Product Description
These visually stunning documentaries are cinematic pilgrimages to legendary places in Southeast Asia and Tibet, including the spiritual wonders of Laos, Thailand, Burma, Bali, Cambodia, Java, and Central Tibet. 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 film by John Bush.
Review
Highly Recommended... For anyone interested in alternative spiritual traditions, or Eastern culture in general, this set is a must-have. One of the few documentaries that entertains as well as enlightens, this trilogy is sumptuous both visually and aurally.... --Jeffrey Kaufmann, DVD Talk
The trilogy fills us with wonder at the spiritual culture--past and present--from this vibrant region. Viewers will be awed by this luminous world--so rarely captured on film. --Bo Smith, Head of Film Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Yatra Trilogy offers up the mesmerizing beauty and ineffable power of places most of us will never see.
From the earliest images of the Buddha's footprint to the gargantuan gold statues of Southeast Asia to the awe-inspiring intricacy of Tibetan mandalas, dharma imagery has inspired humans to stick to the path. So it seems only natural that the digital age would bring us digital aids for practice meant to inspire authentic devotion in the same spirit as a seventeenth-century Laotian wood-carving of the Buddha's hand. Such is the motive behind The Yatra Trilogy, a film trilogy directed, written and produced by John Bush ...actress Sharon Stone's clean, unaffected narration of Prajna Earth complements Bush's gentle camera work. --Mary Talbot, TRICYCLE
These films are not to be missed explorations of a mysterious, peaceful, and threatened world that you will not soon forget." Beliefnet
There is amazing music and of course the films are just terrific visually as well...more like a visual meditation." National Public Radio
"Bush's stunning camera work adroitly captures the majectic landscapes and icons of Buddhism: its murals and artworks, monks and nuns."
Village Voice
This visual feast transports us into the ancient yet timeless mystic East in a way that goes beyond place and time to touch the eternal." Lama Surya Das
John Bush's work is eye-opening and essential if you have an interest in Eastern spirituality."- Ty Burr, Film Critic, Boston Globe
This series of journeys to sacred places pleases both the mind and eye." Booklist
"Images of the landscape, temples, and art dazzle with their gemlike luminosity and vaulting immensity." Boston Phoenix
Awakens us to the timeless truths that flow through every human heart." Tara Brach, Ph.D, author
John Bush sets a benchmark for integrity & compassion in filmmaking.
National Gallery of Australia
A visual pilgrimage of the heart of stunning intimacy and beauty."
Krishna Das --Booklist
The Yatra Trilogy offers up the mesmerizing beauty and ineffable power of places most of us will never see.
From the earliest images of the Buddha's footprint to the gargantuan gold statues of Southeast Asia to the awe-inspiring intricacy of Tibetan mandalas, dharma imagery has inspired humans to stick to the path. So it seems only natural that the digital age would bring us digital aids for practice meant to inspire authentic devotion in the same spirit as a seventeenth-century Laotian wood-carving of the Buddha's hand. Such is the motive behind The Yatra Trilogy, a film trilogy directed, written and produced by John Bush ...actress Sharon Stone's clean, unaffected narration of Prajna Earth complements Bush's gentle camera work. --Mary Talbot, TRICYCLE
