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List Price: $14.00 | | Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Salesrank: 440511
Released: February 22, 2005 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
Movie fans and spiritual seekers, unite! In Cinema Nirvana, meditation teacher and award-winning film critic Dean Sluyter illuminates the hidden enlightenment teachings of Casablanca, Jaws, The Graduate, The Godfather, Memento, and ten other classic films, revealing spiritual wisdom in everything from 007’s secret weapons to the colors of the Seven Dwarfs’ eyes.
So grab your popcorn, sit back, and prepare to have your mind opened. Cinema Nirvana is a funny but wise, practical but wildly entertaining guide to finding enlightenment—one movie at a time.
Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment Lessons from the Movies Reviews:
Brilliant, creative, insightful, entertaining weave of Dharma in film 
2009-06-19 - This is just a delight to read, entertaining, funny, educational. The author weaves and illustrates so brilliantly the dharma teaching in each film and story. Many I have seen/read and some I ended up seeing to watch from his point of view. I have reread this book many times and have shared it with many. My daughter 1st discovered it and shared with me. We've had a fun time discussing it. It is spiritual and so insightful, one is learning about untangling from negative ego via Dean's inspired writing. I can't say enough good about it! What a fun way to learn and 'awaken!'
cinema nirvana, buddhist movie pearls for all ages 
2008-11-23 - you don t have to be a buddhist to appreciate this common sense approach
to the movies we know and love...easy to understand but profound at the
same time......nancy
Highly recommended
2005-11-04 - Reading Cinema Nirvana was an exceptionally gratifying experience. It was hard to put the book down, and every time I tried to do so, I was drawn back to it. The reading of it was a comforting experience, as well as being entertaining and making me laugh. When I poked my head out of its waters, I felt like I had been meditating for quite a while.
But it actually did more than that. Sluyter's life experience and committment to seeking consciousness infuses this book with a clear and cogent energy that passes on to the reader. Not many books have this magic. In the reading of it, I felt something in me unlock, taking me deeper within myself, a priceless experience.
Sluyter's ability to recognize and interpret the presence of spiritual guidance in the movies is amazing. But it is not just this skill, nor just the knowledge imparted, that makes this book shine. It is also his willingness to be real, to share his passion and to bare his heart. I highly recommend it.
Captivating
2005-05-21 - Thoroughly enjoyable capture of the nuggets of dharma illustrated in film. This was a grand gift of a book.
A terrific book and a way fun read!
2005-05-05 - Cinema Nirvana is a terrific book and a way fun read. I want to go over some of it again because it is quite thought provoking for me. I got a non-New-Age-Oh-Wow-How-Cosmic-Dude look at roots of some of my own beliefs and practices. Completely unexpected, and pleasantly surprising.
