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Tibetan Buddhism: Cycles of Interdependence

This 56-minute film was shot in 1979-80 over the four seasons of a year at Likir Monastery and in a surrounding village home. It depicts the traditional agricultural practices and ways of life of that are infused by Tibetan Buddhism and belief in the omnipresent and benevolent spiritual deities who embody qualities worthy of their worship. We document how their intertwining spiritual practices and secular livelihoods provide profound life meaning, purpose and wellbeing. We reveal how this ancient spiritual/secular interdependence enables monks and laity to preserve and to flourish in the fragile ecological ecosystem of the high barren plaines that are surrounded by giant Himalayan peaks and nurtured by the trickling, life sustaining mountain streams. This film takes us into monastic life and rituals, including the annual winter festival attended by villagers throughout the region. Here, we learn how the monks embody the spirits of compassionate deities, dance in their colorful masks and costumes in order to purify the environment, bless the people and protect the monastery and villagers from natural disasters and life-threatening diseases. We witness how a monk astrologer sets the date for the Spring plowing and planting, including which fields should remain fallow and how precious water should be allocated from the little streams. We learn about traditional spiritual and plant-based healing practices. We observe the beauty of summer and the fall harvest season where portions of the fruits, vegetables and grains are donated to the monks whose prayers, rituals and teachings have protected and have enabled them to flourish for over a thousand years. This film was directed, written, edited and narrated by Dr. Ed Bastian. The co-producer, translator and expert on Tibetan religion and culture was Sharpa Tulku. Invaluable assistance was provided by Tenzin Choegyal, brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It was filmed at Likir Monastery whose Abbot and monks were extremely helpful with the filming. The Director of Photography was Naresh Bedi. The film was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and produced in association with Professors Geshe Lhundup Sopa and Joseph Elder, the Department of South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.