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Feature length documentary of Eastern Religious practice and influence on the west, particularly in the United States and California/San Francisco regions. Included are Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Sufism, etc.. Featured gurus include Murshid Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, a.ka., Samuel L. Lewis, Sri Bhagavan, Lama Anagarika Govinda, Maharaji Virsa Singh, Yogi Bhajan, Sri Brim Dass, Swami Satchidananda, Swami Muktananda, Baba Ram Dass, Rabbi Schlomo Carlebach, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Neem Karoli Baba. Footage includes interviews with gurus, devotees, spiritual groups, commune/communities, people meditating, praying, dancing, singing Krishna songs, Yoga practice, hippy looking people in early seventies, naked men and women dancing. Begins in India and Tibet (presumably) and ends in California. Footage of temples and people in India and Tibet.