Dharma Documentaries – Page 7 – Buddhism and Its Cultures

Dan Cozort, Buddhist Economics 2

In this second video Dan Cozort discusses consumerism, status and the Buddhist ideals of contentment and frugality.

A talk looking at the problems of our present day economic system and its very great woes.

Life in a Ladakhi village recorded in 1986 before the opening of the country to the modern world.

A review of Ajahn Sumedho’s life from birth to the mid 1990s.

Life over a year of the Antaiji Soto Zen Retreat Centre in Hyogo, Japan

A film made in Japan in 1961 on the life of the Buddha, with many unusual stories.

This film follows the life of a Yangsi (or young Tulku) as he is recognised, enthroned and grows up in Bhutan and Nepal.

A film looking back over the life of one of the great Zen teachers of the recent past.

Three stories from Sri Lanka about a gem specialist, a hot-air balloonist and a Buddhist monk.

Three stories from Laos, from a longboat on the Mekong, a truck driver on mud roads, and a fisherman on the waterfalls.