THE YATRA TRILOGY:
SACRED JOURNEYS

A Visionary Documentary Film Series • Produced and Directed by John Bush

L AOS • T H A I L A N D • B U RMA • BA L I • CAMBOD I A • JAVA • T I B E T

DHARMA RIVER is a timeless journey through legendary rivers to the great Buddhist temples and mystical sites of Laos,
Thailand & Burma. It offers a direct experience of lost civilizations, sacred spaces and ancient wisdom traditions. The
Buddha image reverberates continually in dozens of temples, caves, and shrines but is never the same. The narration
explores the different cultural representations of this universal icon of inner peace and its contemporary relevance.
DHARMA RIVER
Journey of a Thousand Buddhas
81 min.

RPRAJNA EARTH
This Yatra, or pilgrimage, explores the lost civilization of Angkor in Cambodia including the largest temple in the world -
the magnificent Angkor Wat. The journey continues on to the sacred nature sites of Hindu Bali, to trance dancers in the
jungles of Java, and finally to the gigantic seven level mandala wonder of Buddhist Borobudur. This yatra visits spiritual
intersections where Buddhist and Hindu wisdom traditions merged with the animist worship of nature.
Journey into Sacred Nature

This Yatra, or pilgrimage, explores the lost civilization of Angkor in Cambodia including the largest temple in the world -
the magnificent Angkor Wat. The journey continues on to the sacred nature sites of Hindu Bali, to trance dancers in the
jungles of Java, and finally to the gigantic seven level mandala wonder of Buddhist Borobudur. This yatra visits spiritual
intersections where Buddhist and Hindu wisdom traditions merged with the animist worship of nature.
NARRATED BY SHARON STONE
85 min.

VAJRA SKY is a cinematic pilgrimage to central Tibet, bearing witness to the indomitable faith of its endangered Buddhist
community and the imminent threat to its very survival. Traveling through breathtaking Himalayan terrain, VAJRA SKY
visits extraordinary temples, monasteries and festivals, while revealing a covert policy of Chinese authorities to destroy this
ancient wisdom tradition from within. “John Bush, who has taken a long interest in our traditions, has created this full length
documentary of pilgrimage to Central Tibet, bearing witness to the enduring faith there as well as the current restraints on
religious freedom. I wish this film every success.” THE DALAI LAMA
VAJRA SKY
O V E R T I B E T

Saturday April 1, College of New Caledonia, room 1-306
"The Yatra Trilogy offers up the mesmerizing beauty and
ineffable power of places most of us will never see." - TRICYCLE