Interview with Jillian Elizabeth and Neil Dalal, co-directors of One Without a Second

Swami Dayananda Saraswati captivates seekers from India to Pennsylvania to Oman. A traditional eighty-year old monk dressed in saffron robes, Dayananda deftly weaves sophisticated philosophical concepts and methods for discovering emotional maturity with storytelling, humor, and insights into pop culture. One Without a Second is set in a remote forest ashram in Tamil Nadu, India. An international community of students gathers there to listen to Dayananda as he unfolds the teachings of Advaita Vedanta, the Indian philosophical tradition of non-duality. The tradition is in the midst of radical changes as it encounters modernity and changing social structures in India.