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Documentaries about cultures around the world, including human rights

Blavatsky and Olcott’s Tibet with Glenn H. Mullin

Posted on March 7, 2014March 7, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

A pilgrimage tour to some of the most famous sites in Tibet with Glenn H. Mullin.

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Chenrezig, Mandala of Compassion (Tibet in Glastonbury)

Posted on March 3, 2014March 3, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

A short documentary about a visit made by Tibetan monks to Glastonbury, the new-age capital of England.

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Tibet’s Stolen Child (the Panchen Lama)

Posted on February 28, 2014February 28, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

A film about the abduction of Tibet’s second highest ranking Lama by the Chinese authorities.

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Ritual in Contemplation, Text and Tools in Tantric Buddhism

Posted on February 26, 2014April 7, 2025 by Dharma Documentaries

A lecture about the meaning and symbolism used in Tibetan art works by Prof. Robert Thurman.

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Mystic Tibet with Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Posted on February 21, 2014July 17, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

A record of a pilgrimage to Tibet by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and 50+ of his students from all round the world in or around 2006.

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Cold Mountain, Chinese Poet of the Tang Dynasty

Posted on February 5, 2014February 5, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

An appreciation of the Chinese Tang Dynasty era poet Han Shan (Cold Mountain) by some of his finest American translators.

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Albert Von Le Coq, Adventure in Turpan

Posted on January 24, 2014March 18, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The explorations made in the Turpan area of Xinjiang by the German Archeologist Albert Von Le Coq at the beginning of the 20th century (mainly English, with some subtitles).

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China, West meets East at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Posted on January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

A look at the aesthetics and history of China through the collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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Sven Hedin’s 1928 Expedition through the Gobi Desert

Posted on January 10, 2014January 10, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

A silent film recording the adventures of an expedition led by the Swedish explorer Sven Hedin in the Gobi desert.

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The Road to Shangri-la

Posted on December 30, 2013March 22, 2021 by Dharma Documentaries

In 1999 the photo-journalist David Adams travels to Pakistan in search of Shangi-la and its Buddhist culture.

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