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David Eckel: Buddhism 23-24 of 24

Posted on November 28, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The final two lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the influential Zen school and the introduction of Buddhism to America during the 20th century.

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David Eckel: Buddhism 21-22 of 24

Posted on November 21, 2014March 15, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

The twenty-first and twenty-second lectures by Prof David Eckel on Buddhism look at the background to the introduction of Buddhism to Japan, and then at some of the great teachers and the schools they founded.

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Soto Zen Buddhism, Daihonzan Eiheiji

Posted on August 20, 2014August 20, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries

A short look at the famous Daihonzan Eiheiji Temple, its history, structure and daily routine.

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The Monk Bodhidharma, The First Patriarch of Zen

Posted on May 16, 2014September 14, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries

Documentary from India’s Doordarshan on the legendary life and missionary work of Ven Bodhidharma

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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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James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 2: Beginnings and Muqi Fachang

Posted on August 30, 2013October 26, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

A second lecture on Ch’an painting in China by the distinguished art historian James Cahill.

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James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 1: Liang Kai

Posted on August 23, 2013October 26, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

In 2010 Professor Emeritus James Cahill, one of the leading and most eminent historians of Japanese and Chinese art, made a series of films, entitled A Pure and Remote View, examining the development of Chinese painting from its beginnings up and to the middle ages. The series of 12 lectures, often split into 2, 3…

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Man on Cloud Mountain

Posted on December 2, 2011October 22, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries

This is an hour long documentary with Harada Roshi giving many interviews on his visit to America in 1991

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Dogen, the Zen Master

Posted on November 25, 2011January 25, 2021 by Dharma Documentaries

This is a dramatic reconstruction of the Life of the great Japanese monk Dogen who flourished in Japan in the 13th century.

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