Date: June 14th, 2019.
Date: Friday, June 14, 2019
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Tsegyalgar East Schoolhouse Gonpa, 18 Schoolhouse Road, Conway, MA
Free & Open to the Public
Tashi and the Monk
40 min.
Genres: Documentary
Director: Andrew Hinton, Johnny Burke
A Buddhist monk who spent years as a spiritual teacher in America returns to the Himalayan foothills of his infancy. There, he has set up Jhamtse Gatsal, a home for abandoned children. Tashi, a little girl with a traumatic past, is its newest pupil, and his toughest challenge yet. This is the story of a chaotic community with no higher purpose than giving its young members the joys of childhood.
Instructions to the Cook. A Zen Master's Recipe for Living a Life that Matters
43 min.
Genres: Documentary
Director: Christof Wolf
Starring: Bernie Glassman, Floyd Mustafa Bailey
An old farmhouse in America's rural New England. A man in a kitchen prepares a meal: It is Bernard Glassman, famous American Zen Master. He prepares a tasty meal the same way that he teaches a distillation of Zen wisdom that can be used as a guide for business, social ventures, peacemaking or just life.
This showing is part of the International Dzogchen Community Tsegyalgar East (IDCTE) movie series to provide engaging educational programs about developmental, cultural and humanitarian issues in the Himalayan region.
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