Living Buddha

Is this what paradise looks like? The Todas tribe in the southern Indian Nilgiri Mountains know neither war nor work nor calendar. The 1000 members feed on the gifts of the jungle, and women maintain the tradition of polygamy.

In Peru, with the shaman Don Agustin Rivas Vasques deep in the Amazonian jungle, he takes part in various cleansing and healing ceremonies together with Maria, who is suffering from liver cancer.

The Laddakhis, high up in the Western Himalayas, have a strong connection to the psychic energies of the gods and demons through their belief in Tantric Buddhism. People in the valley say of the Geshe (a methaphysical professor) that he can fly if he wants to. But using magic is immoral for the Buddhist. Nevertheless, a young man seduces the woman of his desire with magical powers. In a breathtaking landscape under a crystal-clear blue sky, a life unfolds in harmony with the universe, carried by an ancient consciousness.