Dharma – Page 19 – Dharma Documentaries

Eminent Buddhists 1, Kumarajiva and Xuang Zang

First of four documentaries about eminent Buddhists in the old Chinese capital city (Mandarin, with English subtitles)

Interviews with the Dalai Lama and Richard Gere as they attend the Kala Chakra initiations in Bodhgaya in 2012, with documentary footage.

A look at the life and works of the great Bengali reformer Ven. Kripasaran.

A portrait of the life of a young Western lama from 1998; and a film by the same lama in 2012.

A film about Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche and Khenpo Kunga Wangchuk, who headed his educational efforts.

A film following Khentsye Rinpoche as he makes his first feature film, The Cup.

A short documentary looking at the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Europe and its works.

A film about a remarkable pilgrimage from a remote Tibetan village to Lhasa and Mt. Kailash.

Western monastics speak about their paths to becoming first Buddhists, and then ordained members of the Sangha.

A look at one of Japan’s most sacred pilgrimages through the eyes of American Pilgrims.