Monastics – Dharma Documentaries

Chinese Buddhism

A series of short films looking at various aspects of Chinese Buddhism from 2004.

A short film on the lives of the ascetic Yambushi monks in Japan.

Interviews with nuns conducted from 2012-2015 discussing their paths into monastic life.

The first of a series of lectures on great Buddhist teachers begins with the Buddha himself.

A film from 2003 which looks at the establishment of Buddhism in NZ from a number of different angles.

A film that follows Khentsye Norbu Rinpoche and his interaction with a few of his western disciples.

A look at one day in the life of a reincarnated master as he prepares to carry on the teachings from his last life.

The search for the reincarnation of one famous Rinpoche and his new life once found.

The second part of a film about the Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje, and his activities worldwide.

Life story of one of the 17th Karmapas from his early years till he is accepted as a master of the tradition.