Buddha found enlightenment sitting under a tree in Bodh Gaya, India and today Buddhist monks are ordained in this holy place. Werner Herzog (who claimed to have once walked from Munich to Paris) takes their lengthy pilgrimage (for some, more than 3000 miles) and the monks’ creation of the intricate sand mandala (“the wheel of time”) as jumping-off points for a thoughtful, highly personal look at what Buddhism means to its most fervent adherents as well as to the rest of us. “You’re reminded why Herzog is considered a master: The sight of travelers filing across the snow-covered plains past Mount Kallash and the climactic sweeping of the mandala portraiture into oblivion are as awe-inspiring as anything Herzog has ever contrived.” – David Fear, City Pages (Minneapolis)

• Official Werner Herzog site
• Read Werner Herzog's New Direction by J. HOBERMAN in THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sunday, May 8, 2005
• BBC Four interview with Herzog about WHEEL OF TIME
• John Anderson's Village Voice feature article on Werner Herzog
• The Government of Tibet in Exile Website
• Tibet House U.S. Website