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A Gift for the Village in Mustang

Posted on May 16, 2016June 30, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

A film about the gift of a lineage painting from West Virginia to a remote village in Mustang.

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Dharma River, Journey of a Thousand Buddhas

Posted on February 5, 2016September 9, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

A pilgrimage to some of the treasures of the Buddhist cultures of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar.

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The Golden Age of the Arts in China, 1

Posted on February 1, 2016June 30, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

A look at the arts in ancient China, and what the influences and ideas were that surrounded them (English with some Mandarin, with subtitles).

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Buddhist Footprints in Maharashtra

Posted on October 5, 2015June 30, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

A look at the some of the cave temples in Maharasthra, which are amongst the greatest of the Buddhist remains in India.

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Jewel Garden, Tibetan Arts and Crafts

Posted on October 6, 2014April 7, 2025 by Dharma Documentaries

A short film about the Norbulingka Institute in Dharamsala and their efforts to preserve Tibetan culture and arts.

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Mother Sela – Artist and Buddhist Nun

Posted on September 29, 2014October 1, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

A fascinating documentary following a successful Lebanese artist as she leaves behind her previous life in the States and ordains in Sri Lanka.

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A Revolution in Painting in the Yuan Dynasty

Posted on April 11, 2014April 11, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

A talk by Maxwell K. Hearn, curator of the Met in New York, on Chinese painting during the period of Mongolian dominance.

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Spectacular Buddhist India

Posted on October 11, 2013October 26, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

Extracts from a series of films looking at the various forms of Vajrayana Buddhism which are spread all along the trans-Himalaya regions of northern India

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James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 4: Sogenga and Ch’an Landscapes

Posted on September 13, 2013October 26, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

This fourth lecture of Ch’an Painting looks at the appreciation of this style in Japan and concludes by examining some of the best landscape paintings.

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James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 3: Muqi’s Six Persimmons

Posted on September 6, 2013October 26, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

The third in this series of discussions about Ch’an painting by James Cahill looks at Muqi’s iconographic Six Persimmons painting.

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