August Rush
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Eleven years later, Evan (Freddie Highmore) has spent all his life in an orphanage. While others yearn to be adopted, he is convinced that his parents are alive and will appear to take him home with them. Evan is considered a "freak" since he hears music all around him — in the wind, the air, and the light. In another century, he would have described his experiences as listening to the music of the spheres. All the world's religions hallow this special means of communication. With music, we tend to forget ourselves, enabling us to tune in to the mysteries all around us. This is a very spiritual way of being.[1]
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Tsangpa Gyare was born in 1161 in the upper Nyang region of the Tsang province.
Soon after his birth, numerous spiritual masters recognised him as a reincarnation of a great saint and cared for him. He became accomplished in various Buddhist practices.
Under the guidance of his root master Lingchen Repa, he became an expert in Mahamudra (the Great Seal) meditation and the Six Practices of Naropa. He was able to withstand extremely harsh, cold weather.
In retreat in a snow-covered cave, Tsangpa Gyare only wore a thin, white, cotton robe. The psychic heat that his body generated melted away the snow under him as well as his surroundings.
When Tsangpa Gyare passed away at the age of 50, a rainbow canopy appeared; showers of flowers fell on the day of his cremation. It was said that many could hear celestial music and smell a beautiful scent in the air...[2]
The Pure Land is described, metaphorically, as resplendent with all manner of jewels and precious things, towers of agate, palaces of jade. There are huge trees made of various gems, covered with fruits and flowers. Giant lotuses spread their fragrance everywhere. There are pools, also made of seven jewels, and filled with the purest water, which adjusts itself to the depth and temperature the bathers prefer. Underfoot, gold covers the ground. Flowers fall from the sky day and night, and the whole sky is covered with a net made of gold and silver and pearls. The Pure Land is perfumed with beautiful scents and filled with celestial music.[3]
