Culture – Page 5 – Dharma Documentaries

Walid Haddad, Jātaka, the Buddhas Past Birth-Stories, 01

A description of the panels on the lower register of the first level balustrade at Borobudur, showing Jātaka stories.

The story of a young girl in Myanmar who decides to become a nun.

A collector’s love of thangka painting, and his efforts to promote and preserve it.

A look at temple architecture in Mongolia, its history, culture and significance.

Hand woven silk and other materials and applied to a canvas, thangkas, or items of clothing

An excellent introduction to Mongolian thangka painting, its history and characteristics.

A journey through Sikkim in the 1990s and a look at its thangka painting tradition.

An illustrated talk on Gandhāra and the textual finds there that are changing our understanding of early Buddhism.

A look at the history and culture of the Buddhist lands of Gandhāra, now mainly in Pakistan.

The last of this series looks at the preservation efforts being made at the Caves for future generations.