“Amongst White Clouds” Film Documentary and Lecture by Ted Burger
Through his documentary film, Ted Burger explores the realms of monastic life in the Buddhist religion. Each monk is empowered with the potential to become a Buddha. The connection between the natural wold and a heightened spiritual life is made. Nature is deemed as the ultimate sacred space for the monks which is endless and with no boundaries except those imposed upon by man. Although, it could be seen that many of the monks along the path of spiritual enlightenment shifted in their views of what achieving spiritual enlghtenment really meant. A central notion advocated by the hermits is that “joy and suffering” are the same. The lives of the hermits question the relationship between man and nature and if it is reaching enlightenment which is important or the chosen path leading to it…
