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The Sacred Mountains of Wudang

Posted on December 5, 2025December 5, 2025 by Dharma Documentaries

A look at the Wudang Mountains and the Taoist culture that has grown up around the mountains and which influences all parts of China.

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Karma Girl

Posted on June 6, 2025June 6, 2025 by Dharma Documentaries

The story of a young girl in Myanmar who decides to become a nun.

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Zanskar, A Winter of Happiness

Posted on January 17, 2025January 17, 2025 by Dharma Documentaries

A return to Zanskar to meet the nuns of the remote Tungri Nunnery is the remote Himalayas.

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Seek Nothing, Just Sit

Posted on November 22, 2024November 22, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

Life over a year of the Antaiji Soto Zen Retreat Centre in Hyogo, Japan

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Joan Halifax, A Sense of Urgency

Posted on November 1, 2024November 1, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

A film looking back over the life of one of the great Zen teachers of the recent past.

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Stories from Ladakh

Posted on October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

Three stories about people in Ladakh: a nun, a driver and a film-maker.

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The Geshema is Born

Posted on April 12, 2024September 3, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

The story of how the highest educational degrees were opened up to nuns in the Tibetan tradition.

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Chasing Buddha (Robina Courtin)

Posted on October 27, 2023September 3, 2024 by Dharma Documentaries

The life of the Australian nun Robina Courtin and her work at prisons in the US.

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Come, Come, Come Upward (Aje Aje Bara Aje)

Posted on March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries

A Korean film about a young woman who joins a nunnery and later returns to lay life, bringing Dharma into the lives of those she meets (Korean with Eng subs).

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Buddha’s Lost Children

Posted on February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 by Dharma Documentaries

A remarkable film about a monk living in the Golden Triangle area on the Thailand/Myanmar border, who together with a nun is bringing up and training poor children from the nearby villages.

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