11-14 DEC

UPLIFT SPECIAL EVENTS
GYUTO MONKS OF TIBET RETURN FOR UPLIFT 2014
The Gyoto Monks are the Dalai Lama’s tantric masters visiting Australia from their monastery in Dharamsala,
India. They are the living embodiment of pure human affection & compassion in action, and offer to all who
come in contact with them a positive experience of love, happiness and hope.
The monks will work daily to create the Sand Mandala of Chakrasamvara – known as the Mother Mandala of female energy; and
will offer their deep harmonic chanting sessions, unique meditation and uplifting public talks. Led by Gyuto elder Gen Lama
Thupten Phuntsok, 76 yrs old who escaped from Tibet in 1959, the group of six monks are tantric masters holding the pure
transmissions of the tantric arts including the art of the sand mandala, butter sculpture, harmonic chanting and ritual ceremony.
This 600 year old tradition is vital to the future of Tibetan Buddhism and thus the monks travel to the west to reveal this precious
legacy and to seek support for its survival.Masters of ritual and ceremony, the monks will also be available throughout the
festival to perform Personal Pujas on request.
CONSCIOUS CINEMA
UPLIFT FESTIVAL PRESENTS CONSCIOUS CINEMA
UPLIFT is thrilled to host a number of sessions of Conscious Cinema at the UPLIFT Festival. We will be
selecting social and environmental narratives that entertain and inform - we welcome you to join us as
the sun goes down!
CINEMA SESSIONS : VISIONARY DOME
THUR 11TH DEC
JOIN GYUTO MONKS AT THE GYUTO GOMPA TENT
9am:
11am:
Blessing the Space and Drawing of the
Blueprint of the Mandala.
Pouring of the first sands.
FRI 12TH, SAT 13TH & SUN 14TH DEC
9am - 9.30am:
Daily
Morning Chant: Sit with the monks as they
conduct their morning prayers
ONE DAY ON EARTH
ONTOLOGICA
ALUNA
GRINGO TRAILS
10am - 8pm:
Daily
12pm-1pm:
Daily
Mandala Creation
Depression to Delight’
Meditation Series:
Dogged by Depression - Friday
Facing Fear - Saturday
Delight in Living - Sunday
2pm - 3pm: Public Talk Series ‘Buddhism:
Daily Original Neuroscience ‘
4pm - 5pm:
Daily
6pm - 6.30pm:
Daily
7pm - 8pm:
Daily
Surviving Life - Friday
Beyond Physics - Saturday
Mastery of Death - Sunday
Ritual Ceremonies:
Karma Burning - Friday
Jab Khru Healing - Saturday
Jab Khru (By appt. & offering) - Sunday
Evening Chants
Mo Readings: Using ancient texts, dice
and chants, Lama Thupten Phuntsok answers
individual questions about life.
Sing
just for the fun of it
Fun, energising, rejuvenating
Pach
past age clearing & healing
Simple, effective, empowering
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One Day on Earth is the first film
made in every country of the world
on the same day. We see both the
challenges and hopes of humanity
from a diverse group of volunteer
filmmakers assembled by an
participatory media experiment.
The world is greatly interconnected,
enormous, perilous, and wonderful.
SPIRITS FOR SALE
A documentary about Native Americans
About protection of ceremonies
About struggle for justice
About hopes and dreams
A Film by
Folke Johansson
and
Annika Banfield
”Best international
film at South Dakota
Film Festival 2007”
Featuring Arvol Looking Horse, Andrew Thomas. Vic Camp, Al Carroll, Mike Chirobokow, Gayle Ross.
Produced, directed and filmed by Folke Johansson. Scripted by Annika Banfield and Folke Johansson.
Edited by Rasmus Ohlander and Folke Johansson Location manager South Dakota: Jerry Clown
Production Company: Levande Bilder. Coproducers: Banfield Consulting, Annika Banfield, Film i Halland, Birgitta Olsson
© LEVANDE BILDER AB MMVII
www.spiritsforsale.com
An award winning independent
experimental film in which virtually
every major area of human
knowledge and experience is
explored. Including, but not limited
to: cosmology, quantum physics,
evolutionary biology, spirituality,
sexuality, neurology, philosophy,
and more. All ideas and concepts are
explored in an original, entertaining,
and artistic way.
SPIRITS FOR SALE
Western spiritualists often adopt
indigenous religions from around
the world for their enlightenment,
but are they truly respecting the
sacred protocols and traditions?
Beautifully crafted and filmed,
‘Spirits for Sale’ explores both sides
of this important question.
The Kogi are the last surviving
civilization from the world of the
Inca and Aztec, and their cities are
untouched by our world. The Kogi are
profoundly frightened by what we are
doing to the world, but also well aware
that we have no understanding of the
forces which we are unleashing. They
believe that the only hope of survival
for mankind is if we can learn why they
are so scared, and they know that we
will only believe what we can see.
Is tourism destroying the world–or
saving it? From the Bolivian jungle
to the party beaches of Thailand,
and from the deserts of Timbuktu,
Mali to the breathtaking beauty of
Bhutan, GRINGO TRAILS shows the
unanticipated impact of tourism
on cultures, economies, and the
environment, tracing some stories
over 30 years.
LIVING KANYINI
Elder Bob Randall shares ancient
answers for our troubled times, in
intimate conversation with well
known international author, mystic
and spiritual teacher, Andrew Harvey.
Kanyini or unconditional love
with responsibility, is a system of
connection with everything, anchored
in the timeless wisdom of the Anangu
of the Central Desert area of Australia.
The teachings of Kanyini have the
potential to transform our planet and
bring a return to true oneness with
nature and each other.
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