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Doing Time, Doing Vipassana

Posted on October 26, 2012January 25, 2017 by Dharma Documentaries

A documentary looking at the introduction of vipassana meditation into the Indian prison service and the good results that were achieved.

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The Meaning of Tibetan Mandalas

Posted on October 19, 2012November 6, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

Two films on Tibetan maṇḍalas, explaining their meaning, showing their construction and animating them in 3D computer animations.

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Benoy K Behl: The Path of Compassion

Posted on October 12, 2012October 22, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

A new film by the eminent Indian art historian Benoy K Behl tracing the development of Buddhism in India through the ages.

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Religious Linkages Between Bhutan and Ladakh

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Dharma Documentaries

A film exploring the links between two kingdoms that lie at either end of the Tibetan plateau.

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Tibet – A Buddhist Trilogy

Posted on September 28, 2012April 30, 2017 by Dharma Documentaries

A 3-part documentary about Tibetan religion that observes some of the rituals and meditative practices found in the culture.

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Land of Buddha

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Dharma Documentaries

An interesting documentary visiting many of the main archeological sites in India connected with Buddhism

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Spirit Of Tibet – Dilgo Khyentse Rimpoche

Posted on August 17, 2012August 19, 2025 by Dharma Documentaries

Documentary about one of the greatest lights in Tibetan Buddhism in the 20th century, Khyentse Rimpoche.

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Lost Treasures of Afghanistan

Posted on August 10, 2012May 26, 2017 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a 2004 National Geographic Special showing how Afgahnis have been working to save their country’s heritage collections, which were seemingly either in shreds or were lost.

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Eternal Ancestors – Buddha’s Relics

Posted on July 15, 2012October 22, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

Lecture at the Metropolitan Museum in New York about the importance of reliquaries in Buddhist culture

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My Brother, Buddhist Monk

Posted on June 24, 2012April 20, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

Documentary following Santeri Ahola on his trip to Thailand where he hopes to ordain as a Buddhist Monk.

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