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.
King Bhumibol of Thailand, The People’s King
A documentary telling the story of the life of King Bhumibol of Thailand in narration, photos and film
David Eckel: Buddhism 23-24 of 24
The final two lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the influential Zen school and the introduction of Buddhism to America during the 20th century.
David Eckel: Buddhism 21-22 of 24
The twenty-first and twenty-second lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the background to the introduction of Buddhism to Japan, and then at some of the great teachers and the schools they founded.
Dharma Master Cheng Yen
A portrait of the founder of the Taiwanese Compassion Relief (Tzu Chi) organisation and its founder Dharma Master Cheng Yen (English with Chinese subtitles).
David Eckel: Buddhism 19-20 of 24
The nineteenth and twentieth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the religious background to the introduction of Buddhism into China and then at the classical period during the T’ang Dynasty.
The Buddhist Science of the Mind
A film by NatGeo explorer in residence Wade Davis on Tibetan Culture and the science of meditation in Nepal.
David Eckel: Buddhism 17-18 of 24
The seventeenth and eighteenth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the various schools of the Tibetan tradition, and then focus on the institution of the Dalai Lama specifically.
