ockie nomination), Istanbul and Edinburgh. The Holier It Gets documents a trek Baichwal took with her brother and two sisters to the source of the Ganges river with her father's ashes. The film won Best Independent Canadian Film and Best Cultural Documentary at Hot Docs 2000, Geminis for Best Editing

ockie nomination), Istanbul and Edinburgh. The Holier It Gets documents a trek Baichwal took with her brother and two sisters to the source of the Ganges river with her father's ashes. The film won Best Independent Canadian Film and Best Cultural Documentary at Hot Docs 2000, Geminis for Best Editing

ions believe that defilements are located in the body — therefore they try to wash away their sins by washing themselves in a sacred river like the Ganges (e.g. SaigArava Brahmin [S.i.182111])— as already mentioned in the purification practices of Blessing Sixteen (§A2). Even some ill-informed Buddhi