Messages from Sarvamitra in Tempere…1 Friday Hello Suryaprabha, Erkki Ranta has translated the subtitles for FWBO/Triratna history films 2, 3 and 4, and we are going to watch them together this Sunday in Tampere…
2 Sunday This was most of us on Sunday, with some people coming and going during the day. Starting at 12,...
Sat, 28 Jun, 2014 - 12:48HAPPENSTANCE, A HOLOGRAM, ‘choosing not choosing’ conveys something of the filmmaker’s starting point for making a documentary about the Triratna Buddhist Order. Leaving aside the unenviable task of selecting those most ‘worthy’ to represent a 2000 strong body, I chose not choosing 1 name out of every 92 on the Order’s chronological register of ordinations. 11 European, 9 Indian and 1 Australasian Order members who live in 6 countries was the result. This method allows me to have...
Thu, 29 May, 2014 - 17:25THEFIRST of two pieces of qawwali music I filmed in Dapoli, Konkan, India at the BH hostel in 2006. Probably in a room after puja on an all ages retreat during a traditional Indian holiday. It is just as I filmed it. It could be a Sufi-Buddhist fusion though I don’t understand the words they are singing. However, the youthful, even intoxicated male energy comes over as clearly now as that time. By the way, virtually...
HEREFORDSHIREWEATHER for the week of Buddha Day 2014 celebrations grew more sublime each passing day of the Eros & Beauty retreat at Adhisthana. Despite his poor health Urgyen Sangharakshita managed to get out in the sun.
Alexey Moskvin and I had the pleasure of filming an in-depth interview with the legendary Assheton Gorton, production designer of Antonioni’s Blow Up, Ridley Scott’s Legend and Richard Lester’s The Bed-Sitting Room.
