Loving Karma, Seattle Film Premier, SIFF Uptown, March 3rd, 2026

Loving Karma is the long-awaited follow-up to the Emmy Award–winning documentary Tashi and the Monk. Set in the remote Himalayan foothills of Arunachal Pradesh, India, the film revisits the original story in a newly reversioned Director's Cut and expands upon the remarkable 12-year journey of Tashi-a spirited young girl once among the most troubled children at Jhamtse Gatsal Children's Community. Shaped by love, loss, and the radical compassion of her teacher, Lobsang Phuntsok, a former Buddhist monk turned community-builder, Tashi's story evolves from one of despair into a universal portrait of resilience and transformation, asking how we can carry the karma of our past and, through compassion, create something new. More than a coming-of-age story, Loving Karma opens a window into Jhamtse Gatsal ("Garden of Love and Compassion"), where over 125 children are nurtured not only with food and education but with belonging, unconditional love, and the tools to heal generational trauma. As Tashi's journey unfolds, so too does a larger truth: when we choose compassion, we not only change one life-we plant seeds of healing that ripple across families, communities, and the world.

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