Treatment: "JOURNEY INTO THE THIRD EYE" - Pg 21

FATHER Go with the Gods my son. INT. HALLWAY - DAY Sunji is in a shallow enbrace with his mother, outside the sitting room. INT. STOREROOM - DAY Sunji carefully removes parts of his unfinished kite, from the crate in the cobwebbed corner. He delicately blows off the years of dust, from the red silk coverings and spruce-wood poles. EXT. COURTYARD - DAY Sunji canters out of the main gate. He and Ginju exchange a farewell wave. Ginju lowers his arm nostalgically; as Sunji's galloping figure grows smaller with each stride. EXT. CHAKPORI LAMASERY - DAY - EST From a distance, see several BOYS dressed in ragged brown chubas, fidgeting nervously, outside the closed doors. The doors thrust open, with Master of Acolytes wielding his menacing staff in the air. A BOY bolts from out of the doors, like a pesty field mouse. The next hopeful YOUNG MONK is summoned inside. EXT. ROOF OF CHAKPORI LAMASERY - DAY Sunji and Lama Bashir stand beside each other, overlooking the blooming plains. Their robes billow against their arms in the stiff breeze. LAMA BASHIR We come to Earth to learn. When we are in, or out of the classroom, some lessons may seem dull, unnecessary and painful. But when we succeed, we may be proud, to wear a badge, a tie, or... Lama Bashir acknowledges with a slow sway of his hand; the High Lama maroon robe Sunji wears, brocaded with the replica patches worn on Buddha's robes. A gold stole drapes around Sunji's neck, signifying his eternal affiliation to the Potala.

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