Dharma Documentaries – Page 7 – Dharma. Culture. Ecology.

Life as Cinema, the Making of the Cup

A film following Khentsye Rinpoche as he makes his first feature film, The Cup.

A short documentary looking at the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Europe and its works.

A film about a remarkable pilgrimage from a remote Tibetan village to Lhasa and Mt. Kailash.

Western monastics speak about their paths to becoming first Buddhists, and then ordained members of the Sangha.

A non-narrative film from the head temple of the Shingon esoteric sect in Japan.

A look at one of Japan’s most sacred pilgrimages through the eyes of American Pilgrims.

The extraordinary pilgrimage of a Buddhist monk belonging to the Tendai sect of Buddhism in Japan.

An investigation into the lost Buddhist kingdom of Kucha in Central Asia.

A film looking at one day in the life of an illiterate peasant woman in Tibet.

Interviews with nuns conducted from 2012-2015 discussing their paths into monastic life.