Films and Some References to Literature
on Gurus in America (for Undergraduate Teaching)
Contributed
by Tamar C. Reich, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Swami
Satchidananda
Film
"Living Yoga: The Life and Teachings of Swami Satchidananda."
Available from the Integral Yoga Institute at www.livingyogamovie.org.
Rajneesh
"Ashram."
Source?
Rajneeshpuram:
An Experiment to Provoke God (1995) 57 minutes
http://www.filmakers.com/index.php?a=filmDetail&filmID=601
A.C.
Bhaktvedanta Swamin Prabhpada and the International Society for Krishna
Consciousmess
http://www.iskconcinema.com/
Ram
Dass
Film:
“Fierce Grace,” produced and directed by Mickey Lemle, 93
minutes, Lemle Pictures, 2001. Source: Amazon? Seva Foundation?.
Film:
"Evolution of a Yogi."
Meher
Baba
There
are a couple of films available on Meher Baba
The
Jain Guru Chitrabhanu
video
about a Jain guru Chitrabhanu who takes several students to India's Jain
temples:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57495517&referer=brief_results
Recent
film inspired by some Hindu gurus to the west might be interesting:
http://www.amazon.com/Guru-Jimi-Mistry/dp/B000092OME
Female
Gurus
Ammachi
“River
of Love” - Ammachi's biography, scenes from which are dramatically
reenacted.
Gurumayi
Siddha
Yoga videos on Gurumayi's delivery and discussion of the Yearly Message.
1995-99 are packaged in one video, Sadhana of the Heart Vol. 1.
Books
Cynthia
Hume and Thomas Forsthoefel' Gurus in America.
Kripal,
Jeffrey and Glenn Shuck. Eds, On the Edge of the Future: Esalen and the
Evolution of American Culture
Revised: January 02, 2009
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