Director Jillian Elizabeth
Countries Canada, United States
Duration 108 min
Synopsis
In vivid and sensuous detail, GURUKULAM follows a group of students and their teacher as they confront fundamental questions about the nature of reality and self-identity at a remote forest ashram in southern India. Daily chores, meditation, ritual, and rigorous study are woven together connecting the natural and spiritual worlds in moments of surprising revelation and comic contradiction. The richly layered soundscape, the intimate imagery, and the seamless edit combine to bring us into a place of extraordinary beauty and simplicity. From Swami Dayananda's first lesson: 'Saying is only an expression of what you see,' GURUKULAM is a rare invitation to look, listen, and experience a contemplative rhythm of life as old as the Bhavagad Gita and as new as present-day India.
In vivid and sensuous detail, GURUKULAM follows a group of students and their teacher as they confront fundamental questions about the nature of reality and self-identity at a remote forest ashram in southern India. Daily chores, meditation, ritual, and rigorous study are woven together connecting the natural and spiritual worlds in moments of surprising revelation and comic contradiction. The richly layered soundscape, the intimate imagery, and the seamless edit combine to bring us into a place of extraordinary beauty and simplicity. From Swami Dayananda's first lesson: 'Saying is only an expression of what you see,' GURUKULAM is a rare invitation to look, listen, and experience a contemplative rhythm of life as old as the Bhavagad Gita and as new as present-day India.