OMG cant believe this! Stabbing, killing! OMG!

[.- Prabhjot Singh -.]

Ahem, now that i have your attention, please read on! Sorry for the dodgy title btw! :happy:

I recently saw this beautiful movie called 'Into great Silence':

Into Great Silence (Die Große Stille) is a documentary film directed by Philip Gröning that was first released in 2005. It is an intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in a remote corner of the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The film was made 16 years after the director first requested permission to make it. He lived at the monastery for six months, and filmed all alone; behind the walls no "outsider" had ever before been allowed to enter.

I am in no way supporting the monastic lifestyle but the fascinating and perhaps more importantly inspiring aspect is these monks spend almost all their time praying (about 20+ hours everyday), but here's the interesting bit - They are not praying for themselves! They are praying for the Chardi Kaalaa of the whole world!! If only we Sikhs can also learn to be a little less selfish, with Dhan Dhan Dhan Dhan Dhan Sri Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Mahraj Ji as your eternal guide, this world could be a much better place to live for EVERYONE, you me, hindus, christians, atheists,... everyone! For everyone is Waheguru! Tuhi Tuhi Tuhi Tuhi!!

Please do watch the movie if you can get your hands on it! Its.. poetry in motion...

PS: Theres hardly any dialogues in the movie, except for a little chat with a blind monk near the end, its something that will last with me for a long, long time to come. Here are some screenshots of that monologue:

Do you feel the pyaar?? :L: :happy:

[Hau Apraadhi]

amazing, monks really do have amazing lifestyles, quite an inspiration to be as strong as they are but as guru da sikh

[Singh559]

Awesome, I'll try watching this on the weekend!

Thanks for the post, looks interesting!

Btw most modern 'christians' say they are the true religion, i'm assuming these Monks don't?

[.- Prabhjot Singh -.]

Thanks veerjeo, but that's not really the point here if i may say so? The point is the LOVE for Waheguru, religion is just a way, its about the destination and people who have reached there! sorry for being slightly blunt

[Wales85]

haha, thats funny I find this on a sikh site.

These guys are legit. You would be surprised to see some of their backgrounds. I grew up next to a trappist monastery, and I can tell you flat out that these guys (for the most part) are salt of the earth. You would really be surprised at many of their backgrounds as well..

Surgeons, Doctors, harvard/Princeton grads.... lots of guys who are widowed spend their remaining years of life in the cloister who could be living like rockstars if they wanted.

-Wales

[Singh559]

Thanks veerjeo, but that's not really the point here if i may say so? The point is the LOVE for Waheguru, religion is just a way, its about the destination and people who have reached there! sorry for being slightly blunt

Yeah, i agree 100%. I was just curious to see if there were people who thought differently though.

[gurmzz]

wow

that taught lessons :D

WJKK WJKF!!