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Overview of the Tibetan Book of the Dead

Posted on April 11, 2025April 11, 2025 by Dharma Documentaries

An overview of the teachings found in the Tibetan Book of the Dead.

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Taima Mandala

Posted on April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

A look at one of the Japanese Taima Mandalas which describe and picture the Pure Land.

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Discovering Oneself with a Bowl of Temple Food

Posted on May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries

Coming face to face with oneself on a short-term monastic retreat in Korea.

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Tōshōji Soto Zen Monastery

Posted on May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries

The life and activities in the Tōshōji Soto Zen Monastery in Okayama Prefecture in Japan (Japanese with Eng. subs)

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Zen Buddhism – In Search of Self

Posted on January 27, 2023March 14, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a fly-on-the-wall type documentary made by Gong Jae Sung during the 90-day meditation retreat at the 10th century Baek Hung Nuns’ Temple on the Palgong Mountain in Korea during 2001/2.

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Bright and Shining Mind in a Disabled Body

Posted on January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries
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Remarkable true life story of Khun Kampol Thongbunnum, a Thai man, whose life was turned upside down by an accident that left him paralysed from the neck downwards.

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From Myanmar to the World 2, Caves to Pagodas

Posted on January 6, 2023December 31, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

A look at how the vipassana movement designed special meditation cells pagodas to enable deeper meditation

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The Rise of Dhamma

Posted on December 23, 2022December 27, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

A look at how SN Goenka brought Vipassana back to India, and how it spread around the world.

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In Search of Nirvana

Posted on September 2, 2022September 2, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

A film looking at the profound journey in Vipassanā and understanding of the true nature of the world.

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The Art of Life (Michael Behrens Story)

Posted on July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The life and thought of a Buddhist hermit living in nature in Hawaii

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