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David Eckel: Buddhism 19-20 of 24

Posted on November 14, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The nineteenth and twentieth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the religious background to the introduction of Buddhism into China and then at the classical period during the T’ang Dynasty.

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The Buddhist Science of the Mind

Posted on November 10, 2014May 2, 2025 by Dharma Documentaries

A film by NatGeo explorer in residence Wade Davis on Tibetan Culture and the science of meditation in Nepal.

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David Eckel: Buddhism 17-18 of 24

Posted on November 7, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The seventeenth and eighteenth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the various schools of the Tibetan tradition, and then focus on the institution of the Dalai Lama specifically.

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Animals and the Buddha

Posted on November 3, 2014November 3, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

A film by Dharma Voices for Animals on our relationships with animals from a Buddhist perspective, featuring some of the best known Buddhist activists on animal rights.

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David Eckel: Buddhism 15-16 of 24

Posted on October 31, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The fifteenth and sixteenth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism explores more into the Tantric tradition, the first video being on the use of the mandala, and the second on the passing of the Vajrayana to Tibet.

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Buried Treasure, Mohenjo daro

Posted on October 27, 2014March 14, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

A short film from 1957 in which Sir Mortimer Wheeler takes a tour of the Indus Valley civilsation, which he helped excavate.

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David Eckel: Buddhism 13-14 of 24

Posted on October 24, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The thirteenth and fourteenth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism he looks at the development of Buddhist philosophy and the emergence of Tantric Buddhism in the middle ages.

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Many Happy Returns (Rebirth Stories)

Posted on October 20, 2014March 14, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The story of two children from very different backgrounds who report that they can remember their past lives.

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David Eckel: Buddhism 11-12 of 24

Posted on October 17, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The eleventh and twelfth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the various Bodhisattvas and divine beings, and the doctrine of emptiness in Mahayana Buddhism.

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The Leshan Giant Buddha Statue

Posted on October 13, 2014March 21, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

Two short films on the Giant Leshan Buddha Statue in China, by far the largest stone sculpture in the pre-modern world (mainly English, interviews in Mandarin with subtitles).

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