Unmistaken Child (W/ English subtitles) 2008 (11-11) A Documentary film

Unmistaken Child documents another world. It is a world
where events that seem to be the products of belief are
actually experienced. A deceased saint chooses to be
reincarnated; his devoted assistant is asked to locate a
child whose body is now inhabited by the saint. Worlds of
knowledge that most of us call superstition are brought into
play. What is most astounding is that everyone involved in
this challenge agrees that the mission and the saint
himself, in whatever form he appears, are sacred, and that
finding and bringing him to recognition is, as the young
assistant says, "a thousand times more important" than
anything else.
Nati Baratz, the Israeli filmmaker responsible for this
amazing movie, started out to make a film about a group of
Tibetan Jews. That he was drawn into filming the search for
the reincarnated saint and willing to devote over five years
of work to that effort is testimony to the power of
attraction presented by the monks whose search is
documented. That some of the highest spiritual leaders alive
today, including the Dalai Lama, allowed Mr. Baratz and his
crew to film their intimate meetings and sacred rituals
testifies additionally to the deep trust these leaders
invested in the filmmaker.
We the audience can only watch, perhaps in disbelief,
perhaps in reverence of the devotion to task - both the task
of locating the reincarnated saint and the task of filming
the arduous search. Nothing is asked of us as we watch
events unfold. Detail by detail, everything is revealed in
its own time. Baratz patiently shows us another way of
being, one that challenges and at the same time embraces our
Western logic driven frame of reference.
Is this film evidence that those who hold the great
spiritual knowledge of the East are willing at last to share
their knowledge with us? Or are we simply being shown the
chasm that divides us from that knowledge? Has the time come
for humanity to awaken from its eternity of sleep? Or are we
simply being shown another cultural reality? These are some
of the questions viewers might ponder after seeing
Unmistaken Child.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Tibet
• reincarnation
• guru
• master
• documentary
• foreign country
• journey
• unmistaken child
• new life
• buddha
• buddhists
• silence
• shiva
• god
• ritual
• aum
• om
• aum mani padme hum
• india
• south india
• north india
• nepal

[yatrika612]

Thank you so much for posting this wonderful film.

[wooferblogger1]

@yatrika612...... You are very welcome ;)

[semi0101]

really enjoyed :)))))

thank a lot for the eng subs

[p.s] it made me cry

[wooferblogger1]

@semi0101 ..........Thank you for taking the time to watch it :)

[alejandrovegetus]

Thanks for this precious film T-T tashi deleg!

[wooferblogger1]

@alejandrovegetus ..........Thank you for taking the time to watch it :) 

[1FoxySmileforu]

this was one of the best documentary films i have ever seen. thank you for your hard work and giving us all insight as to how they choose the next child master. :o)

[CoHproduction]

@chimezap That's not 'betterment of humanity' but child abuse. For a child there is nothing more painful but being separated from their birth parents, and will be traumatized for the rest of his life. Good thing is, he will receive a lot of attention, sorta substitute. However you can't compare the two. Every child's basic needs is to be loved and cared for by his birth mom. It's the basic psychology of human existence and love. 

[yugesh99]

Hi I'm from Nepal, I am very happy to see this video and even more happy he found the right child. I understand that many people think it is wrong for the child to be separated from his parents, believe it or not in Nepal many reincarnated child can remember the prayers they learned from their previous life and as they grow up they eventually remember everything what happened if their past life.

[CoHproduction]

@chimezap That's not 'the purest form' but forcing something to a child he or she doesn't want to. Most religions work this way.

[CoHproduction]

@Cabria Exactly. Unfortunately very few people understand how devastating it is for a child to be separated from his birth parents at the age of 3.

[Cabria]

@chimezap It's child abuse to wrench a child from his very loving parents against the family's (and the child's) will.

[Cabria]

@CoHproduction He clearly and loudly opposed to many things that the monk/s did to him - being separated from his parents, also having his head shaved (don't cut my hair!!!). His protests were ignored, however. He was placated. He makes the best of a bad situation by getting on with it and letting the monk comfort him and distract him. However, he is still being wrenched unwillingly from his (socially manipulated) parents - this should be considered in a human rights court, imho.

[chimezap]

Its a child abuse to teach one of the purest form of path to wisdom and sacred education. It is a child abuse to make him one of the highest gurus of tibetan buddhism . It is a child abuse to give him opportunity to travel all around the world to spread wisdom.

[chimezap]

@CoHproduction nothing is perfect in life . parents has sacrificed their kids for the betterment of humanity so tht one day this little boy will serve n show the right path .

[CoHproduction]

I don't see anything good of taking away a child from their birth parents. Obviously he wants to stay with his parents, and is in pain. Again, the child isn't being asked what he wants..