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Werner Herzog brings audiences deep into one of the largest Buddhist gatherings in the world with Wheel of Time. Each year, thousands of Buddhist pilgrims travel to the village of Bhod Gaya in India, the place where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. As the visitors stream in, often stopping to prostrate themselves as a sign of devotion, a team of monks create a beautiful and intricate sand painting which is scattered to the winds by the Dalai Lama at the end of the 12-day celebration as a symbol of the impermanence of existence. With his usual entertaining voiceover and immersive approach, Herzog documents the ancient rituals of this ceremony as well as profiling the Dalai Lama and some of the many Buddhists who travel to India for this event.
In German, English and Tibetan with English subtitles.
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