Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Kenrap is eight years old. He is a Buddhist monk and lives in the Phukthal monastery on the peaks of the Himalayan mountains of Zanskar.
Kenrap chose his life away from his family: when he was five, he remembered he was the reincarnation of a 68 year-old monk, and then decided to return to the monastery where he belonged.
Filmed from the point of view of a subjective camera by a young ethnologist, Path to the Sky follows this attaching little monk with whom we share moments of intimacy, and gives us a rare glance at Buddhist monastic life.
Documentary: Himalaya, a Path to the Sky
Directed by: Marianne Chaud
Production: ZED (2015)
#Documentary #Freedocumentary #BuddhistMonk #ChildMonk #Himalayas #Zanskar #Buddhism #MonasticLife #SpiritualJourney #CulturalDocumentary #HumanStories #MountainLife
Kenrap is eight years old. He is a Buddhist monk and lives in the Phukthal monastery on the peaks of the Himalayan mountains of Zanskar.
Kenrap chose his life away from his family: when he was five, he remembered he was the reincarnation of a 68 year-old monk, and then decided to return to the monastery where he belonged.
Filmed from the point of view of a subjective camera by a young ethnologist, Path to the Sky follows this attaching little monk with whom we share moments of intimacy, and gives us a rare glance at Buddhist monastic life.
Documentary: Himalaya, a Path to the Sky
Directed by: Marianne Chaud
Production: ZED (2015)
#Documentary #Freedocumentary #BuddhistMonk #ChildMonk #Himalayas #Zanskar #Buddhism #MonasticLife #SpiritualJourney #CulturalDocumentary #HumanStories #MountainLife
