Summary

A documentary that won the prestigious Columbia-duPont award for documentaries It weaves information to provide a critical video exploration of the Guru Maharaj Ji, the sixteen-year-old leader of a cult-like new age group, the Divine Light Mission (DLM), and who is known to his followers as The Lord of the Universe It chronicles a gathering of his followers at Houston's Astrodome, as well as some of the beliefs and practices of his zealous supporters

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 303029
Story Slug Millennium 73 Documentary Pt 5 (1973)
Location Various
Format Edited
Date 01/01/1973
Archive Time 40:56
TRT 10:13
Video Description Hare Krishnas dance at the airport Hare Krishnas argue with a follower, saying that the Guru is a fake, and not the Golden Avatar Some crazy man implies Indian religion is about men getting rich and fat while everyone else suffers A security guard says, I don't have to think, I know, I have Guru Maharaj Ji's knowledge He says they don't want Christians coming in because they will have a fixed, rigid attitude Followers sing and enter the stadium The Guru relates a nonsensical metaphor involving a Superman comic and a small child Michael talks about his quest to find knowledge He talks to women at a booth about getting on a mailing list for people who want to receive knowledge Finally, something concrete! A restless crowd insists on getting knowledge now, rather than later Michael says to his wife, There is absolutely nothing to be frightened about there was no hypnotism, there was no chance I was hypnotized Several ex-Premies talk about joining the Guru and being hypnotized by the pride of receiving attention from the Guru Michael says that releasing the secret of the knowledge publicly wouldn't be good, because people might hurt themselves by turning away from incomplete information The techniques are so simple that they wouldn't possibly work without the Guru's guidance
Description A documentary that won the prestigious Columbia-duPont award for documentaries It weaves information to provide a critical video exploration of the Guru Maharaj Ji, the sixteen-year-old leader of a cult-like new age group, the Divine Light Mission (DLM), and who is known to his followers as The Lord of the Universe It chronicles a gathering of his followers at Houston's Astrodome, as well as some of the beliefs and practices of his zealous supporters
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