"An essential film if you have an interest in Buddhism."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Yatra is the Sanskrit word for pilgrimage or spiritual journey. As the first documentary in the Yatra Trilogy,
Dharma River is a timeless journey through legendary rivers to the greatest Buddhist temples and mystical sites of Laos, Thailand, and Burma. It offers a direct experience of lost civilizations, sacred spaces, and ancient traditions.
The Buddha image reverberates continually through
Dharma River and in dozens of temples, caves, and shrines, yet it is never the same. The film’s narration explores the different cultural representations of this universal icon of inner peace and its contemporary relevance.
Journey into the living traditions and lost civilizations of this vibrant part of the world and explore the universal ideals of wisdom, compassion, and inner peace at the very heart of these ancient Buddhist cultures.
A
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE • 81
MINUTES • YATRA
1 • $19.95
DVDs are Region 0 and encoded to work on all players worldwide |
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Special DVD Features Include: |
| • Two viewing options: surround sound mix with narration, |
| and ambient sound mix with music |
| • Downloadable director's notes |
| • 5.1 channel Dolby surround sound |
| Total running time: 81 minutes |
SCHEDULE OF SCREENINGS
"Part one of acclaimed cinematographer and director John Bush's Yatra Trilogy, Dharma River: Journey of a Thousand Buddhas is a lush, timeless, and mystical cinematic voyage through the legendary rivers of Thailand, Burma, and Laos. The film features a haunting soundtrack of indigenous music, along with intimate footage of the region's most spectacular architecture, spellbinding rituals, and sacred ceremonies."
Shana Nys Dambrot
Flavorpill
"'Dharma River'
beautifully
melds an inner
and outer journey.
Viewers find
themselves
transformed
as the voyage
takes them
through different
landscapes
of Southeast
Asia, of Buddhist
teaching,
and
of the mind."
Sharon
Salzberg Author
of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience |
