Dharma – Page 17 – Dharma Documentaries

A Bright Moon, the Life of Hong-yi

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.

An animated film retelling the traditional life of the Buddha in an attractive form.

A documentary covering what happens when meditation is brought to inmates in a US prison.

A retelling of Jātaka 140 in which the Bodhisatta in born as a crow and saves his fellows from a brahmin’s anger.