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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures of the Silk Road

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Dharma Documentaries

A talk by Fredrik Heibert at the Asian Art Museum on the Hidden Treasures of the Silk Road exhibition in the US, showing Afghani cultural artifacts.

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Lost Treasures of Afghanistan

Posted on August 10, 2012May 26, 2017 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a 2004 National Geographic Special showing how Afgahnis have been working to save their country’s heritage collections, which were seemingly either in shreds or were lost.

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The Journey of Xuanzang 9 & 10

Posted on June 3, 2011December 26, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

These two episodes cover the last years of Xuanzang’s sojourn in Nalanda, his great debates, and eventually his departure, and return across the Silk Road to the China of the Tang Dynasty.

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The Journey of Xuanzang 7 & 8

Posted on May 27, 2011December 26, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

Xuanzang travels down through India and eventually reaches Nalanda, where he is to stay for 10 years in all. Much information about the foundation of Buddhism, its propogatation under King Asoka, and the glories of Nalanda.

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The Journey of Xuanzang 5 & 6

Posted on May 20, 2011December 26, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

In these episodes Xuanzang crosses Central Asia and makes his way down through what is now Afghanistan and eventually on into Kashmir, where he spent the next two years studying.

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The Journey of Xuanzang 3 & 4

Posted on May 13, 2011December 26, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

In these episodes Xuanzang reaches Gaochang, where he is welcomed by the King. He crosses the dangerous Yanqi and spends a few months in Kuch, before crossing over the Pamir and emerging into Central Asia, with only half his original party left.

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The Journey of Xuanzang 1 & 2

Posted on May 6, 2011December 26, 2016 by Dharma Documentaries

These episodes narrate the birth of Xuanzang and his childhood, his ordination, search for the true Dharma, and his meeting with the Indian monk Prabhakaramitra, and the beginning of his journey to India.

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The Journey of Xuanzang: An Introduction

Posted on May 5, 2011December 27, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

The Journey of Xuanzang is a lavishly illustrated 12-part biography of the great Chinese traveler and translator Xuanzang, based on Records of the Western World and A Biography of the Tripitaka Master.

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The Silk Road Series 12/16: Two Roads to the Pamirs

Posted on December 31, 2010October 14, 2018 by Dharma Documentaries

In this last episode we first visit Kashgar, the Town of Beautiful Tiles, which is where the Silk Road meets up again, after crossing the Taklamakan desert via two different roads.

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The Silk Road Series 11/16: Where Horses Fly Like the Wind

Posted on December 24, 2010October 14, 2018 by Dharma Documentaries

This week the expedition, which has been traveling along the southern trade routes, doubles back and explores the area along the northern route.

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