Ayurveda: Art of Being

Name: Ayurveda: Art of Being
Genre: Documentary
Released: July 17, 2002
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 45

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Kino International | Release Date: July 17, 2002

Summary: Pan Nalin's Documentary on Ayurveda, revealing how the revitalised holistic discipline, based on the most ancient of techniques, can be applied in this age of nuclear power, the internet and instant everything. (Kino International)

Director: Pan Nalin

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 102 min

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Although filmmaker Pan Nalin is a believer in Ayurveda,there is little in the film to convince anybody else. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Writer-director Pan Nalin's film is at its best when he focuses on the meticulous, hands-on preparation of herb- and mineral-based drugs; it's also genuinely provocative to hear Ayurvedists argue that healing should be a vocation rather than a career. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

A sometimes eye-opening, if overlong, German-Swiss documentary on a holistic health system that's been practiced, mostly in India, for more than 500 years. Read full review

Elizabeth Zimmer

For the most part, though, Ayurveda speaks in subtitled Asian cadences to an affluent international audience primed to believe. Read full review

Dave Kehr

As a believer preaching to an audience of believers, he (Nalin) feels no need to offer proofs or anything even approaching a rational argument. Read full review

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Jan 27, 2005

Great Movie and great subject - go see it. Ignore some of the biased comments posted the likes of DR tao. DR tao , your criticism of the movie(what a mess , what a shame) applies best to your own posting.

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Jun 8, 2006

Whether or not this film was able to "convert" others into believing in Ayurveda or not, is irrelevent and yet, seems to be the focus of a few cranks reviewing this film. This is a beautifully presented piece that gives insight into the culture and philosophy of the Hindu religion and how Whether or not this film was able to "convert" others into believing in Ayurveda or not, is irrelevent and yet, seems to be the focus of a few cranks reviewing this film. This is a beautifully presented piece that gives insight into the culture and philosophy of the Hindu religion and how this translates into Indias public health system. For those looking for objective and scientific proof as to whether Ayurveda works or not, don't waste your time with this film. That does not seem to be its objective and yet that is what both critics and few users on this site seem to be harping on. One of the lines in this movie that resonated with me is that an Ayurvedic physician stated that he "treats people, not diseases" As one who has become increasingly disappointed with our American medical system and its "MacPatients" push em through, prescribe a med, ship 'em out approach to health care, no wonder holistic alternatives seem more and more appealing to the general public. The essential point of Ayurveda does not rest on a mechanistic, impersonal, and clinical analysis of chemicals and atoms, rather, Ayurveda takes a disciplined approach to understanding a human being's subjective, cognative and symbiotic nature and how our environment, emotions, and body all interact with, and effect one another. One point that would be interesting to follow up with is how India's official public health system is actually comprised of both modern western "allopathic" medicine as well as the traditional system of Ayurveda, which has led to a system known as "Mishra Ayurveda" or mixed Ayurveda. What seemed to be presented was more along the lines of "Shuddha Ayurveda" or pure Ayurveda. Most popular exponents of Ayurveda, such as Deepak Chopra and Dr Vasant Lad, come from the mixed, or Mishra, school. Overall I found this film to be very enlightening and very interesting to see this discipline in action. Especially it seems that Ayurveda is very effective in dealing with diabedes and illnesses stemming from diabedes.… Expand

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