We saw this film first within a week of Avitar. We considered both movies as pointing to a new way of life. Avitar had animated images pursuing simplistic, though worthy, goals; all make believe and contrived. "Blessings" had real people creating their universe and then recreating it after their monasteries were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.
The austere lives of the nuns are balanced by their gratitude. They are happy to learn from the surviving exiles, the Buddhist scriptures, and from the belief that their "compassionate prayers for all sentient beings" really work.
The interactions between the nuns and the surrounding community has transformed that remote area into a peaceful place. People are drawn to them for healing.
The group of serious meditating women traveled with lama Tsoknyi Rinpoche III who is the third reincarnation of the founder of the 19th-century movement that enabled women become respected nuns. The women travelers appeared nearly overcome by the hardships they themselves endured and by the serenity and happiness of the nuns in the midst of (albeit colorful) deprivation.
A truly inspiring movie.
The austere lives of the nuns are balanced by their gratitude. They are happy to learn from the surviving exiles, the Buddhist scriptures, and from the belief that their "compassionate prayers for all sentient beings" really work.
The interactions between the nuns and the surrounding community has transformed that remote area into a peaceful place. People are drawn to them for healing.
The group of serious meditating women traveled with lama Tsoknyi Rinpoche III who is the third reincarnation of the founder of the 19th-century movement that enabled women become respected nuns. The women travelers appeared nearly overcome by the hardships they themselves endured and by the serenity and happiness of the nuns in the midst of (albeit colorful) deprivation.
A truly inspiring movie.
