Tukdam, between worlds
Type
Label
Tukdam, between worlds
Language
tib
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
NRA
Main title
Tukdam
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
91
Sub title
between worlds
Summary
This feature documentary explores a phenomenon that blurs life and death to an unprecedented degree. In what Tibetan Buddhists call 'tukdam', advanced meditators die in a consciously controlled manner. Though dead according to our biomedical standards, they often stay sitting upright in meditation. Remarkably, their bodies remain fresh and lifelike, without signs of decay for days, sometimes weeks after clinical death. Following ground-breaking scientific research into tukdam and taking us into intimate death stories of Tibetan meditators, the film juxtaposes scientific and Tibetan perspectives as it tries to unravel the mystery of 'tukdam'
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
Subject
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor7
- Genre1
- Subject8
- Content1
- resource.filmdirector1
- resource.filmeditor1
- resource.filmproducer4
- composerexpression1
- resource.screenwriter1