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1 online resource (82 minutes) |
| Summary |
One Mind is a rare cinematic portrait of life inside one of China's most austere and revered Zen communities. The monks at Zhenru Chan Monastery continue to uphold a strict monastic code established over 1200 years ago by the founding patriarchs of Zen in China. In harmony with the land that sustains them, the monks operate an organic farm, grow tea, and harvest bamboo to fuel their kitchen fires. At the heart of this community, a group of cloistered meditators sit in silence for 8 hours every day. ONE MIND offers an intimate glimpse into a thriving Buddhist monastery in modern China. But more than a portrait of life within this monastic community, ONE MIND is an experiment in Buddhist filmmaking. A markedly quiet and contemplative film, Burger has set forth to craft a documentary that is not 'about' Buddhism, but rather a 'Buddhist film'. Taking inspiration from traditional Zen stories and lessons told to him by elder monks and teachers at Zhenru monastery, each chapter of the film explores the trials and challenges we all must face when we set forth to become wiser, kinder human beings. In ONE MIND we learn that this journey begins when we turn our gaze inward. That no matter how far we have traveled and how many mountains and valleys we have crossed, the true adventure awaits us within the landscapes of our own mind |
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Title from title screen (viewed June 30, 2023) |
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In Mandarin Chinese, with subtitles in English |
| Subject |
Zhen ru chan si (Yongxiu Xian, China)
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| SUBJECT |
Zhen ru chan si (Yongxiu Xian, China) fast (OCoLC)fst00617546 |
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Zen monasteries -- China -- Yongxiu Xian
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Zen monasteries -- China -- Jiangxi Sheng
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Zen Buddhism -- Essence, genius, nature.
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Zen Buddhism -- Essence, genius, nature.
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Zen monasteries.
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China -- Jiangxi Sheng.
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China -- Yongxiu Xian.
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documentary film.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Burger, Edward A., director, producer, screenwriter
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Lam, Agnes (Filmmaker), producer, screenwriter.
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Commonfolk Films, production company.
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One Mind Productions, publisher
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