Words of My Perfect Teacher
5 - 11 June 2009
Words of My Perfect Teacher
A fascinating glimpse of an eminent and irreverent Lama: Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
A film by Lesley Ann Patten. Produced by Ziji Film with the National Film Board of Canada.
Featuring also Bernardo Bertolucci, Gesar Mukpo (son of Chögyam Trungpa) and Steven Seagal.
Filmed in Bhutan, the UK, USA and Germany. 2005.
Title music by Sting.
A fascinating glimpse of an eminent and irreverent Lama: Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
A film by Lesley Ann Patten. Produced by Ziji Film with the National Film Board of Canada.
Featuring also Bernardo Bertolucci, Gesar Mukpo (son of Chögyam Trungpa) and Steven Seagal.
Filmed in Bhutan, the UK, USA and Germany. 2005.
Title music by Sting.
5 June - 11 June at 4pm
At Labia on Orange
Book with Labia at 021 424 5927
Ticket R25 / R20
Running time 103 minutes
From the World Cup in Germany to the remote Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, three students are on a quest they hope will lead to wisdom. The catch is . . . the teacher. Soccer obsessed, charismatic filmmaker, and citizen of the world, Khyentse Norbu may be one of the world’s most eminent Tibetan Buddhist teachers, but it’s a job description he slyly seems to reject at every turn.
Unofficial news titbit: Dzongsar Khyentse may be visiting South Africa during the World Cup 2010!
No obsession, no fear, no inhibition . . . what more enlightenment do you want? – Dzongsar Khyentse, from the film.
Warm and funny . . . beautifully shot and beautifully pieced together. – Halifax Daily News
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Labia on Orange in Cape Town in cooperation with Renaisssance magazine – www.renaissancemagazine.co.za
Labia on Orange in Cape Town in cooperation with Renaisssance magazine – www.renaissancemagazine.co.za