Monastics – Dharma Documentaries

Bhutan, Change Comes to the Happy Kingdom

Four stories from Bhutan showing the meeting of new and old in the culture.

The second of four films on the great medieval Empires of SE Asia concerns Myanmar’s unifying kingdom of Bagan.

The life of one of the most famous Mahāyāna monks of early-modern China set against the turbulent times he lived in.

A look at the development and current practice of Tibetan medicine, and attempts to base it in science.

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

A retelling of the life of Xuan Zang distinguishing him from his fictional counterpart.

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.