. 690 01:26:58,814 --> 01:27:01,716 He isn't allowed in the capital. 691 01:27:01,717 --> 01:27:03,413 Have him wait there. 692 01:27:14,429 --> 01:27:16,227 I'm Prince Iyo. 693 01:27:16,231 --> 01:27:20,293 You're charged with treason. 694 01:27:20,802 --> 01:27:21,701 Treason? 695 01:27:27,709 --> 01:27:31,043 Kanzeon Temple, Kyushu 696 01:27:43,125 --> 01:27:44,149 Kukai. 697 01:27:45,794 --> 01:27:46,989 Uncle. 698 01:27:46,995 --> 01:27:50,488 Hide my horse. See if I'm not followed. 699 01:27:50,499 --> 01:27:52,229 What happened? 700 01:27:52,234 --> 01:27:54,965 Hide my horse. 701 01:27:57,339 --> 01:28:02,778 Prince Iyo was born by a different mother. 702 01:28:07,115 --> 01:28:13,885 The emperor's mother was from the Fujiwara Family, like Kusuko. 703 01:28:15,991 --> 01:28:22,192 That's why Kusuko hated Prince Iyo. 704 01:28:24,466 --> 01:28:30,098 Besides, he was brighter than the emperor. 705 01:28:30,105 --> 01:28:35,373 It's not because I was his tutor. 706 01:28:36,711 --> 01:28:39,840 Everybody in the court says so. 707 01:28:41,283 --> 01:28:45,914 Kusuko hated him even more for that. 708 01:28:45,921 --> 01:28:50,382 Was he trapped? 709 01:28:52,460 --> 01:28:58,366 It was alleged he planned treason. He was framed. 710 01:29:00,368 --> 01:29:05,329 He was locked in a temple. 711 01:29:05,340 --> 01:29:08,936 No water or food was given. 712 01:29:20,789 --> 01:29:22,382 Otari? 713 01:29:23,091 --> 01:29:24,559 Prince. 714 01:29:24,559 --> 01:29:28,826 Don't come here. It's dangerous. Run away. 715 01:29:30,765 --> 01:29:33,098 Water and food for you. 716 01:29:33,101 --> 01:29:38,438 No use. There's nothing I can do. 717 01:29:38,440 --> 01:29:41,103 You must eat. 718 01:29:45,680 --> 01:29:48,582 Give me water. 719 01:29:54,522 --> 01:30:02,988 Kusuko will try to kill you and Kukai. 720 01:30:04,366 --> 01:30:07,495 Go to Kukai in Kyushu. 721 01:30:22,450 --> 01:30:29,721 What Kukai brought is a real treasure for us all. 722 01:30:31,660 --> 01:30:38,533 But the emperor doesn't try to understand. 723 01:30:44,906 --> 01:30:52,837 The court and the courtiers... They're trash. 724 01:30:52,847 --> 01:30:54,907 You're right. 725 01:30:56,518 --> 01:31:01,513 You once wanted me to serve them. 726 01:31:02,357 --> 01:31:08,490 I'm sorry I spent 35 years in the court. 727 01:31:08,496 --> 01:31:11,955 And what's the reward? I had to run away like a criminal. 728 01:31:14,836 --> 01:31:20,776 I didn't bring Esoteric Buddhism for a court like that. 729 01:31:22,143 --> 01:31:24,806 What Kukai brought was a mountain of treasure 730 01:31:24,813 --> 01:31:28,750 to enhance Japan's culture. 731 01:31:30,752 --> 01:31:32,186 Kukai. 732 01:31:34,089 --> 01:31:41,189 Is it true that Esoteric Buddhism can move people and even heaven? 733 01:31:41,196 --> 01:31:43,164 Yes, it is. 734 01:31:43,164 --> 01:31:44,928 Is it true? 735 01:31:45,867 --> 01:31:51,499 Join your palms, chant Maha Veirocana's words, 736 01:31:51,506 --> 01:31:54,305 and imagine him in your mind. 737 01:31:56,011 --> 01:32:02,941 Then rid the capital of the dark cloud. 738 01:32:04,452 --> 01:32:08,150 How long do we have to wait? 739 01:32:08,156 --> 01:32:12,958 Then get ready to go to Kyoto. 740 01:32:12,961 --> 01:32:16,090 Only to be killed? 741 01:32:16,131 --> 01:32:21,434 The emperor's mind won't last for another month. 742 01:32:22,604 --> 01:32:24,470 What do you mean? 743 01:32:24,472 --> 01:32:26,532 He'll go mad. 744 01:32:35,083 --> 01:32:37,177 Prince Iyo is watching us! 745 01:32:37,218 --> 01:32:39,949 There he is! 746 01:32:42,290 --> 01:32:43,781 That's Shikiko. 747 01:32:45,326 --> 01:32:47,955 Not Prince Iyo. 748 01:32:53,401 --> 01:32:55,393 Shikiko? 749 01:32:55,403 --> 01:33:04,210 Your pretty wife. Look at her. 750 01:33:12,887 --> 01:33:15,322 She's pretty, isn't she? 751 01:33:15,323 --> 01:33:17,189 She's your darling wife. 752 01:33:17,192 --> 01:33:22,290 Make love to her. 753 01:33:22,297 --> 01:33:23,731 I prefer you. 754 01:33:26,701 --> 01:33:29,364 Have a child. Not by me. 755 01:33:30,271 --> 01:33:33,173 If I had one, it'd be my husband's. 756 01:33:33,174 --> 01:33:34,198 Mother. 757 01:33:34,209 --> 01:33:38,271 You must have a child by him. 758 01:33:38,313 --> 01:33:41,681 Then the child will be his heir. 759 01:33:43,518 --> 01:33:47,114 Kusuko, stay there. 760 01:33:47,155 --> 01:33:49,215 Of course, I will. 761 01:33:49,224 --> 01:33:52,661 Make love. 762 01:34:05,240 --> 01:34:06,902 Get pregnant. 763 01:34:09,344 --> 01:34:10,710 Get pregnant. 764 01:34:24,125 --> 01:34:30,258 You're my brother from the same parents. 765 01:34:33,768 --> 01:34:37,296 Replace me as emperor. 766 01:34:39,674 --> 01:34:41,370 What are you saying? 767 01:34:43,378 --> 01:34:45,313 I'm tired. 768 01:34:45,313 --> 01:34:50,081 Please replace me. Succeed me to the throne. 769 01:34:50,084 --> 01:34:53,782 I'm sorry, but I can't be an emperor. 770 01:34:53,821 --> 01:35:00,625 Help me. The crown is too heavy for me. 771 01:35:00,662 --> 01:35:08,434 I can't sleep at night Something is pressing me 772 01:35:10,438 --> 01:35:13,772 Hurry! Take it away from me! 773 01:35:13,775 --> 01:35:17,109 Help me! Save my life! 774 01:35:17,111 --> 01:35:20,206 Please, my dear brother! Please! 775 01:35:21,416 --> 01:35:23,351 Does Kusuko know? 776 01:35:29,290 --> 01:35:30,656 Help me! 777 01:35:32,160 --> 01:35:33,992 Save my life! 778 01:35:35,697 --> 01:35:37,325 I understand. 779 01:35:40,635 --> 01:35:42,297 I'll take over. 780 01:35:47,475 --> 01:35:49,501 Take off my robe. 781 01:35:51,813 --> 01:35:56,376 Kukai! Rejoice! The new emperor's on the throne! 782 01:35:56,451 --> 01:35:57,749 Who? 783 01:35:57,752 --> 01:36:01,712 Prince Kamino, the ex-emperor's brother. 784 01:36:01,723 --> 01:36:03,749 Oh, him. 785 01:36:03,758 --> 01:36:10,096 Kukai, the new emperor wants you back. 786 01:36:11,599 --> 01:36:13,158 I'm ready. 787 01:36:13,167 --> 01:36:14,635 Ready? 788 01:36:14,636 --> 01:36:17,071 We've been waiting. 789 01:36:22,977 --> 01:36:25,742 What's Kusuko doing? 790 01:36:25,747 --> 01:36:27,841 She's angry. 791 01:36:27,849 --> 01:36:31,752 The ex-emperor resigned when she was away. 792 01:36:31,753 --> 01:36:34,052 She couldn't stop it. 793 01:36:34,055 --> 01:36:35,683 Kukai. 794 01:36:37,225 --> 01:36:40,127 Tadanushi. 795 01:36:40,128 --> 01:36:45,533 I'm released from the post. I'm going back to Nara. 796 01:36:45,533 --> 01:36:48,503 Nara? Not Kyoto? 797 01:36:48,503 --> 01:36:50,267 Nara. 798 01:36:50,271 --> 01:36:54,868 The ex-emperor has his court in the former capital. 799 01:36:54,876 --> 01:36:57,311 I'll serve him. 800 01:36:57,312 --> 01:36:59,713 That's nice. 801 01:36:59,714 --> 01:37:04,118 I've been away long. 802 01:37:04,118 --> 01:37:05,211 I'm tired. 803 01:37:11,726 --> 01:37:17,324 In July, 809, Kukai went to Takaosan Temple in Kyoto. 804 01:37:23,304 --> 01:37:28,174 Changan must be a beautiful city. 805 01:37:28,176 --> 01:37:32,307 It's the world's culture center. 806 01:37:32,313 --> 01:37:35,613 It's amazing. 807 01:37:36,818 --> 01:37:40,152 Kyoto is an empty city. 808 01:37:40,154 --> 01:37:44,421 It's new and has room for new culture. 809 01:37:44,425 --> 01:37:46,826 What'll fill it? 810 01:37:46,828 --> 01:37:49,797 Esoteric Buddhism. 811 01:37:49,797 --> 01:37:51,561 I thought so. 812 01:37:51,566 --> 01:37:54,730 Fill it immediately. 813 01:37:54,736 --> 01:38:00,141 Is the new container ready for it? 814 01:38:00,141 --> 01:38:03,805 Can I fill the capital? 815 01:38:04,679 --> 01:38:12,485 The streets are vacant, the palace looks empty. 816 01:38:13,287 --> 01:38:18,555 Half the courtiers went to Nara. 817 01:38:18,559 --> 01:38:21,393 The ex-emperor has his court. 818 01:38:21,396 --> 01:38:25,356 He took the courtiers with him. 819 01:38:25,366 --> 01:38:30,361 Nara is the capital again. 820 01:38:31,205 --> 01:38:34,266 It's the capital again! 821 01:38:38,613 --> 01:38:43,313 I hear the ex-emperor issues orders on his own. 822 01:38:52,794 --> 01:38:55,559 He's mentally ill. 823 01:38:56,664 --> 01:39:01,364 At this rate, Japan will have two rulers and two capitals. 824 01:39:01,369 --> 01:39:03,235 It already has. 825 01:39:06,040 --> 01:39:09,875 If we left him have his way, Nara will be the capital. 826 01:39:16,884 --> 01:39:18,910 What'll we do? 827 01:39:18,920 --> 01:39:24,382 In China, An Lushan revolted. 828 01:39:24,392 --> 01:39:27,089 He roped in the king's mistress. 829 01:39:27,094 --> 01:39:31,190 He occupied Changan and called himself a king. 830 01:39:31,933 --> 01:39:36,803 Then Pukung, an Esoteric Buddhist leader, built an altar 831 01:39:36,804 --> 01:39:46,077 in front of the big army of An Lushan, and prayed to overcome the traitor. 832 01:39:47,248 --> 01:39:49,581 Then what? 833 01:39:49,584 --> 01:39:53,783 He fell ill and was killed by his son. 834 01:39:54,755 --> 01:39:57,725 The Gung Dynasty was saved. 835 01:39:58,593 --> 01:40:01,620 It's called Pukung's miracle. 836 01:40:01,629 --> 01:40:03,495 Miracle? 837 01:40:03,498 --> 01:40:07,902 I'll build an altar in Takaosan Temple. 838 01:40:07,902 --> 01:40:10,269 I'll pray for the country. 839 01:40:10,271 --> 01:40:11,671 For me? 840 01:40:11,672 --> 01:40:13,368 For the country. 841 01:40:14,108 --> 01:40:17,010 It's the secret of Esoteric Buddhism because by 842 01:40:17,011 --> 01:40:22,211 Acarya Huikuo and Pukung. 843 01:41:06,327 --> 01:41:07,625 Speak. 844 01:41:09,530 --> 01:41:14,525 I decided to make Nara our capital. 845 01:41:15,169 --> 01:41:18,230 We'll build a palace. 846 01:41:18,239 --> 01:41:19,969 That's all. 847 01:41:22,777 --> 01:41:24,109 Brother. 848 01:41:28,583 --> 01:41:32,679 We'll issue orders here in Nara. 849 01:41:32,687 --> 01:41:36,488 Kyoto will be deserted. 850 01:41:36,490 --> 01:41:41,190 Nara will be Japan's only capital. 851 01:41:42,630 --> 01:41:47,694 The ruler will be only one. 852 01:41:48,469 --> 01:41:51,268 The emperor in Kyoto? 853 01:41:51,272 --> 01:41:55,972 He's temporary emperor while the ex-emperor is ill. 854 01:41:57,612 --> 01:42:00,582 The ex-emperor's recovered. 855 01:42:03,985 --> 01:42:08,923 I have many dreams. 856 01:42:45,726 --> 01:42:49,458 Encouraged by Kukai, the emperor decided. 857 01:42:58,005 --> 01:43:00,565 What are they? 858 01:43:04,478 --> 01:43:06,913 Some deer in the garden. 859 01:43:06,947 --> 01:43:08,415 No. 860 01:43:08,449 --> 01:43:11,442 Hoofbeats. 861 01:43:22,329 --> 01:43:23,763 Your Majesty! 862 01:43:26,333 --> 01:43:27,699 What is it? 863 01:43:27,702 --> 01:43:32,367 Soldiers are surrounding us. 864 01:43:32,406 --> 01:43:34,841 Whose soldiers? 865 01:43:34,909 --> 01:43:38,971 I'm General Sakanoue Tamuramaro. 866 01:43:38,979 --> 01:43:48,480 Kusuko and Nakanari, you're under arrest on a charge of treason. 867 01:43:49,256 --> 01:43:52,818 What's the garrison doing? 868 01:44:16,117 --> 01:44:18,348 Let's run away. 869 01:44:18,352 --> 01:44:19,081 To where? 870 01:44:19,153 --> 01:44:22,681 To the east. We can gather soldiers there. 871 01:44:27,328 --> 01:44:28,819 There's only one way to safety. 872 01:44:28,829 --> 01:44:30,320 Passage? 873 01:44:31,031 --> 01:44:33,728 Become a priest. 874 01:44:35,035 --> 01:44:39,769 Then you'll be forgiven. There's no other way. 875 01:44:41,342 --> 01:44:44,141 Cut off your hair. 876 01:44:45,412 --> 01:44:47,176 Are you insane? 877 01:44:47,181 --> 01:44:49,343 Cut it off! 878 01:44:51,619 --> 01:44:53,645 Don't let him cheat you. 879 01:44:59,827 --> 01:45:02,228 Help! 880 01:45:10,504 --> 01:45:12,029 Cut off my hair! 881 01:45:27,488 --> 01:45:32,085 If that's what you want, I'll help you. 882 01:45:39,733 --> 01:45:42,635 What else do you want from me? 883 01:45:43,904 --> 01:45:45,702 My life? 884 01:45:45,706 --> 01:45:47,800 Your Majesty! 885 01:45:51,579 --> 01:45:53,377 I'm tired. 886 01:45:54,215 --> 01:45:57,310 Help! Help! 887 01:45:59,920 --> 01:46:09,489 I thought I held rulership in my hand. 888 01:46:28,649 --> 01:46:30,447 Cut off my hair! 889 01:46:42,463 --> 01:46:45,695 Take me with you! 890 01:47:03,384 --> 01:47:08,516 Your Nara Buddhism isn't real Buddhism. 891 01:47:08,555 --> 01:47:12,515 It can't save people. 892 01:47:12,559 --> 01:47:16,690 What do you mean it isn't real Buddhism? 893 01:47:16,697 --> 01:47:21,567 Buddhism came here 200 years ago. 894 01:47:21,568 --> 01:47:25,164 Our Buddhism has been propagated. 895 01:47:25,205 --> 01:47:27,174 Tell me... 896 01:47:27,207 --> 01:47:32,544 Is the purpose of Buddhism how to attain enlightenment? 897 01:47:32,546 --> 01:47:39,749 To escape from suffering and attain enlightenment is our wish. 898 01:47:39,753 --> 01:47:41,915 I think so, too. 899 01:47:41,922 --> 01:47:47,361 But by your Buddhism, no definite way to attain 900 01:47:47,361 --> 01:47:51,298 enlightenment is shown. 901 01:47:51,365 --> 01:47:55,564 There are various ways to enlightenment. 902 01:47:55,569 --> 01:47:58,664 No way is definite. 903 01:47:58,672 --> 01:48:03,633 Then millions of people have no way of knowing it. 904 01:48:04,611 --> 01:48:11,279 You also say some can attain enlightenment but others can't. 905 01:48:11,285 --> 01:48:12,309 Yes. 906 01:48:13,420 --> 01:48:18,984 Unless everybody can do it, Buddhism is useless. 907 01:48:18,993 --> 01:48:21,792 Even wicked men, you mean? 908 01:48:21,795 --> 01:48:27,029 Exactly. Unless they do, Buddhism is useless. 909 01:48:28,602 --> 01:48:35,099 By your Buddhism, to save your own soul is enough. 910 01:48:35,109 --> 01:48:40,741 Men are sinful. It isn't easy to even save yourself. 911 01:48:41,715 --> 01:48:44,810 To save one is to save many. 912 01:48:44,818 --> 01:48:49,552 If other people are saved, you'll be saved, too. 913 01:48:52,359 --> 01:48:56,763 We've been waiting for new, strong Buddhism. 914 01:48:56,764 --> 01:48:58,198 That's all. 915 01:48:58,198 --> 01:49:02,727 To save people, to bring peace, and to make 916 01:49:02,770 --> 01:49:05,330 paradise in this world... 917 01:49:05,339 --> 01:49:08,366 That's Buddhism. 918 01:49:14,581 --> 01:49:22,353 November, 812. Saicho sent a letter to Kukai asking to see him. 919 01:49:24,758 --> 01:49:28,251 What does Saicho want? 920 01:49:29,363 --> 01:49:33,061 To beat you and your Buddhism? 921 01:49:34,868 --> 01:49:39,329 His Buddhism is approved by the king. 922 01:49:39,339 --> 01:49:43,868 His Esoteric Buddhism is only part of it. 923 01:49:43,877 --> 01:49:47,541 No. But yours isn't legally approved. 924 01:49:47,548 --> 01:49:49,483 Approval is unnecessary. 925 01:49:49,483 --> 01:49:53,750 My Buddhism is heaven's teaching. 926 01:49:53,754 --> 01:49:57,020 Can you outspeak Saicho? 927 01:49:58,125 --> 01:49:58,820 He's here. 928 01:50:20,147 --> 01:50:25,814 I went to China to learn the system of Tendai Buddhism. 929 01:50:25,819 --> 01:50:31,725 So I went to Mt. Tendai and was given the sutra texts. 930 01:50:32,693 --> 01:50:39,156 On my way back, Priest Shunsiao taught me Esoteric Buddhism. 931 01:50:39,166 --> 01:50:44,628 His Esoteric Buddhism isn't enough. 932 01:50:45,572 --> 01:50:53,446 I know. I saw the list of the sutras you brought. 933 01:50:54,715 --> 01:50:59,016 What you brought is a real treasure. 934 01:50:59,019 --> 01:51:04,583 You're the only person who understands its real value. 935 01:51:04,591 --> 01:51:06,150 Kukai. 936 01:51:07,494 --> 01:51:12,262 I'd like to learn all about Esoteric Buddhism. 937 01:51:17,437 --> 01:51:23,069 Please teach me the secrets of Esoteric Buddhism. 938 01:51:23,076 --> 01:51:24,305 Stand up. 939 01:51:24,311 --> 01:51:28,248 Your Buddhism is legally approved. 940 01:51:28,248 --> 01:51:31,650 Mine isn't. I'm sorry. 941 01:51:31,652 --> 01:51:36,089 I must know all about Esoteric Buddhism. 942 01:51:36,089 --> 01:51:40,049 Please accept me as your pupil. 943 01:51:41,395 --> 01:51:45,162 You're honest and sincere. 944 01:51:46,133 --> 01:51:48,568 I'm glad to teach you. 945 01:51:54,708 --> 01:51:59,237 Saicho became one of the pupils of Kukai. 946 01:52:41,788 --> 01:52:43,188 Hoto Nyorai. 947 01:53:41,548 --> 01:53:43,244 That priest. 948 01:53:43,250 --> 01:53:45,276 Kukai. 949 01:53:46,453 --> 01:53:47,887 Etsuetsu! 950 01:53:48,822 --> 01:53:51,189 You're a success. 951 01:53:53,760 --> 01:53:58,289 Even Saicho, the master priest, became your pupil. 952 01:54:07,974 --> 01:54:09,772 Do you remember her? 953 01:54:09,776 --> 01:54:15,079 The woman you saved in the cave at Fuji. 954 01:54:18,618 --> 01:54:20,348 It's long time no see you. 955 01:54:24,658 --> 01:54:27,526 I have a favor to ask you. 956 01:54:28,428 --> 01:54:31,990 Will you make this child your pupil? 957 01:54:35,435 --> 01:54:40,601 It's been her wish since the child was born. 958 01:54:43,343 --> 01:54:45,778 What beautiful eyes! 959 01:54:47,981 --> 01:54:49,574 Be my son. 960 01:54:56,690 --> 01:54:58,420 You'll be Buddha's child. 961 01:55:20,147 --> 01:55:26,815 It's been three months since I started training here. 962 01:55:27,754 --> 01:55:31,748 When will I get the Dembo Kanjo? 963 01:55:32,926 --> 01:55:37,022 The last ceremony to become an acarya? 964 01:55:37,030 --> 01:55:40,831 It's the highest rank except for Buddha. 965 01:55:41,735 --> 01:55:48,039 I must learn the secrets of Esoteric Buddhism. 966 01:55:48,041 --> 01:55:53,412 Do you think three months is enough for that? 967 01:55:54,347 --> 01:55:58,375 In Changan China, you learned everything from 968 01:55:58,385 --> 01:56:02,117 Huikuo in a few months. 969 01:56:02,956 --> 01:56:06,825 In Changan, it was a few months. 970 01:56:06,827 --> 01:56:09,387 Then, me, too. 971 01:56:11,431 --> 01:56:15,027 It wasn't only in China that I learned it. 972 01:56:15,035 --> 01:56:20,565 I started learning it when I left school here in Kyoto. 973 01:56:22,442 --> 01:56:28,871 I spent ten years in the mountains and by the sea to find the secrets. 974 01:56:30,450 --> 01:56:32,316 Not only in Changan. 975 01:56:33,920 --> 01:56:39,518 When will I learn everything and become an acarya? 976 01:56:39,526 --> 01:56:41,552 Three years from now. 977 01:56:41,561 --> 01:56:43,496 Three years! 978 01:56:43,497 --> 01:56:45,898 You're special. 979 01:56:47,601 --> 01:56:54,531 I can't be away from my temple for three years. 980 01:56:56,076 --> 01:56:59,240 It was ten years for me. 981 01:57:04,351 --> 01:57:09,346 I understand. I'll return to my temple. 982 01:57:09,356 --> 01:57:13,054 I'll leave my pupil here. 983 01:57:14,027 --> 01:57:17,054 Teach him for me. 984 01:57:17,063 --> 01:57:21,626 I understand he's your heir as leader of Tendai. 985 01:57:21,635 --> 01:57:25,094 That's right. His name is Taihan. 986 01:57:25,105 --> 01:57:27,370 Consider him Saicho. 987 01:57:33,113 --> 01:57:39,644 Kukai tried construct the whole system of Buddhism. 988 01:57:51,665 --> 01:57:54,157 A letter came from Saicho. 989 01:57:54,167 --> 01:57:57,069 Does he want to borrow another sutra? 990 01:57:57,103 --> 01:57:58,298 Yes. 991 01:57:58,305 --> 01:58:05,712 He's sorry he's too busy to come here to learn from you. 992 01:58:06,746 --> 01:58:08,612 What sutra this time? 993 01:58:08,648 --> 01:58:10,378 The Naya Sutra. 994 01:58:11,084 --> 01:58:12,848 The Naya Sutra? 995 01:58:14,354 --> 01:58:15,788 I'll write a letter. 996 01:58:15,789 --> 01:58:17,724 Can't you lend it? 997 01:58:17,724 --> 01:58:21,957 I'll write it now. Take it to him. 998 01:58:37,177 --> 01:58:38,736 Kukai. 999 01:58:43,617 --> 01:58:46,416 I received your letter. 1000 01:58:47,387 --> 01:58:51,848 You can't, lend me the Naya Sutra. Why not? 1001 01:58:51,858 --> 01:58:56,353 I lent you other fundamental sutras. 1002 01:58:56,363 --> 01:58:58,889 Why not the Naya? 1003 01:58:58,898 --> 01:59:00,799 It's special. 1004 01:59:02,636 --> 01:59:06,232 It's the most important of all. 1005 01:59:06,239 --> 01:59:07,502 So I... 1006 01:59:07,507 --> 01:59:11,000 The content is, in a way, horrible. 1007 01:59:11,011 --> 01:59:17,975 For instance, Carnal desire is a form of enlightenment. 1008 01:59:22,088 --> 01:59:24,819 Enlightenment? 1009 01:59:24,858 --> 01:59:28,989 It approves the existence of lust. 1010 01:59:29,963 --> 01:59:33,661 Lust can't be suppressed. 1011 01:59:33,667 --> 01:59:37,695 Other sects of Buddhism turn away from it, 1012 01:59:37,737 --> 01:59:39,933 but we gaze at it. 1013 01:59:41,808 --> 01:59:49,477 You think you can attain it simply by reading the sutras. 1014 01:59:49,482 --> 01:59:53,351 Everybody can understand the teachings of Buddha 1015 01:59:53,353 --> 01:59:57,449 by reading the sutras. 1016 01:59:58,858 --> 02:00:00,019 No. 1017 02:00:00,994 --> 02:00:07,093 Japan imported foreign culture through books. 1018 02:00:08,068 --> 02:00:09,559 Didn't she? 1019 02:00:09,569 --> 02:00:14,735 That's why Japan can't read its reap its fruit. 1020 02:00:15,909 --> 02:00:18,970 Words alone can't tell everything. 1021 02:00:20,280 --> 02:00:28,518 Words, color, senses... together they tell what things are. 1022 02:00:29,756 --> 02:00:32,021 Buddhism is alive. 1023 02:00:32,025 --> 02:00:36,986 You can't describe it with words alone. 1024 02:00:39,933 --> 02:00:41,299 Look. 1025 02:00:49,309 --> 02:00:53,144 What words can describe Mandala? 1026 02:00:53,146 --> 02:00:58,084 It isn't through words that we feel Buddha is with us. 1027 02:01:01,187 --> 02:01:04,248 You already knew it. 1028 02:01:06,259 --> 02:01:08,251 I understand. 1029 02:01:13,733 --> 02:01:18,034 Then train my body so I can attain it. 1030 02:01:18,037 --> 02:01:21,735 Can you desert your Tendai Buddhism? 1031 02:01:21,741 --> 02:01:25,735 My Tendai Buddhism? How can you say that? 1032 02:01:26,379 --> 02:01:27,870 You think... 1033 02:01:27,881 --> 02:01:32,046 Esoteric Buddhism is one of your Tendai teachings. 1034 02:01:34,554 --> 02:01:35,852 That's right. 1035 02:01:37,657 --> 02:01:47,656 I want to unify the Buddhist sects into Tendai Buddhism. 1036 02:01:51,871 --> 02:01:53,737 Mine is everything. 1037 02:01:54,741 --> 02:01:59,145 It includes all the teachings of Buddha. 1038 02:01:59,946 --> 02:02:06,910 The real teaching of Buddha is our Lotus Sutra. 1039 02:02:09,255 --> 02:02:11,486 Taihan, let's go. 1040 02:02:14,794 --> 02:02:18,458 We don't have to stay here anymore. 1041 02:02:18,464 --> 02:02:19,864 Forgive me. 1042 02:02:22,402 --> 02:02:23,734 Forgive? 1043 02:02:23,736 --> 02:02:31,143 I'd like to stay here and learn Esoteric Buddhism. 1044 02:02:32,879 --> 02:02:36,077 What are you saying? 1045 02:02:36,082 --> 02:02:41,020 I'd like to become Acarya Kukai's pupil. 1046 02:02:44,490 --> 02:02:49,622 You'll desert me? 1047 02:02:50,597 --> 02:02:53,089 Forgive me. 1048 02:02:57,604 --> 02:03:01,871 You're heir to Tendai. 1049 02:03:01,875 --> 02:03:04,504 Disown me. 1050 02:03:06,246 --> 02:03:09,216 I'll stay here. 1051 02:03:12,518 --> 02:03:15,784 Forgive me. 1052 02:03:27,433 --> 02:03:37,432 You've taken away my dearest treasure. 1053 02:04:12,912 --> 02:04:14,938 Don't be afraid. 1054 02:04:14,948 --> 02:04:19,215 Propagate our religion so long as men live. 1055 02:04:32,265 --> 02:04:35,258 We'll go west. 1056 02:04:46,012 --> 02:04:49,779 Kukai left Kyoto? 1057 02:04:51,417 --> 02:04:53,147 Where to? 1058 02:04:53,152 --> 02:04:56,452 Anywhere he can save people. 1059 02:04:56,522 --> 02:04:58,115 Anywhere? 1060 02:05:02,028 --> 02:05:04,259 Will he return? 1061 02:05:04,964 --> 02:05:06,432 Maybe. 1062 02:05:16,676 --> 02:05:18,042 A plague. 1063 02:05:30,990 --> 02:05:32,686 Help! 1064 02:05:38,131 --> 02:05:40,930 Burn them, or we'll be infected. 1065 02:05:45,805 --> 02:05:47,467 Help my child at least! 1066 02:05:51,110 --> 02:05:52,100 Don't be afraid. 1067 02:05:52,145 --> 02:05:54,080 Bring other patients. 1068 02:06:05,591 --> 02:06:07,321 Give them medicine. 1069 02:06:07,326 --> 02:06:09,522 Eat a lot. Warm yourselves. 1070 02:06:09,529 --> 02:06:11,998 Give them food. 1071 02:06:21,340 --> 02:06:25,072 Priest. Priest. 1072 02:06:29,515 --> 02:06:34,317 Please release me from pain. 1073 02:06:37,223 --> 02:06:42,355 Living in this world tortures me. 1074 02:06:42,361 --> 02:06:46,264 Let me die and ease my pain. 1075 02:06:46,265 --> 02:06:50,635 See paradise in this world, not after you die. 1076 02:06:53,206 --> 02:06:56,335 How can I see it in this world? 1077 02:06:56,342 --> 02:07:04,273 Be happy while you're alive. Paradise is in this world. 1078 02:07:05,751 --> 02:07:08,778 Try to see it. 1079 02:07:08,788 --> 02:07:10,222 There are only torture and pain here. 1080 02:07:10,223 --> 02:07:12,954 There's no next world. 1081 02:07:14,760 --> 02:07:17,127 You can't escape from this world. 1082 02:07:19,198 --> 02:07:22,430 Attain enlightenment in this world. 1083 02:07:22,435 --> 02:07:24,131 Be happy. 1084 02:07:24,137 --> 02:07:26,629 Find paradise. 1085 02:07:28,040 --> 02:07:30,407 Can we do that? 1086 02:07:30,409 --> 02:07:33,038 Of course you can. 1087 02:07:34,947 --> 02:07:36,939 Join your palms. 1088 02:07:38,151 --> 02:07:42,953 Collect your strength to live. 1089 02:07:42,955 --> 02:07:45,447 You have it within you. 1090 02:07:49,095 --> 02:07:54,625 It's the same strength that makes the universe live. 1091 02:07:56,869 --> 02:07:59,862 Call it up. 1092 02:08:02,608 --> 02:08:04,770 Like the wind... 1093 02:08:06,846 --> 02:08:08,781 Like the light... 1094 02:08:10,550 --> 02:08:13,281 Bring it up in your mind. 1095 02:08:14,654 --> 02:08:16,680 Let there be light! 1096 02:08:46,319 --> 02:08:51,280 Kukai is trying to save people, risking his life. 1097 02:08:52,725 --> 02:08:59,723 I'd like to build an altar on Mt. Hiei to save the country. 1098 02:08:59,765 --> 02:09:04,260 Please give me your permission. 1099 02:09:04,270 --> 02:09:08,503 You read the Nara priests' accusation. 1100 02:09:08,507 --> 02:09:14,708 They said your ambition is dangerous and unprecedented. 1101 02:09:15,615 --> 02:09:19,677 Nara Buddhism has only 250 commandments. 1102 02:09:19,685 --> 02:09:21,244 They're stale. 1103 02:09:23,289 --> 02:09:30,128 We need new commandments to light the way of our country. 1104 02:09:30,129 --> 02:09:33,657 They have their reasons. 1105 02:09:35,201 --> 02:09:40,196 I'll give you the same title as I gave Kukai. 1106 02:10:23,649 --> 02:10:29,953 The banks break every year, destroying the Fields, 1107 02:10:29,955 --> 02:10:33,016 killing people. 1108 02:10:33,025 --> 02:10:35,187 I remember. 1109 02:10:36,195 --> 02:10:42,192 When I was a boy, the banks broke every summer. 1110 02:10:43,169 --> 02:10:46,162 We have no big river in Sanuki. 1111 02:10:47,239 --> 02:10:52,871 Unless we have an artificial lake, we'll have no rice crop. 1112 02:10:54,547 --> 02:10:56,675 Kukai. 1113 02:10:57,883 --> 02:11:04,221 Can you make a lake that won't cause a flood again? 1114 02:11:05,658 --> 02:11:09,595 Eighty-eight small rivers flow into this lake. 1115 02:11:11,097 --> 02:11:13,828 We must build banks while there's no rain, 1116 02:11:13,833 --> 02:11:18,498 in forty to fifty days. 1117 02:11:18,504 --> 02:11:22,464 Fifty days? Impossible. 1118 02:11:22,541 --> 02:11:28,173 There's no other way for this land, the people on. 1119 02:11:29,782 --> 02:11:34,447 Gather the men who want to live here. 1120 02:11:44,029 --> 02:11:47,522 We'll make a lake here. 1121 02:11:48,267 --> 02:11:52,170 Or you can't farm on live here. 1122 02:11:52,972 --> 02:12:02,644 We must build a long bank from here to that mountain. 1123 02:12:04,150 --> 02:12:08,383 A bow-like bank, thirty feet thigh, three times 1124 02:12:08,387 --> 02:12:09,855 stronger than a straight one. 1125 02:12:09,855 --> 02:12:11,915 You have fifty days. 1126 02:12:13,859 --> 02:12:18,820 If longer, the rivers will wash it away. 1127 02:12:18,831 --> 02:12:20,026 Impossible! 1128 02:12:20,032 --> 02:12:21,500 Not in 50 days! 1129 02:12:21,500 --> 02:12:24,060 Think of your suffering. 1130 02:12:25,638 --> 02:12:27,197 The floods killed your family. 1131 02:12:27,206 --> 02:12:30,665 Girls were sold. 1132 02:12:30,676 --> 02:12:33,578 Babies were forced to die. 1133 02:12:34,914 --> 02:12:37,679 Now's the chance to get rid of the pain. 1134 02:12:38,751 --> 02:12:42,415 Find happiness here. 1135 02:12:42,421 --> 02:12:44,515 Be happy in this world. 1136 02:12:44,523 --> 02:12:49,223 You live for it! 1137 02:12:49,962 --> 02:12:53,057 We have no power like that. 1138 02:12:53,065 --> 02:12:55,330 You have! 1139 02:12:55,334 --> 02:13:00,534 Your strength is stronger than you think. 1140 02:13:01,974 --> 02:13:07,470 I'll pray to keep the rain away. 1141 02:13:08,714 --> 02:13:12,048 For fifty days! 1142 02:13:12,051 --> 02:13:13,542 Fifty days! 1143 02:13:13,552 --> 02:13:18,388 I'll pray without sleeping at night. 1144 02:13:18,390 --> 02:13:20,416 Without sleeping! 1145 02:13:21,794 --> 02:13:26,596 Work night and day. 1146 02:13:26,599 --> 02:13:27,897 Then it'll be 100! 1147 02:13:27,900 --> 02:13:29,732 100 days! 1148 02:13:29,735 --> 02:13:31,727 Start working now! 1149 02:15:51,577 --> 02:15:55,844 Is it true Kukai's kept praying for days now? 1150 02:15:55,848 --> 02:15:57,749 It is true. 1151 02:15:58,717 --> 02:16:05,681 Will he pray for me, too? 1152 02:16:05,691 --> 02:16:09,355 You have nothing to fear. 1153 02:16:09,361 --> 02:16:10,954 I have. 1154 02:16:12,031 --> 02:16:14,125 I killed Kusuko. 1155 02:16:17,169 --> 02:16:20,264 The ex-emperor, too. 1156 02:16:21,507 --> 02:16:23,999 Does it torture you? 1157 02:17:18,664 --> 02:17:20,030 The rain! 1158 02:17:30,409 --> 02:17:38,146 The rivers will fill the lake in one night. 1159 02:17:38,150 --> 02:17:39,413 Then... 1160 02:17:39,418 --> 02:17:43,981 Hurry! Complete the bank tonight! 1161 02:17:51,096 --> 02:17:52,724 The rain's coming! 1162 02:17:52,731 --> 02:17:56,691 Hurry! 1163 02:18:14,820 --> 02:18:17,551 Chant strongly. 1164 02:18:17,556 --> 02:18:20,890 As if calling your parents. 1165 02:18:20,893 --> 02:18:24,261 Call the powers of heaven and earth. 1166 02:19:14,513 --> 02:19:16,004 Hurry up! The rain's coming! 1167 02:20:47,673 --> 02:20:49,335 The bank's going to break! 1168 02:23:21,993 --> 02:23:23,723 The lake is made. 1169 02:23:47,819 --> 02:23:53,053 This land is now blessed by Maha Vairocana. 1170 02:25:04,863 --> 02:25:06,195 You want to a temple? 1171 02:25:06,198 --> 02:25:09,965 In the mountains of Koya. 1172 02:25:11,269 --> 02:25:13,204 Why not in Kyoto? 1173 02:25:14,072 --> 02:25:17,236 We need a place for training. 1174 02:25:17,242 --> 02:25:21,202 It must be in a natural environment where we 1175 02:25:21,213 --> 02:25:24,206 hear the voice of heaven. 1176 02:25:24,216 --> 02:25:26,981 I'll miss you. 1177 02:25:27,752 --> 02:25:31,382 Prince Takaoka, the ex-emperor's son, 1178 02:25:31,389 --> 02:25:35,326 is in Nara as a priest. 1179 02:25:35,894 --> 02:25:37,362 So? 1180 02:25:37,362 --> 02:25:43,097 I'll take him to Koya as my pupil. 1181 02:25:43,101 --> 02:25:45,366 Your pupil? 1182 02:25:47,172 --> 02:25:54,579 For many decades, nearly a century, 1183 02:25:54,579 --> 02:26:02,578 the throne always smelled of blood were killed. 1184 02:26:02,587 --> 02:26:10,393 Like Shotoku Taishi, Prince Sawara, Prince Iyo, 1185 02:26:10,395 --> 02:26:15,060 Lady Kusuko, and so on. 1186 02:26:15,066 --> 02:26:19,026 Murder after murder rocking the nation. 1187 02:26:19,037 --> 02:26:25,102 Does the throne call for blood? 1188 02:26:25,944 --> 02:26:29,881 Do you have a bad dream every night? 1189 02:26:29,881 --> 02:26:32,214 Are you haunted? 1190 02:26:34,419 --> 02:26:36,081 That's right. 1191 02:26:37,455 --> 02:26:44,055 You could save me, but you're going away to Koya. 1192 02:26:44,963 --> 02:26:47,296 Why leave me? 1193 02:26:47,299 --> 02:26:54,229 Will you become Buddha incarnate in this world? 1194 02:26:55,540 --> 02:26:56,940 A living Buddha. 1195 02:26:56,941 --> 02:26:59,877 Leave the throne. 1196 02:27:00,912 --> 02:27:04,849 What are you planning? 1197 02:27:04,849 --> 02:27:11,688 Do you think I'm arrogant saying this to the ruler? 1198 02:27:13,958 --> 02:27:19,192 Do you want to execute me or exile me? 1199 02:27:19,197 --> 02:27:22,167 Are you ready to die? 1200 02:27:22,167 --> 02:27:27,299 Discard the rulership. 1201 02:27:27,305 --> 02:27:31,470 Give it to the crown prince? 1202 02:27:31,476 --> 02:27:36,505 No, not to the crown prince. 1203 02:27:38,516 --> 02:27:44,922 The Prince Otomo, your brother. 1204 02:27:47,492 --> 02:27:51,930 Your brother gave it to you. 1205 02:27:53,431 --> 02:27:57,994 The smell of blood will be gone. 1206 02:27:59,471 --> 02:28:02,464 No more bloodshed then? 1207 02:28:03,375 --> 02:28:09,007 Then rulers kill each other, people lose their strength. 1208 02:28:09,013 --> 02:28:15,715 They live in sheer poverty if not in anxiety. 1209 02:28:16,855 --> 02:28:22,123 I understand. I'll retire. My brother will reign. 1210 02:28:28,600 --> 02:28:33,664 I'll take the ex-emperor's crown prince to Mt. Koya. 1211 02:28:33,671 --> 02:28:38,541 I'll help. 1212 02:28:41,880 --> 02:28:44,372 Thank you just the same. 1213 02:28:44,382 --> 02:28:51,482 Koya Temple will be built with the money of the people. 1214 02:28:51,489 --> 02:28:53,856 Can they build a temple? 1215 02:28:53,858 --> 02:29:01,698 Every pillar and board will be brought by the people. 1216 02:29:01,699 --> 02:29:07,570 It will take many years, even centuries. 1217 02:29:07,572 --> 02:29:12,943 Do you hate to work for the country? 1218 02:29:12,944 --> 02:29:20,647 You'll be angry, but a country is a vision. 1219 02:29:20,652 --> 02:29:24,111 A vision? 1220 02:29:30,261 --> 02:29:31,820 What is it? 1221 02:29:33,064 --> 02:29:35,499 A report from Mt. Hiei. 1222 02:29:37,001 --> 02:29:38,435 Saicho died. 1223 02:29:39,604 --> 02:29:41,232 Saicho? 1224 02:29:45,643 --> 02:29:48,477 A beautiful star fell. 1225 02:30:01,326 --> 02:30:06,424 The emperor gave the throne to his brother. 1226 02:30:06,431 --> 02:30:08,730 That's good. 1227 02:30:09,634 --> 02:30:12,763 Are you Prince Takaoka? 1228 02:30:12,770 --> 02:30:15,137 He's Buddha's son now. 1229 02:30:15,139 --> 02:30:17,938 My present name is Shinnyo. 1230 02:30:23,281 --> 02:30:26,945 You were once heir to the throne. 1231 02:30:26,951 --> 02:30:30,786 I'm happier than being an emperor. 1232 02:30:30,788 --> 02:30:32,586 Happy? 1233 02:30:33,324 --> 02:30:38,160 I'll go beyond Changan, where you didn't go. 1234 02:30:38,162 --> 02:30:40,256 Beyond Changan? 1235 02:30:41,299 --> 02:30:43,063 India? 1236 02:30:45,937 --> 02:30:51,877 The new emperor immediately appointed his successor. 1237 02:30:53,478 --> 02:30:54,571 That's good. 1238 02:30:54,579 --> 02:31:01,543 The successor isn't his son, but the ex-emperor's son. 1239 02:31:02,520 --> 02:31:07,083 It's a beautiful display of brotherly love, so they say. 1240 02:31:07,091 --> 02:31:09,822 Kyoto will be peaceful. 1241 02:31:09,827 --> 02:31:12,729 Thanks to you. 1242 02:31:12,730 --> 02:31:16,292 Rulership is a vision. 1243 02:31:17,335 --> 02:31:23,468 But peace will last for at least thirty years. 1244 02:31:25,710 --> 02:31:31,547 Thirty years of peace ensued without strife in the court. 1245 02:31:31,549 --> 02:31:33,677 It was a miracle in history. 1246 02:31:40,224 --> 02:31:44,059 Don't worry. You'll be able to walk. 1247 02:31:44,062 --> 02:31:46,657 Thank you. 1248 02:31:47,532 --> 02:31:50,001 Where are her parents? 1249 02:31:53,037 --> 02:31:55,370 They died at sea. 1250 02:31:59,611 --> 02:32:02,809 You can give me food for them. 1251 02:32:02,847 --> 02:32:08,616 A handful of rice, a dried fish, anything. 1252 02:32:25,236 --> 02:32:28,138 I'm Kukai. 1253 02:32:30,942 --> 02:32:33,707 Kukai of Koya. 1254 02:32:34,412 --> 02:32:38,713 I'm building a house of training for souls. 1255 02:32:39,450 --> 02:32:45,253 If you want to be happy in this world, donate to me. 1256 02:32:58,736 --> 02:33:01,672 I'll release her of the burden. 1257 02:33:01,673 --> 02:33:04,609 Pray, Fusa. 1258 02:33:34,005 --> 02:33:36,634 Now walk. 1259 02:34:00,198 --> 02:34:06,900 In 823, Kukai was given a temple by the emperor. 1260 02:34:08,039 --> 02:34:14,172 This is Ten Stages, Dimensions of Encompassing. 1261 02:34:15,546 --> 02:34:17,242 Listen carefully. 1262 02:34:18,716 --> 02:34:26,647 This is how to attain enlightenment. 1263 02:34:28,426 --> 02:34:38,425 Minds move and waver high and low. 1264 02:34:38,569 --> 02:34:41,562 They change in variety. 1265 02:34:41,572 --> 02:34:50,072 It happens to my mind and to yours. 1266 02:34:52,650 --> 02:35:02,649 The first stage of mind is the mind of a beast 1267 02:35:04,595 --> 02:35:07,759 which is subject to its desire. 1268 02:35:08,766 --> 02:35:13,295 Human beings have, as Nature supplies, 1269 02:35:13,304 --> 02:35:18,402 carnal desire in their minds. 1270 02:35:20,945 --> 02:35:27,317 If you refuse it, you'll lose your mind and your body 1271 02:35:27,318 --> 02:35:29,844 as a living being. 1272 02:35:31,122 --> 02:35:36,459 Human beings will awaken to humanity and meet 1273 02:35:36,460 --> 02:35:38,486 the teachings of Buddha. 1274 02:35:41,032 --> 02:35:44,366 Lust can lead you to Bodhisattva. 1275 02:35:45,436 --> 02:35:48,804 You move from lower stages to higher ones 1276 02:35:48,806 --> 02:35:54,541 and finally you reach Bodhisattva. 1277 02:35:56,247 --> 02:36:05,555 If you try to learn Buddha's teachings, to save yourself 1278 02:36:05,556 --> 02:36:14,397 as well as others, you'll finally reach 1279 02:36:14,398 --> 02:36:21,362 the highest stage of mind and become like Buddha. 1280 02:37:25,503 --> 02:37:28,530 Please. 1281 02:37:32,710 --> 02:37:35,179 Please have some food. 1282 02:37:40,518 --> 02:37:45,115 You haven't eaten for ten days. It's unusual. 1283 02:37:45,122 --> 02:37:55,121 I'll die on March 21 at four o'clock. 1284 02:38:01,339 --> 02:38:03,467 Don't be sad. 1285 02:38:04,942 --> 02:38:09,437 Men are mortal. 1286 02:38:09,447 --> 02:38:12,417 It's only natural. 1287 02:38:14,852 --> 02:38:22,521 I'd like to make myself clean when I die. 1288 02:38:50,154 --> 02:38:53,886 Kukai fought himself to the last. 1289 02:38:54,825 --> 02:38:59,923 He even refused water for six days before he died. 1290 02:39:35,933 --> 02:39:38,698 I'm traveling. 1291 02:39:40,404 --> 02:39:45,240 I'm traveling toward the root of the universe. 1292 02:41:37,988 --> 02:41:40,651 It's time to depart. 1293 02:41:42,326 --> 02:41:47,196 My life was given by the origin of the universe. 1294 02:41:47,198 --> 02:41:52,136 Maha Vairocana is my parents. 1295 02:41:54,138 --> 02:41:58,803 I'm returning to Maha Vairocana. 1296 02:42:02,713 --> 02:42:04,682 Let me accompany you. 1297 02:42:04,715 --> 02:42:12,122 If you want to see me, call "Henjo Vajra." 1298 02:42:12,122 --> 02:42:16,492 I'll be with you. 1299 02:42:16,493 --> 02:42:19,952 I'll live with you. 1300 02:42:24,034 --> 02:42:31,635 Send me away with your chant. 1301 02:42:38,716 --> 02:42:42,016 I'm going on a trip. 1302 02:43:33,604 --> 02:43:36,699 Kukai's departing. 1303 02:43:38,075 --> 02:43:44,037 He's going on a trip. 1304 02:43:44,048 --> 02:43:48,748 Yes. A long, long trip. 1305 02:44:58,756 --> 02:45:08,755 Eyen our parents, who gave us birth, do not know the origin of birth. 1306 02:45:13,537 --> 02:45:23,536 We, who received life, do not know where death leads to. 1307 02:48:20,257 --> 02:48:26,561 THE END 86857