Destroyer of Illusion - Official Trailer

Now on DVD at www.festivalmedia.org
Narrated by Richard Gere
Directed by Richard Kohn

As Seen on PBS

"Jewel of a documentary." --Boston Globe

"Pulsating with color, movement, music and...faith." --San Francisco Chronicle

If your mind is pure, everyone is a Buddha.
If your mind is impure, everyone is ordinary. --Trulshik Rinpoche XI

Filmed on location in Nepal

Unprecedented access and intimate knowledge inform this richly detailed and beautifully filmed portrait of a secret Tibetan Buddhist ritual, the Mani Rimdu festival, and the remarkable spiritual teacher, Trulshik Rinpoche, who leads and preserves this centuries-old tradition.

Richard Gere narrates with the clarity and resonant depth of an insider. This is a very special chance to witness a private sacred realm as if you were there.

Just as coronation transforms ordinary men into kings, tantric empowerment transforms men into Buddhas. Hundreds of initiates gather once a year at Thubten Chöling Monastery to learn to become Garwang Tojay-chenpo, Lord of the Dance. He is called this because his infinite creativity is symbolized by dance. He personifies the compassion of all the Buddhas.

Lord of the Dance is the deity of Mani-Rimdu, the major sacred festival of the Everest region. Each autumn, Trulshik Rinpoche, the spiritual leader of the region, goes from his home in Thubten Chöling to Chiwong Monastery to preside over the festival. His name means "destroyer of illusion." In Destroyer of Illusion we meet the men who undertake these tasks. We see the world through their eyes—a world where the mountains are filled with gods, and a human being's potential is limited only by his imagination and his will.

Narrated by Richard Gere
Produced by Franz-Christophe Giercke and Barbara Becker
Written and Directed by Richard Kohn

FM1002—57 minutes / Color / English / Stereo / NTSC / Region-free
SRP $24.95 Release Date: September 19

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Trulshik
• Rinpoche
• Tibet
• Lama
• Richard
• Gere
• Karma
• Nyigma
• Enlightenment
• Buddha
• Buddhism
• Himalaya
• Sikkim
• Trungpa
• Dharma

[nathng0320]

Very interesting & thank you very much, Gere. Pls keep posting more of Tibet.

[Vandertop]

I have this on video. It was orginally called "Lord of the Dance" and released in 1985.

[amfortas1978]

may rinpoche come back to us soon !!

[tobievandenbergqp]

finally i found the full version at

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[uvgarden]

True Tibet series: a factual video on the "culture genocide" in Tibet.

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[cyberwolf001]

You can buy it from Amazon.

[TibetanPhotoProject]

We are just making Tibetan connections for The Tibetan Photo Project here on YouTube and for the Website at tibetanphotoproject dot com

We offer Free DVDs for Tibetan Film Screening parties. Contact us for details at thetibetanphotoproject at yahoo dot com

Screening parties can be for awareness or for for Fund raising for Tibetan support groups.

[bathketa]

could anyone tell me where i can have the full video?

[gdonnelley]

sexy richard