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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This documentary tells the story of women fighting to gain their place as female monks, or Bhikkhunis, in male dominated Buddhist traditions around the world. “It’s like a revolution has happened for women in Buddhism across the globe, yet if you’re not connected with the Buddhist community you probably wouldn’t know about it,” says the film’s director, Wiriya Sati. Sati was raised a Buddhist in Australia, but when she sought the path...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Death is real, it comes without warning and it cannot be escaped. An ancient source of strength and guidance, The Tibetan book of the dead remains an essential teaching originating in the spiritual cultures of the Himalayas. Narrated by Leonard Cohen, this enlightening two-part series explores the sacred text and boldly visualizes the afterlife according to its profound wisdom.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A Balinese Trance Seance - Bringing offerings of rice, flowers, and woven coconut leaves, clients visit Jero in her household shrine to determine the cause of their son's death. Jero lights an incense brazier, sprinkles holy water, and recites mantras as preliminaries to trance. Several ancestors and finally the young son speak through her voice, revealing the nature of his premature death (witchcraft) and his wishes for cremation. In contrast to...
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
John Woodson is disillusioned and temporarily without direction. Through a mysterious set of coincidences, he finds himself on an adventure to Peru in search of ancient scrolls, known as the Celestine Prophecy. The prophecy and its nine key insights, predict a new awakening that will redefine human life and provide a glimpse into a completely spiritual culture on earth. Resistant at first, John finds that with each step he takes and person he meets...
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Rare archival footage, recordings and photographs, eye-witness accounts, and expert comments along with location shoots across India, bring alive the fascinating journey of George, John, Paul, and Ringo from their high octane celebrity live in the West to a remote Himalayan ashram in search of spiritual bliss that inspires an unprecedented burst of creative songwriting. It is the first serious exploration of how India shaped the development of the...
8) Hereafter
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
This film peers at an intriguing question--is there an afterlife?--through the lens of George, Marie, and Marcus, who are each tortured in different ways by the thought of life after death. George Lonegan is psychic. It was once his career: he was "the man who can speak to the dead," with a high-traffic website, and a popular biography. But he fled that life, unable to cope with the emotional burden of his abilities. Marie Lelay is a French TV presenter...
9) Windrunner
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A high school boy reluctantly moves with his mother to a small town in Southern Utah. There he visits his father in prison, meets a girl, makes the football team and befriends a mysterious Native American.
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