A look at the protests by self-immolation that swept over Tibet during the last decade.
Read More: Fire in the Land of Snow
 A film about the multi-faceted relationship there is between the Dalai Lama specifically, and Tibetans in general, with India.  The story of the Dalai Lama’s life and works and the influence he has had on world culture. Read More: Enlightened, an unauthorised story of the Dalai Lama  An interesting talk by Prof. Bruce Greyson on the nature of consciousness, and whether it can exist apart from the brain. Read More: Bruce Greyson: Is Consciousness Produced by the Brain  The final film in this series tracing an Indian expedition in which they move out of Lhasa and cross Tibet on their way to Mt Everest. Read More: Beyond the Himalayas 5, Higher Than Everest  The fourth of five films tracing an Indian expedition in which they finally head into Tibet, and learn about the history and culture there.  A report from 1991 on the devastating purge of Buddhism and its adherents in Mongolia during the communist period. Read More: The Secrets of the Mongolian Steppe  Acclaimed video documentary on the traditional life of the Buddha. Quite realistically portrayed, and a very positive film, even though it presents myth as history. Read More: The BBC’s Life of the Buddha  A documentary from 1995 on the ancient civilisation maintained in Tibet and its overthrow by the communists. Read More: Lost Civilisations: Ancient Tibet  A look at the continuation of the traditions of India’s great monastic learning centres in the Vajrayana by one of India’s leading cultural historians. Read More: Indian Roots of Tibetan Buddhism |
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