A new edition to the blog, DVD Spotlight, will highlight a particular film that blog readers and sangha members may be interested in viewing. Expect a link to a new film each week, either on Sunday or Monday. The blog will contain a brief summary of the film, relevant links and possible reviews.
The first film to be highlighted is Cloud Path: Journey of a Wandering Monk
Cloud Path, Journey of a Wandering Monk is a documentary about a distinguished Buddhist monk. This was originally a locally produced TV program that had been aired in Korea and was selected by the Korea Foundation as an outstanding work for introducing Korean culture abroad. The original content has been dubbed into English. The documentary records the activities of Paul Muenzen (Buddhist name: Hyongak 玄覺), a Harvard University graduate who became a monk, as he learns the Manhaeng (萬行), experiences of the secular world. Along with its highly acclaimed cinematography, various aspects of Korea's rich traditional culture are seen through the eyes of this American monk.
Ven. Hyon Gak is a personal favorite of mine and is a great public speaker and Dharma instructor. He gave two lectures that are available online for viewing or downloading in MP3 format. The lectures are entitled "Bodhi-Dharma to America" and "Diamond Sutra" lectures.
The videos are available here.
The MP3 audio only versions can be downloaded here.
In Hapjang,
-T'ajin
Great job Ta'jin! Hope to see more movies in the future. Love the new library, I see a number of our sangha using this great new resource! I have already check out the best comedy in the group (Hi Dharma). Hope more people start to "check it out" (that bad pun goes out to Alex :))
ReplyDeleteFor anyone considering further ordination, such as Dharma teacher or monk, this film is insightful in portraying relationship between 'secular' and 'sacred.' Also illustrates the tension that can arise when one chooses an 'uncommon path' such as Buddha-Dharma.
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