Vajrayana – Dharma Documentaries

Unheard Voices and Notes to Myself

A film following Indian students as they go to Dharamsala to learn more about Tibetan culture and history.

A film looking at the life of nuns in Ladakh, and how they are improving themselves.

A wonderful film about the pervasive influence of Indian culture in Japan.

The first two chapters retelling the story of Buddhism as it relates to Tibet.

A short film on the lives of the ascetic Yambushi monks in Japan.

The last of a three part series about the ancient Tea Roads from Yunnan to Beijing, and to Tibet (English with Chinese subtitles).

A look at the life of the nuns in this educational institute near Dharamasala in India.

Prof. Andrew Quintman shows us through some of the best thangka paintings held at Yale, and explains their iconography and significance.

A film about a Tibetan community in exile trying to maintain their traditions and way of life.

A portrait of the life of a young Western lama from 1998; and a film by the same lama in 2012.