Falling to one's knees,
straightening up,
walking,
and then again throwing oneself down,
standing up again
and then walking on.
The Tibetan main characters repeat this process over and over again in Path of the Soul.
What’s In Path of the Soul?
The Group
Includes a senior citizen, a child and a pregnant woman - sets off from a remote village in the Tibet Autonomous Region to kowtow all the way to regional capital Lhasa and then further on to Kang Rinpoche, one of the major holy mountains in Tibetan Buddhism.
The Pilgrims
Who each have their own reasons for going on the journey - face birth, death, storms and dangerous accidents before arriving at the base of the mountain.
They undergo these hardships, and the hardship of repeatedly beating their foreheads on the ground, because as the child's mother tells her, "Kowtowing is good. Kowtowing brings you wisdom."
Pilgrims kowtow on the way to Kang Rinpoche, one of the major holy mountains in Tibetan Buddhism.
Two Path of the Soul protagonists pose for camera.
What Do Audiences Say?
"I was touched by the simple Tibetans' piety. In comparison, we are just too impulsive, too utilitarian and with much less kindness. It is worth pondering what kind of life we should choose." -- HaipierTime on Sina Weibo.
"What the movie demonstrates is so different from our life, and provides a mirror for us to compare and reflect. Their spiritual force is impressive," -- Yin Hong, a professor at Tsinghua University.
The number of people from China's more-developed eastern regions traveling to Tibet has been climbing year on year. Besides fulfilling the curiosity of outsiders, it has long been a place where people from urban areas could find comfort to the soul and "find themselves."
"I have been touched by their lives and therefore wanted to make this movie. I'm not trying to enlighten the audience. I'm only trying to share," Zhang Yang, director of the movie, told the media.
It seems many people think the film has somehow enlightened them.
Source: GlobalTimes
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