SOT: Monk - Scene 9 (Conv. b/w Maitreya and Charvaka) + Guptaji's house: MNK 9943
Director: Anand Gandhi; Cinematographer: Pankaj Kumar
Duration: 00:03:27; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 249.748; Saturation: 0.015; Lightness: 0.583; Volume: 0.115; Words per Minute: 124.202
Summary: Chapter 2: Monk
Scene:
Scene 9: Conversation between Maitreya & Charvaka + Guptaji's house
Characters: Maitreya, Charvaka, Dr. Bhargava, Jagannath
Shot Description:
Maitreya and Charavaka have a conversation on the way to Guptaji's house.
Broom
Bus
Cars
Charvaka
Dr. Bhargava
Footpath
Graffiti
Jagannath
Maitreya
Maitreya and Charavaka have a conversation on the way to Guptaji's house.
Road
Road to Guptaji's house
Walking
EXT. ROAD - DAY
Maitreya and Charvaka walk briskly.
Maitreya
So, I hear you are
a writer of jokes...
Charvaka
No, as in, I have this stand-up act which I write myself.
Maitreya
Say something funny!
Charvaka
That's like me saying, say something deep.
Maitreya
I can be deep. See, once a monk went to a sandwich seller and asked him, make me one with "all"!
Charvaka
Huh! I have one which is equally terrible. Which e-mail can attain cyber enlightenment?
Maitreya
What does that mean?
ChaRVAKA
Which e-mail can attain cyber enlightenment?
Maitreya
Which?
Charvaka
One that has no attachments!
Maitreya laughs out loud.
I am sorry, I am just in this phase of life where I find everything that comes with everything that comes with no attachments rather fascinating.
A beat
I read your book, by the way.
It was engaging.
Maitreya
Oh! Thank you for reading it.
Charvaka
I didn't buy it of course.
One of my friends lent it to me.
But I have a few apprehensions.
Maitreya
That's a good thing. Tell me.
Charvaka
Like I haven't read the entire thing, but the hundred or hundred and fifty pages that I have read, I think about hundred and thirty, you say you're an atheist and at the same time you believe in the concept of soul, which I think is rather convenient.
Maitreya tries to defend himself but his reply is drowned out as Charvaka continues:
I don't think karmic causality is a reason enough for anybody to behave ethically. You know, that there is retribution of any kind in this life or any other.
A beat.
Its like a weak man's hope for some kind of cosmic revenge.
MAITREYA
I agree with you. It's very easy to believe in something out of fear and guilt.
CHARVAKA
Correct!
Maitreya
All ethics must be arrived at in isolation of religious beliefs.
Charvaka
But are you able to practise that?
Maitreya
I hope I am.
Charvaka
(In Hindi; Subtitled)
Why do monks beg?
Maitreya
(In Hindi; Subtitled)
Because hunger drives the world.
(in English)
And once that's out of the way there are more important things we can focus on. And also, it makes me more patient and humble.
Charvaka
(snickers)
Humble?
Maitreya
Yes! Why?
Charvaka
So will you be begging my boss for food?
Maitreya
No... but why did you snigger at "humble"?
Charvaka
I remembered something.
Maitreya
No, rituals are symbolic theater. Once you have accepted the symbol, or the truth behind the symbol, there is no need to stress on it all the time.
CharvakA
And you're expecting more people to follow your religion?
Maitreya
No, I am on no such mission.
Charvaka
Ok, your ideas.
Maitreya
Yes, I like to share them, and see what comes out of it, but not in religious discourses and conferences. I'd like to share them with the political and scientific mainstream.
Charvaka
Something like the Copenhagen
Climate Change Summit?
Maitreya
Yes, why not? For sure.
Charvaka
And will you walk to Copenhagen?
Maitreya
Of course!
Charvaka
Or you could keep walking inside the plane, that way you'll reach...
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