Culture – Page 6 – Dharma Documentaries

Walid Haddad, Jātaka, the Buddhas Past Birth-Stories, 02

The second of two videos describing the panels on the lower register of the first level at Borobudur.

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.