Gurus In America (Tamar C. Reich, Fall 2008)
Swami Satchidananda
Film “Living Yoga: The Life and Teachings of Swami Satchidananda.” Available from the Integral Yoga Institute at www.livingyogamovie.org.
Rajneesh
“Ashram.” Source?
Rajneeshpuram: An Experiment to Provoke God (1995) 57 minutes
http://www.filmakers.com/index.php?a=filmDetail&filmID=601
A.C. Bhaktvedanta Swamin Prabhpada and the International Society for Krishna Consciousmess
http://www.iskconcinema.com/
Ram Dass
Film: Fierce Grace, produced and directed by Mickey Lemle, 93 minutes, Lemle Pictures, 2001. Source: Amazon? Seva Foundation?.
Film: “Evolution of a Yogi.”
Meher Baba
There are a couple of films available on Meher Baba
The Jain Guru Chitrabhanu
video about a Jain guru Chitrabhanu who takes several students to India’s Jain temples:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57495517&referer=brief_results
Recent film inspired by some Hindu gurus to the west might be interesting:
http://www.amazon.com/Guru-Jimi-Mistry/dp/B000092OME
Female Gurus
Ammachi
River of Love – Ammachi’s biography, scenes from which are dramatically reenacted.
Gurumayi
Siddha Yoga videos on Gurumayi’s delivery and discussion of the Yearly Message. 1995-99 are packaged in one video, Sadhana of the Heart Vol. 1.
Books
Cynthia Hume and Thomas Forsthoefel’ Gurus in America.
Kripal, Jeffrey and Glenn Shuck. Eds, On the Edge of the Future: Esalen and the Evolution of American Culture