Skip to content

Dharma Documentaries

Buddhism and Its Cultures

Menu
  • Dharma
  • Culture
  • Ecology
  • Archives
  • About
Menu

Category: Dharma

Mainly documentaries about Buddhist Themes

Karmapa, The Lion Begins To Roar

Posted on August 8, 2014March 31, 2017 by Dharma Documentaries

A film made in 1999 in Tibet when the Karmapa was 14 years old and just before he fled to India

Read more

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa’s Return to Tsurphu Monastery

Posted on August 1, 2014March 21, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

A record of the return of the reincarnated Gyalwa Karmapa to his home monastery in Tibet in 1992.

Read more

Amongst White Clouds in China

Posted on July 4, 2014March 17, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

A documentary featuring meetings with contemporary Buddhist Masters living remotely in the Zhongnan mountains in China (mainly Mandarin with English subtitles).

Read more

Looking for Ancient Tibet

Posted on June 27, 2014March 17, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

A journey through modern Tibet is search of the great yogis and teachers of the past and the present.

Read more

The Dalai Lama, Inner Peace and Non-Violence

Posted on June 23, 2014June 23, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

A record of a talk on the subjects of the promotion of human values, religious harmony, the practice of non-violence, determination, compassion and inner disarmament by H.H. the Dalai Lama.

Read more

The Monk Bodhidharma, The First Patriarch of Zen

Posted on May 16, 2014September 14, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

Documentary from India’s Doordarshan on the legendary life and missionary work of Ven Bodhidharma

Read more

The Buddha’s Forgotten Nuns

Posted on May 12, 2014September 3, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

A 30-minute documentary talking to people on both sides of the divide in the discussion about the re-establishment of the Bhikkhuni order in the Theravada tradition.

Read more

Secret Tribes: Bhikkhunis in Thailand

Posted on April 14, 2014March 17, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

A positive look at the current state of bhikkhunis in Thailand with interviews with Ven Dhammananda and other nuns.

Read more

Mystic Tibet with Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Posted on February 21, 2014July 17, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

A record of a pilgrimage to Tibet by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and 50+ of his students from all round the world in or around 2006.

Read more

Cold Mountain, Chinese Poet of the Tang Dynasty

Posted on February 5, 2014February 5, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

An appreciation of the Chinese Tang Dynasty era poet Han Shan (Cold Mountain) by some of his finest American translators.

Read more
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • …
  • 41
  • Next

Search

Subscriptions

Follow our Facebook Page Follow our Tweets Subscribe to our Feed

Subscribe by Email

Email


Shortlink and QR

Donations

This site has taken more than fifteen years and 1,000s of hours to build, and has more than a thousand documentaries on it. If you would like to help, you can do so here. Even small amounts make a difference.

Copyright

If anyone has any copyright claims please contact me at dharmadocus@gmail.com and the posts and films will be immediately removed.

Top Ten Tags

Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana

India
Silk Road
China
Tibet

Arts
Lectures
Women

Other Websites

for my other websites please see my
LINKTREE

Sponsorship

 hosting sponsored by exabytes.my 

Random Posts

  • Amazing Cambodia
  • John Guy, Identifying Jainism in Indian Art
  • HUMAN, Volume Three
  • Si Satchanalai, Thailand (Expoza)
  • Peace Parks
  • Bhutan (Expoza)
  • Himalaya, a Leader’s Childhood
  • Danino 1, Recent Findings on Indus Sarasvati Civilization
  • Beyond the Himalayas 3, Tales of the Silk Road
  • The City Lost in History (Taxila)

Recent Posts

  • Uruvela Kassapa and the Tebhatika Jatila
  • Losar Ceremonies in Dharamsala
  • Koyasan, The Sanctuary of Shingon Buddhism
  • Supermonk
  • Erdene Zuu Monastery, Mongolia
  • Alexandra David-Neel, A Parisian in Lhasa
  • Forgotten Temples in the Former Kingdom of Mustang
  • Torii in Japan
  • Master Sculptor of Buddhist Statues, Matsumoto Shukan
  • South Korea, the Land of Many Miracles
© 2026 Dharma Documentaries | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme