Forest Monks in Germany

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Forest Monks in Germany

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A documentation about the daily life of Buddhist Monks in the traditional christian countryside of German.
Forest monastery Muttodaya

(even it is in German language, it might be give some expression for those who don't speak the language - also very touching are the people who, even they have no idea of Buddhism, love their (!) monastery and support those Monks)



Published on: theravada-dhamma.org (which has also an English and many other language sections)
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Danke! :anjali: :anjali:
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By the way, I really love documentaries about monks in daily life. If anyone knows some more, I would really like that. :)

(preferably not in any language that I find even more difficult than German :tongue: )
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reflection wrote:By the way, I really love documentaries about monks in daily life. If anyone knows some more, I would really like that. :)
Into Great Silence is one of the better ones, and it depicts Carthusian monks over about six months at the Grande Chartreuse in France. The original German title is Die Große Stille, by Philip Gröning.
reflection wrote:(preferably not in any language that I find even more difficult than German :tongue: )
As it happens, he commented that he preferred the English title because he could do the "into" construction, something which didn't come across quite the same in a German rendering.
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    "And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting others one protects oneself? By patience, harmlessness, goodwill, and sympathy. It is in such a way that by protecting others one protects oneself.

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Very nice! Danke Hanzze! :thumbsup:
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Very intresting, the relationship between the monks and their surroundings! :namaste:
Thank you!
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daverupa wrote:
reflection wrote:By the way, I really love documentaries about monks in daily life. If anyone knows some more, I would really like that. :)
Into Great Silence is one of the better ones, and it depicts Carthusian monks over about six months at the Grande Chartreuse in France. The original German title is Die Große Stille, by Philip Gröning.
reflection wrote:(preferably not in any language that I find even more difficult than German :tongue: )
As it happens, he commented that he preferred the English title because he could do the "into" construction, something which didn't come across quite the same in a German rendering.
Thanks. I've heard about this one before, but so far haven't found it anywhere.

This one is interesting as well:
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/one-day- ... monastery/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Just wanted to post that a video of this monastery is on youtube now with english subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZhOJI0gLQE
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reflection wrote:
daverupa wrote:
reflection wrote:By the way, I really love documentaries about monks in daily life. If anyone knows some more, I would really like that. :)
Into Great Silence is one of the better ones, and it depicts Carthusian monks over about six months at the Grande Chartreuse in France. The original German title is Die Große Stille, by Philip Gröning.
reflection wrote:(preferably not in any language that I find even more difficult than German :tongue: )
As it happens, he commented that he preferred the English title because he could do the "into" construction, something which didn't come across quite the same in a German rendering.
Thanks. I've heard about this one before, but so far haven't found it anywhere.

This one is interesting as well:
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/one-day- ... monastery/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

:anjali:
Its actually on Netflix (or it used to be back when you could illegally change your Netflix region in Canada), if you have access to it. Into Great Silence, along with Ron Fricke's Samsara are the two most profound and wonderful documentaries I have ever seen on Netflix, although Samsara stretches definitions of what 'documentary' means- blending it seamlessly with wordless story.
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