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Touch and Go, Choygam Trungpa’s Epic Journey to the West

Posted on June 24, 2011March 20, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The heroic escape of Chögyam Trungpa Rimpoche and his followers from Tibet during the Chinese invasion of the country in 1959.

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The Story of Buddhism by Benoy K Behl

Posted on June 17, 2011October 21, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

A series of videos on the philosophy, art and culture of Buddhism in India by the renowned historian and photographer Benoy K Behl covering the Stupa, cave monasteries and later developments in the Himalayan Region.

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The Journey of Xuanzang 11 & 12

Posted on June 10, 2011December 26, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

The Emperor requests Xuanzang to write his Records of the Western World and he gains partonage to start his translation work. He translates some of the most voluminous of the Mahayana works, but eventually his health deteriorates and he passes away.

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The Journey of Xuanzang 9 & 10

Posted on June 3, 2011December 26, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

These two episodes cover the last years of Xuanzang’s sojourn in Nalanda, his great debates, and eventually his departure, and return across the Silk Road to the China of the Tang Dynasty.

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The Journey of Xuanzang 7 & 8

Posted on May 27, 2011December 26, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

Xuanzang travels down through India and eventually reaches Nalanda, where he is to stay for 10 years in all. Much information about the foundation of Buddhism, its propogatation under King Asoka, and the glories of Nalanda.

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The Journey of Xuanzang 5 & 6

Posted on May 20, 2011December 26, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

In these episodes Xuanzang crosses Central Asia and makes his way down through what is now Afghanistan and eventually on into Kashmir, where he spent the next two years studying.

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The Journey of Xuanzang 3 & 4

Posted on May 13, 2011December 26, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

In these episodes Xuanzang reaches Gaochang, where he is welcomed by the King. He crosses the dangerous Yanqi and spends a few months in Kuch, before crossing over the Pamir and emerging into Central Asia, with only half his original party left.

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The Journey of Xuanzang 1 & 2

Posted on May 6, 2011December 26, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

These episodes narrate the birth of Xuanzang and his childhood, his ordination, search for the true Dharma, and his meeting with the Indian monk Prabhakaramitra, and the beginning of his journey to India.

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The Journey of Xuanzang: An Introduction

Posted on May 5, 2011December 27, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

The Journey of Xuanzang is a lavishly illustrated 12-part biography of the great Chinese traveler and translator Xuanzang, based on Records of the Western World and A Biography of the Tripitaka Master.

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Tibet on the Edge of Change

Posted on March 18, 2011December 5, 2020 by Dharma Documentaries

A romantic view of Tibetan peasant life is offered in this 1994 documentary, which focuses on the ordinary day-to-day life of the people, who are trying to eke out a living on the plateau.

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