Amongst White Clouds - Official Trailer

Now on DVD at www.festivalmedia.org

Amongst White Clouds is an intimate insider's look at students and masters living in scattered retreats dotting China's Zhongnan Mountain range. These peaks have reputedly been home to recluses since the time of the Yellow Emperor, some five thousand years ago. It was widely thought that the tradition was all but wiped out, but the film emphatically and beautifully shows us otherwise.

Inspired in part by the noted book by Bill Porter (Red Pine), Road To Heaven: Encounters With Chinese Hermits, and filmed on location in China by American director Edward A. Burger, the film takes an unforgettable journey into the hidden tradition of China's Buddhist hermit monks.

One of only a few foreigners to have lived and studied with these elusive practitioners, Burger is able, with humor and compassion, to present their tradition, their wisdom, and the hardship and joy of their everyday lives among the clouds.

Directed by Edward A. Burger
Produced by Chad Pankewitz

FM1006--86 minutes / Color / English / Stereo / NTSC / All-Region
SRP $24.95
Release Date: June 26

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• zen
• buddhism
• chinese
• monks
• monk
• zhonang
• dharma
• buddha
• roshi
• rinpoche
• guru
• master
• disciple
• shaolin
• temple
• china
• wu
• tai

[Obbyto]

very beautiful!

[thecoconutbubble]

That looks beautiful..

[ghostbow]

@tonowicz1 That's right, we do what we desire to do, assuming that we are in a position to make choices. We seek what we believe will make us happy, or fulfilled, and if we are not happy, or not fulfilled, we try something else. That is how it is for human beings.

Going to the mall, living as a hermit in the mountains, driving a BMW, sleeping on a stone bed. We will see where it all takes us, eventually.

[tonowicz1]

If everything is delusional and equally worthless, then what difference does it make whether you live like a hedonist or an asceticist? Both positions are equally noble and equally worthless. It makes no difference if you sit and meditate all day on a mountain, or spend the day in a shopping mall. It all comes down to how you get your kicks in life. One thing is no more refined than another. If we really hate our modern lives, then why don't we do something about it? Its cause we don't hate it.

[Forkroute]

@n0s0k Thank you :)

[n0s0k]

song in the background is Edward Albert Burger - Leading The Winter In

/watch?v=WCfIPfkV85s

[Forkroute]

FFS what is the music in the background?!

[Forkroute]

@silverwindspirit SAME QUESTION HERE

[silverwindspirit]

anyone know where I can get the soundtrack to this movie?

[corneliusmattey]

watch on google video

[transmoongoddess]

It maters not the close ,the house ,culture,in the woods or in a city ,man or women,robe or no robe ,this is the outside not the inside .what's the real point of the greatwork ? To live in the woods? Be a hermit?to be chines? To have some practice that's seems amazing?things are nor what they seem to beיהךה LVX,93 .

[transmoongoddess]

Oh I like the comment about the music .things are not what they seen to be .one my find a person who has a deeper connection to the universe and there eating hot dogs,things are not what they seem.what do you know about such things and how do you know it ?have you read all the great works of the west and east ? Done the work?