Through the eastern gate Switzerland 2006

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Through the eastern gate Switzerland 2006
WHAT moves young, educated people to give up their lives in material security for a spiritual quest that is characterized by uncertainty?
Through the Eastern Gate is a documentary film about the aspirations, practices and ways of life of three young Westerners who follow three different eastern spiritual traditions.
In the idyllic rural setting of South India we get to know Ronela - a Finn who dedicated her life to traditional Tantric yoga. In Dehradun, in the North Indian foothills of the Himalayas, we meet Sister Yeshe - a young Australian nun who practices Tibetan Buddhism. And in Turkey we finally follow Aziz - a Californian Sufi dervish...