A film about the world heritage sites called the Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace in Tibet, which includes the Potala Palace, and also the Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka (English with Mandarin subtitles)
Lost Civilisations: Ancient Tibet
A documentary from 1995 on the ancient civilisation maintained in Tibet and its overthrow by the communists.
Tibetan Buddhism in China (Sertar)
NHK documentary about life in the Sertar monastery in Tibet, including interviews with high lamas and nuns.
The Buddhist Science of the Mind
A film by NatGeo explorer in residence Wade Davis on Tibetan Culture and the science of meditation in Nepal.
David Eckel: Buddhism 17-18 of 24
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.
