Talking with a hermit in the Zhongnan mountains, China.

by 10k films on May 8th, 2012

Ready

by 10k films on February 29th, 2012

Ten-thousand teachings
Settle to the bottom of my cup
The tea is ready
- Gu Shen Yu

Mu

by 10k films on February 6th, 2012

Mu (無) (in Japanese/Korean) or Wu (simplified Chinese: 无; traditional Chinese: 無; Mandarin Pinyin: wú; Jyutping: mou2), is a word which has been translated variously as “not”, “nothing”, “without”, “nothingness”, “non existent”, “non being”, or evocatively simply as “no thing”.

Riding the tiger

by 10k films on June 25th, 2011

“If you ride the tiger, you can’t get off.” – Old Chinese proverb (Re: quote unquote – War on Terror – aka  -War on Islam)

“If everything is gone, nothing moves.”

by 10k films on December 3rd, 2010

from the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment 圓覺經

Amongst White Clouds – A documentary film

by 10k films on June 3rd, 2010

An unforgettable journey into the hidden tradition of China’s Buddhist hermit monks Amongst White Clouds is an intimate insider’s look at students and masters living in scattered retreats dotting China’s Zhongnan Mountain range. These peaks have reputedly been home to recluses since the time of the Yellow Emperor, some five thousand years ago. It was widely thought that the tradition was all but wiped out, but this film emphatically and beautifully shows us otherwise.

Watch full film (Google Video) ( especially last 10 minutes)

Journal of Buddhist Ethics Review article on film