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Documentaries about cultures around the world, including human rights

Looted, Cambodia and Thailand

Posted on March 1, 2024March 1, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

A film looking at objects stolen from Thailand and Cambodia and on display in museums in the west.

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The Stolen Warriors

Posted on February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

A film from 2012 about the involvement of Sotherby’s in the sale of ancient Khmer heritage.

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Angkor for Sale

Posted on February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

The first of three films on this subject comes from 1998, looking at the looting of Khmer antiquities and where they end up.

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Giac Lam Pagoda in Vietnam

Posted on February 9, 2024February 9, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

A guide to a centuries-old Pagoda in Vietnam, its statues and iconography.

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Vietnam National Pagoda

Posted on February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

Description of the National Pagoda in Vietnam, its sights and monuments, and also information about the 18 Arahats featured there.

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John Guy, Fragrant Stories, Buddhist Art in Early India

Posted on January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

A talk by the curator John Guy about the early Buddhist art of India, especially focusing on the remains in the Deccan.

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Buddhist Gandharan Images of Faith

Posted on January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

PBS Thai travels to Pakistan to see the remains of Buddhist sites, and the sculptures now in the museums, they also meet a Thai monk who decided to spend his Rains Retreat in Gandhara.

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Ajahn Punnadhammo, 01 India in the Time of the Buddha

Posted on November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries

The first of eight talks on the early history of Buddhism and its spread to the Theravada countries of today.

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Buddhism in China (1972)

Posted on November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries

An excellent summary of the whole history of Buddhism in China from 1972.

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Ancient Superstructures, Angkor Wat

Posted on November 10, 2023November 10, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries

How the largest temple in the world was built, and why it is still standing 900 years later.

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