The seventeenth and eighteenth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the various schools of the Tibetan tradition, and then focus on the institution of the Dalai Lama specifically.
David Eckel: Buddhism 15-16 of 24
The fifteenth and sixteenth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism explores more into the Tantric tradition, the first video being on the use of the mandala, and the second on the passing of the Vajrayana to Tibet.
David Eckel: Buddhism 13-14 of 24
The thirteenth and fourteenth lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism he looks at the development of Buddhist philosophy and the emergence of Tantric Buddhism in the middle ages.
Jewel Garden, Tibetan Arts and Crafts
A short film about the Norbulingka Institute in Dharamsala and their efforts to preserve Tibetan culture and arts.
H.E. Chogye Trichen Rinpoche’s Succinct Biography and Funeral
Two films, the first giving a short biogrpahy of one of the great Tibetan masters, and the second recording his moving funeral.
Karmapa, The Lion Begins To Roar
A film made in 1999 in Tibet when the Karmapa was 14 years old and just before he fled to India
His Holiness the 17th Karmapa’s Return to Tsurphu Monastery
A record of the return of the reincarnated Gyalwa Karmapa to his home monastery in Tibet in 1992.
The Dalai Lama’s Succession Strategy
A look at the politics behind the succession to the Dalai Lama as spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.
Looking for Ancient Tibet
A journey through modern Tibet is search of the great yogis and teachers of the past and the present.
