Meditation – Dharma Documentaries

A Monk’s Life

A look at the life and thoughts of a young Thai meditation teacher.

A documentary covering what happens when meditation is brought to inmates in a US prison.

The introduction of vipassanā meditation into prisons in Mongolia in 2014-5.

A film about the life and works of Lama Govinda, a yogi striving in the way of Milarepa.

A look at Zen training at the Japanese Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism Shogen ji Monastery in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan.

A non-narrative film following the daily activities of the western zen teacher Hyon Gak sunim.

A meditative look at the work that goes into preparing a Arhat statue at a Tibetan monastery.

This documentary looks at what life is like in a family living by zen principles.

A film from Korea about two very different monks, their relationship, and their quest for awakening.

A film about the troubled and eventually reconclied relationship between a Dzogchen teacher and his son born in the west.