VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

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I saw a film named Path of the soul last weekend which tells a story about some Tibetan pilgrimage.
A guy who wants to fulfill his father dream decides to go to Tibet to pray. Some of their villagers want to join his trip when they heard his thought, one is a butcher who wants to atone for his crime because he ended a lots of lives and had a lot of blood on his hands; another guy is thinking that his fate is bad and he is suffering a lot of pain. The rest of the group has a 8-9 year old girl, a woman who is going to be giving birth, and her husband
They prepare some necessary living goods such as clothes, shoes, food, tents, tools for praying which is made of wood to protect their hands from getting hurt. The guy will drive his tractor to take all the necessary goods.
With all the villagers watching, they start their pilgrimage.
The whole distance from their hometown to Tibet is more than 2,000km. Due to the movement involved in the prayer, they can only walk around 10km every day so it takes around one year to arrive. They have to face different weather conditions on the road, raining, stormy winds, heavy snow, low temperature, etc. The woman is going to give birth and they have to stop for several days. After the woman checks out from the hospital, they continue and the women takes her child in the tractor. They also encountered lots of kind people who provide housing, who ask them to have tea and encourage them, etc. However, the worst thing is coming in the end when they are at the area around 150km from Tibet. Their tractor is hit by a car and the front of it is crushed. The car driver explains to them that he is hurrying to go to hospital since someone is suffering from a breathing issue. They are very kind to let him go leaving the seriously damaged tractor behind. The only one solution to repair it is to buy some accessories from Tibet. So they decide to leave the tractor and pull the carriage by themselves. After they pull the carriage a certain distance and then they need to be back and worship.
Finally, they arrive at the most sacred place which is the Potala Place.
They are so devout that they can overcome all the troubles, hurt, pain and nothing can stop them.
My deep feeling for this film is that I think they are really happy inside of their heart since they are clearly knowing where they will go and what they want.
However, the people like me without the belief will often get lost…

Pronunciation

complicated – “com pli cay ted”

condensation – “con den say shen”

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