spiritual quotes : The Last Samurai ( 2003 )

Quotes from the movie The Last Samurai ( 2003 )

are both thought  provoking and compelling.

After centuries of relying on hired samurai for national defense,

the Japanese monarchy has decided to do away with the warriors in favor of a more

contemporary military. 

Tom Cruise stars as Nathan Algren, a veteran of the U.S. Civil War who is hired by

the Emperor Meiji to train an army capable of wiping out the samurai.

But when Algren is captured by the samurai

and taught about their history and way of life,

he finds himself conflicted over who he should be fighting alongside.

Billy Connelly, Tony Goldwyn, and Ken Watanabe co-star.

The Last Samurai Movie Quotes

 

Katsumoto: [narrating] :

They say Japan was made by a sword.

They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean,

and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea,

and those drops became the islands of Japan.

I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men.

Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word:

honor.

Katsumoto: You believe a man can change his destiny?

Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed.

 

Algren: How’s your poem coming?

Katsumoto: The end is proving difficult.

Katsumoto:

The perfect blossom is a rare thing.

You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life.

 

Spring, 1877. This marks the longest I’ve stayed in one place

since I left the farm at 17.

There is so much here I will never understand.

I’ve never been a church going man,

and

what I’ve seen on the field of battle has led me to question God’s purpose.

But there is indeed something spiritual in this place.

And though it may forever be obscure to me,

I cannot but be aware of its power.

I do know that it is here that I’ve known my first untroubled sleep in many years.

Nathan Algren

The Last Samurai – Tom Cruise

 

I think this is a very good death.

Katsumoto

The Last Samurai – Ken Watanabe

I am a living god, as long as I do what they think is right. 

Emperor Meiji

The Last Samurai – Shichinosuke Nakamura

 

Tell me how he died ?

Emperor Meiji

I will tell you how he lived.

Algren:

 ram0ram footnote :

love good films and 

The Last Samurai ( 2003 ) is one my favorite ……

watched it many times …… as one watches it more …..

it opens with new meanings and fragrance of characters in the film …. 

films are real and unreal at the same time …..  

but it gives to some entertainment ……

to some experience …..

and to some enlightenment …….

cosmos is dream production of divine …….

and life is a film which can make us aware of our different roles and divine part …….

in film all actors act with the given identity or names but original name mostly appears

at the end of the film only …….

to know the original name during the film  yet act with a given name naturally is enlightenment ……..

love all.

(c) ram0ram 

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Watch the greatest scenes …… click on the picture below

Music = Heartbeat of universe

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words

and

that which cannot remain silent” 

― Victor Hugo

Good noon …… it is summer in India ….. and most of the noon time one stay indoor ….. as it is quite hot outside …… Indian classical music is very scientific and spiritual at the same time ….. like it is for entertainment as well as for enlightenment ….. Listening to divine Dr. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande …… Raga Bhimpalasi …… one remembers the times in town of Vrindavan ….. so beautiful are the buildings and ghats along the river …..  

Keshi Ghat is the principal bathing place in the town of Vrindavan. It is little east of Chir-ghat on the banks of the Yamuna. Keshi Ghat is one of the most beautiful ghats of Yamuna with stone inlaid palaces on the banks and massive Madanmohan temple visible in the backdrop. Here the sacred river Yamuna flows very graciously 

Bhimpalasi (a.k.a., Bhimpilasi or Bheempalasi) is a rag which is very much associated with a hot Indian afternoon between 14 to 16:00 hrs…  It has five notes ascending and seven notes descending. 

Arohana ( Ascending notes )

Avarohana ( Descending notes )

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande
Background information
Birth name	Ashwini Govind Bhide
Born	October 7, 1960 (age 53)
Origin	Mumbai, India
Genres	Khayal, Bhajans, Thumris
Occupations	Hindustani classical vocalist
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1980–present
Associated acts	Jasrangi with Sanjeev Abhyankar
Website	http://www.ashwinibhide.in

listening to the river flowing is music ….. music is objective and subjective experience or to say time and timelessness together …. and good music is travel in time to timelessness ……. Click on the river photo above to listen a timeless music …. it is absolute divine ….. love all.

( c) ram0ram

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Bab ‘Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul

Bab ‘Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul, is easily one of the most visually rich film of recent time based on Sufi theme.

The title is from the main character, Baba Aziz, a very old blind dervish who is on his way to a place unknown where a rare Sufi gathering is to take place.

Guiding him across a sea of sand is his granddaughter Ishtar, a little girl who loves her grandpa but who is afraid they might never reach their destination,

all the more as the meeting is organized only once every thirty years. But Bab’Aziz is undeterred. He knows that if he “listens to the infinite silence of the desert with his heart” he will find the place. While making their way, Bab’Aziz tells Ishtar ……

But where is this gathering?

– I don’t know, my little angel.

But do the others know?

– No, they don’t know either.

How can you go to a gathering without knowing where it is ?

– It suffices to walk, just walk. 

Those who are invited will find the way.

ram0ram footnote

wandering in search of you lost my self …… losing my self made me yourself .

( Click below on picture to watch movie with English sub-titles )