The Last Monk

The Last Monk is the journey of a young newlymarried woman from the world of the newlyrich 30something IT engineers and corporate managers in New Delhi to the vast stark beauty of Ladakh in the Indian Himalayas It is a journey from the superficial materialism of the new young Indian middle class to the universal mysticism of Buddhism The otherworldly landscape becomes inseparable from the cosmic power of the physical and mystical universe as she discovers her own spirituality and a sexuality beyond the physical led and mentored by a young khempo or lay Buddhist monk vital verbose funny and a fountain of cosmic truths The Last Monk is part of a growing movement in Indian cinema approaching the societal and spiritual issues raised by todays rapidlychanging India