Architecture – Dharma Documentaries

Secrets of the Forbidden City

A look at the construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing, and how it has survived till now.

The first of four videos looking at the Jātaka reliefs at Borobudur. This first one covers 25 stories.

How the largest temple in the world was built, and why it is still standing 900 years later.

An illustrated talk on the great pilgrim-scholar monks in China in the 7th and 8th centuries and their influence in Japan.

An illustrated talk on the great pilgrim-scholar monks in China in the 7th and 8th centuries and their influence on the arts.

The second of two films looking at all aspects of the great palace in Beijing and its fortunes over the centuries.

The first of two films looking at all aspects of the great palace in Beijing and its fortunes over the centuries.

A short look at one of South Korea’s most important temples.

The sixth in a series of films about Buddhism look at the later stages of cave art in India.

The third in a series of films about Buddhism looks at the rock cut caves of western India.