Young Siddhartha Gautama's Contemplative Walk in Tranquil Forest – AI Generated Video | Hailuo AI

Generate & Play Hailuo AI video：VIDEO GENERATION: EARLY BUDDHA, EARLY ST. FRANCIS CATEGORY: QUIZ [VALUE = 120 points] This past week we spent time learning about the Four Passing Sights, the Great Going Forth, and the Middle Way, which concern Siddhartha Gautama’s early life and eventual decision to leave behind a comfortable, privileged life in favor of a disciplined journey toward enlightenment. Such a drastic turn in lifestyle is typically referred to as conversion (from the Latin word conversus, which is itself a translation of metanoia, a Greek word meaning to make an about face; that is, pulling a 180). We find similar conversion stories in other religious traditions. For instance, St. Francis, only in his twenties, disillusioned and feeling empty, made profound changes in his lifestyle. He renounced his father’s wealth, embraced and ministered to lepers, repaired churches, and eventually chose poverty as a way of life. Consequently, our goal in this assignment is to deepen our appreciation for those seminal moments of personal transformation that inspired what can rightly be called spiritual movements. We shall accomplish this by recreating a short scene from either the Buddha’s or St. Francis’s early adulthood. OPTION 1: Ai Video With a partner (and only one partner), choose an event from either the Buddha’s or Francis’s life and, using an Ai video generator such as hailuoai, create a short scene with as much historical detail as possible. Let’s say, for example, that you choose Gautama’s encounter with a sick person, the second of the four passing sights. Your video would need to consider Gautama’s approximate age at that point in his life, the clothing he might have been wearing, and the scenery surrounding him. Or, if you choose St. Francis, be sure to research when and where he lived and what experiences he had that led to his founding of the Franciscan order. Once finished, download or save the video so it can be retrieved later. Each group will premiere their short video to the clas