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In the resurfaced clip, Orlando, who has been a Buddhist since he was 16, sits cross-legged and shirtless on the living room floor while praying.

The Lord of the Rings star can be heard intoning the Japanese devotional phrase: 'Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō,' a mantra from the Nichiren branch of Buddhism meant to erase bad karma and assist in the quest for enlightenment. Orlando has a long history with the chant: 'Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō,' as it was the mantra that first enticed him to convert to Buddhism when he was 16 years old and heard a painter who had become his mentor repeating it. In 2003 - the year fans saw him in the first Pirates of the Caribbean film and the finale of the Lord of the Rings trilogy - he was inducted into the Buddhist lay organization Soka Gakkai at their headquarters in a Victorian stately home in Buckinghamshire.

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