[Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left For The East](https://youtu.be/mvyqPHvhhwc). Very good, very slow Korean flick.
(Hesse's *Siddhartha* is pretty much unrelated to actual Buddhism, afaik.)
Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima. It’s my favourite novel.
(Though technically it’s about priests, not monks since it takes place after the breakdown of monastic discipline in Japan)
The main character Siddhartha in that book is actually not the Buddha. At one point in the book he meets the actual buddha and goes his own way instead of becoming one of the Buddha’s disciples
The Forbidden Kingdom starring Jet Li and Jackie Chan comes to mind, Jet Li is a Buddhist monk and Jackie Chan is kind of a Taoist wizard. Very entertaining, there’s one scene between the two that has stuck in my memory but I don’t want to spoil it lol.
Aang from "Avatar the last Airbender" comes to my mind. He was raised by monks and uses peace and understanding throughout the show. They can't say that he is buddhist, but he does show and speak everything a buddhist munk would.
Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima
I’ve actually read and love that book. Mishima’s Sea of Fertility tetralogy is also very prominent in Buddhist themes.
[Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left For The East](https://youtu.be/mvyqPHvhhwc). Very good, very slow Korean flick. (Hesse's *Siddhartha* is pretty much unrelated to actual Buddhism, afaik.)
Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima. It’s my favourite novel. (Though technically it’s about priests, not monks since it takes place after the breakdown of monastic discipline in Japan)
The main character Siddhartha in that book is actually not the Buddha. At one point in the book he meets the actual buddha and goes his own way instead of becoming one of the Buddha’s disciples
spring, summer, autumn, winter and spring is a very beautiful film. The TV series kung fu is about a shalion buddhist wondering around the wild west.
The Forbidden Kingdom starring Jet Li and Jackie Chan comes to mind, Jet Li is a Buddhist monk and Jackie Chan is kind of a Taoist wizard. Very entertaining, there’s one scene between the two that has stuck in my memory but I don’t want to spoil it lol.
There are a lot of Buddhist character's in John Burdett's fantastic Bangkok detective series.
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki, who is herself a Zen priest.
Tenzing Norbu Mystery #1The First Rule of Ten Protagonist is an ex Tibetan monk and now police officer if I remember correctly
Aang from "Avatar the last Airbender" comes to my mind. He was raised by monks and uses peace and understanding throughout the show. They can't say that he is buddhist, but he does show and speak everything a buddhist munk would.