VOWS - a short film on ordination in Chinese Buddhism

VOWS explores monastic ordination in Chinese Buddhism.

Recorded at Bailin Chan/Zen Monastery ("Cypress Grove Monastery" of Master Zhaozhou, J. Jōshū), this film offers a very rare look inside a Triple-platform Ordination for over 200 monastics.

Narrated by Ven. Ming Ying, Senior Prior of Bailin Monastery, and seven ordained monks who recount their journeys from young layman to ordination day.