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Jakri

Jakri – Series 2

A set of video images from Bhutan of a spiritual healer, Jakri.

Format: DV 720×576

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A Jakri is a practitioner with beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world.

Its is believed that Jakris are intermediaries or messengers between the human world and the spirit worlds. Jakris are said to treat ailments by mending the soul. Alleviating traumas affecting the soul restores the physical body of the individual to balance and wholeness.

The Jakri also enters supernatural dimensions to obtain solutions to problems afflicting the community. Jakris may visit other worlds to bring guidance to misguided souls and to ameliorate illnesses of the human soul caused by foreign elements.

The Jakri operates primarily within the spiritual world, which in turn affects the human world. The restoration of balance results in the elimination of the ailment.

Jakris belong to many ethnic Nepali communities in Bhutan.

Jakri

Jakri – Series 1

A set of video images from Bhutan of a spiritual healer, Jakri.

Format: DV 720×576

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A Jakri is a practitioner with beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world.

Its is believed that Jakris are intermediaries or messengers between the human world and the spirit worlds. Jakris are said to treat ailments by mending the soul. Alleviating traumas affecting the soul restores the physical body of the individual to balance and wholeness.

The Jakri also enters supernatural dimensions to obtain solutions to problems afflicting the community. Jakris may visit other worlds to bring guidance to misguided souls and to ameliorate illnesses of the human soul caused by foreign elements.

The Jakri operates primarily within the spiritual world, which in turn affects the human world. The restoration of balance results in the elimination of the ailment.

Jakris belong to many ethnic Nepali communities in Bhutan.

Monks

Monks – Series 4

Monks from the Kingdom of Bhutan.

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Mahayana Buddhism is the state religion of Bhutan with the hierarchy headed by the Je Khenpo assisted by five lopons or masters.
The position of Je Khenpo is granted on merit, and typically is given to the most respected monk in the body. Unlike reincarnation the position of Je Khenpo is never held by a child but always by a seasoned monk, not the case with lineages such as the Dalai Lama, Shabdrung, or Panchen Lama,
In the late 1980s there were some 12,000 monks in Bhutan which does not include an active congregation of nuns. Both monks and nuns keep their heads shaved and wear distinguishing maroon robes. Their days are spent in study and meditation but also in the performance of rituals honouring various bodhisattvas, praying for the dead, and seeking the intercession of bodhisattvas on behalf of the ill.