- Source: Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Awake: The Life of Yogananda is a 2014 documentary about the Indian yogi and guru Paramahansa Yogananda who came to the West in the 1920s to teach yoga and meditation. The film is in English with subtitles in seventeen languages.
The film, directed by Paola di Florio and Lisa Leeman who are independent American filmmakers, was commissioned by Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship. It includes interviews with disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda, as well as with Ravi Shankar, George Harrison, Krishna Das, and others. It was filmed over three years with the participation of thirty countries, including on pilgrimages in India, at Harvard Divinity School and its physics labs, the Center for Science and Spirituality at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California.
Awards
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Film at the Illuminate Film Festival
Winner Maui Film Festival, Spirit in Cinema Award
Winner Conscious Life Award, Conscious Life Expo Film Festival
Official Selection Seattle International Film Festival
Official Selection Tel Aviv Spirit Film Festival
Herat International Women's Film Festival, Afghanistan
See also
Autobiography of a Yogi, 1946 book
Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached, Vivekananda
References
External links
Awake: The Life of Yogananda at IMDb
Awake: The Life of Yogananda, Official Website
Awake: The Life of Yogananda, Official Trailer
Film Festival Openings
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Awake: The Life of Yogananda
- Paramahansa Yogananda
- Awake (disambiguation)
- Self-Realization Fellowship
- Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached
- Autobiography of a Yogi
- Andrew B. Newberg
- Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine
- Herb Jeffries
- Kriyananda
