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Reconstructing the Ruined Buddhist Complex of Banteay Chhmar

Posted on April 13, 2012October 22, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

A presentation by Oliver Cunin on Banteay Chhmar, a Mahayana Temple, which is the largest of the Angkorian sites outside of the main complex itself.

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Ocean of Wisdom – The Life of the Dalai Lama

Posted on March 23, 2012October 22, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

This documentary outlining not only the life of the Dalai Lama, but also the modern history of the Tibetan people, has many interviews with His Holiness, as well as historic footage.

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Kalacakra: Wheel of Time

Posted on March 2, 2012October 5, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

This is Werner Herzog’s record of the 2002 Kalacakra event in Bodhgaya, and same event later in the year held in Graz, Austria. The film also includes a visit to Mt. Kailash

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Buddha in Suburbia

Posted on February 24, 2012July 8, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a candid look at the two lives of the Lelung Rinpoche: on the one hand he is one of the most revered of the the reincarnated lamas in the Tibetan tradition, recognised by the Dalai Lama and respected and revered wherever he goes. On the other hand he is an almost unknown and…

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Ñāṇavīra Hamuduru

Posted on February 3, 2012May 23, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a short documentary about the influential English monk Ven. Ñāṇavīra,

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Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World

Posted on January 13, 2012June 22, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

Historian Bettany Hughes explains some of the basic Buddhist concepts, and at the same time show some of the riches of Buddhist culture.

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Arnaud Desjardins: The Message of the Tibetans 2, Tantrism

Posted on December 30, 2011October 10, 2020 by Dharma Documentaries

The second of Arnaud Desjardin’s films about Tibetan Buddhism in which he looks more closely at the religious side of the culture, with an examination of the rites and rituals, yogic practices and meditation involved in Tantric Buddhism.

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Arnaud Desjardins: The Message of the Tibetans 1, Buddhism

Posted on December 23, 2011October 10, 2020 by Dharma Documentaries

In 1964 and 1965 the French filmmaker Arnaud Desjardins gained access to the Tibetan community in exile, in the first filming of their life and culture allowed by the Dalai Lama since going into exile, which was compiled into two films which I will be showing over the next couple of weeks.

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Man on Cloud Mountain

Posted on December 2, 2011October 22, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

This is an hour long documentary with Harada Roshi giving many interviews on his visit to America in 1991

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Dogen, the Zen Master

Posted on November 25, 2011January 25, 2021 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a dramatic reconstruction of the Life of the great Japanese monk Dogen who flourished in Japan in the 13th century.

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