Dharma – Dharma Documentaries

Hermits, Modern Chinese Practitioners

A record of meetings with contemporary eremetical practitioners living in the mountains in China.

A look at Nepalese Buddhism, its history and the importance of Lokesvara worship in the country.

The story of the first monks who went into exile with the Dalai Lama in 1959.

The life of one of the most famous Mahāyāna monks of early-modern China set against the turbulent times he lived in.

A biography of the very influential Sixth Patriarch of Zen and some of his teachings.

A film looking at the connected lives of Aurel Stein and Xuan Zang.

A look at the efforts to rebuild the Tsurphu monastery, the traditional home of the Karmapas from 1988.

A short look at one of South Korea’s most important temples.

The third in a series of films about Buddhism looks at the rock cut caves of western India.

A look at the life and thoughts of a young Thai meditation teacher.