It was an exciting 10 days in Los Angeles, filming the Gaden Shartse Monastery Tour, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama at both the Long Beach Convention Center, and University of California at Irvine.
All the approvals, all the state department reviews, all the driving were worth this one moment of His Holiness coming on stage at UCI while the Gaden Monks provided an introduction purification ceremony. Look for more in the upcoming feature documentary “For All Sentient Beings”
In 5 years my kids may wonder what a movie theater is…
It seems as though everything we thought we held sacred is shifting. Books are now read on computers, phones and ipads, long phone chats are now replaced by long skype chats (I’m still not fully in to that one- sometimes I like to wear pajamas – or nothing!), TV is anytime, any place and now movies are on their way out of the Cineplex and into- well wherever.
The old notion that one must pay a small fortune to sit in a dark room with sticky chairs to see a good film is shifting to going to your local yoga studio to see a film and hear from the film maker. People are looking for a more intimate experience when seeing a film. They want to feel a part of something. To me this is part of a larger movement within society to belong. It’s no wonder social networking is the newest boom.
A few selected photos of the Gaden Shartse Monks at the Long Beach Convention Center this last week.
An important initiation had been planned with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, but alas – he had fell ill in Tokyo and missed the weekends events planned for him.
Bluedot was there to film the “Journey to the Roof of The World” performance of the Gaden Monks in a world class location.
Luckily, the Gaden Monks were making an amazing sand mandala, as well as a teaching by Khen Rinpoche (The Abbot of Gaden Shartse Monastery), and a talk by Robert Thurman and Thupten Jinpa.
An excellent opportunity for a few snaps!
