An unusual love story set in Myanmar, involving love and life and meditation too. You won’t forget this one easily.
Nivarana, the box of desires
Category: Dharma
Mainly documentaries about Buddhist Themes
Dazu Rock Carvings (World Heritage China)
A documentary about the rock carvings at Dazu in Sichuan, which are some of the later cave temples in China, showing a harmony of the three main religions.
The BBC’s Life of the Buddha
Acclaimed video documentary on the traditional life of the Buddha. Quite realistically portrayed, and a very positive film, even though it presents myth as history.
A Soldier becomes a Monk
A short documentary about Ven Sanghasena and the various good works he has been doing in Ladakh.
Act Normal
A documentary covering the life of the English monk Ven. Dhammanando over a period of about a decade.
The Background to the Buddha’s Teaching
An illustrated talk on the geographical, social, political and religious background to the Buddha’s teaching.
Caring for the Beyond, Two Lao Buddhist Festivals for the Deceased
An ethnographic and anthropologic documentary about two festivals held in Laos which help keep the departed and the living connected.
The Zen Mind
This is a beautifully photographed and edited introduction to the many faces of Zen in contemporary Japan.
Enter the Mandala
An introduction to a small, but significant, exhibition on the mandala at the Asian Art Museum.
Tibetan Buddhism in China (Sertar)
NHK documentary about life in the Sertar monastery in Tibet, including interviews with high lamas and nuns.