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Short Cut to Nirvana is an award-winning documentary about the Kumbh Mela spiritual festival that takes place near Allahabad, India, every 12 years.

The Kumbh Mela also happens to be the biggest gathering in history, attracting 70 million pilgrims.

From this incredible event comes a powerful and uplifting message of harmony, unity and peace for all humanity.

Yet almost no-one outside India has ever heard of the Kumbh Mela or its message. Until now.


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"EXTRAORDINARY! The glimpses it offers are never less than fascinating... Seventy million pilgrims can't be wrong!"
- THE NEW YORK TIMES


 

SHORT CUT TO NIRVANA DVD (USA/Canada)- Maurizio Benazzo & Nick Day

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$19.95

SHORT CUT TO NIRVANA DVD (International Version)- Maurizio Benazzo & Nick Day

This edition not for sale in the US or Canada

$19.95


SOUNDTRACK CD

Enjoy the music and sounds of Short Cut to Nirvana!

 

$12.95


DVD EXTRA FEATURES

The Short Cut to Nirvana DVD offers tremendous value, with over 75 minutes of additional material, including extended discourses on a wide range of spiritual subjects, an address by the Dalai Lama, and behind-the-scenes material seen here for the first time. Enjoy!

THE DALAI LAMA
His Holiness addresses an audience about his lifelong purpose: To promote human values and help create religious harmony.

EXTENDED DISCOURSES
Five spiritual teachers - including two who appear exclusively on the DVD - offer insight and wisdom on a wide range of subjects:

Inner Silence and Samadhi

Pilot Baba

Yoga and Breathing
Ramanand Puri

Unity and Conscious Awareness
Sadhvi Ritabharaji

Dharma, Satsang, and Gurus
Purna Praghnamataji

Devotion to a Goal... and Celebration!

Sudashanacharya Maharaj

WESTERN PILGRIMS FOUR YEARS ON
J
asper Johal, Dyan Summers and Justin Davis reflect on their experiences and how the Kumbh Mela has changed their lives.

FILMMAKERS' INTERVIEW
Maurizio Benazzo and Nick Day talk about the creative and logistical challenges in making the film, and offer insights into how accepting India's "plan" opened the door to many unexpected possibilities that continue to this day!

SLIDESHOW
Photographs of the Kumbh Mela by Nick Day

DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 (main feature)

THEATRICAL TRAILER

CLOSED CAPTIONING

Main feature: 85 minutes
Extras: 75 minutes
NTSC / Color
4.3 letterboxed to 1.66


CD TRACK LIST

1. The Rivers Meet
2. On Pilgrimage
3. Boll
4. I Am Blessing You!
5. Eyes Of Shiva
6. Om Jai Jagadish Hare
7. Eyebalm
8. All Traditions (featuring H.H. the Dalai Lama)
9. Haridwar
10. Jai Vishnu
11. Chapatis And Chai
12. Samadhi
13. Throne Of Nails
14. March Of The Naga Babas
15. I Want To Dance!
16. Mata Ganga
17. Kalander (Trance Remix)

 

MOVIE POSTER

Original poster from the theatrical release.

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