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Exploring Tibet, DVD
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Exploring Tibet gives us a glimpse of an area of the world which has long fascinated us. This educational video is ideal for home or the classroom. It is appropriate for all ages. Tibet has been known as the mysterious isolated Buddhist kingdom locked away in the Himalaya Mountains, on the roof of the world. Not until the mid 1980s was Tibet open to visitors. Exploring Tibet starts with the history of the Tibetan people, their early kings and how Buddhism came to Tibet.
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Mustang: Journey of Transformation (DVD)
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The Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang is one of the last sanctuaries of authentic Tibetan Buddhist culture. Long isolated by geography and politics, the people have struggled to survive, and the 15th century monasteries that are the center of their culture have come dangerously close to collapsing. MUSTANG tells the story of a Tibetan culture that has pulled back from the brink of extinction through the restoration of its sacred sites. 30 min.
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Kundun, DVD
By: Martin Scorese (Director)
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Praised as one of the best films of the year, Kundun is a motion picture masterpiece directed by five-time Academy Award-nominated director Martin Scorsese. It's the incredible true story of one of the world's most fascinating leaders - Tibet's Dalai lama - and his daring struggle to rule a nation at one of the most challenging times in its history. Powerfully told and set against a backdrop of world politics - the film's release created an international uproar! Featuring a striking, Oscar-nominated score by renowned composer Phill Glass, this extraordinary motion picture has been greeted with both controversy and worldwide acclaim - experience it for yourself!
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Seven Years In Tibet, DVD
By: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Brad Pitt stars in the soaring adventure and incredible true story of an Austrian prisoner of war who is transformed b his friendsip with the young Dalai Lama.
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Asoka
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Asoka traces the life of Emperor Asoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya who ascended the throne of Magadha in the 3rd century BC. To extend the borders of his empire, Asoka waged one fo the bloodiest wars in history with the neighboring kingdom of Kalinga, leaving it ravaged and devastated. Confronted by the aftermath of his conquest in which hundreds of thougsands lost their lives, Asoka is overcome with remorse and renounces the path of war to dedicate his life to spreading the teachings of Buddhism across the world. This is a story based on legends.
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Little Buddha, DVD
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Keanu Reeves (SPEED) and Bridget Fonda (IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU) star in this motion picture spectacular from Academy Award®-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci (THE LAST EMPEROR).
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Coming of Age, The 21st Birthday Celebration of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, DVD
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On June 26, 2006, followers of the Karma Kagyu lineage of ibetan Buddhism gathered at Gyuto Tantric University in Dharamsala, India to celebrate the 21st birthday and coming of age of His Holiness, the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. This DVD provides a visually beautiful and spiritualyy meaningful forty-five minute documentary of this wonderful occasion. The documentary includes scenes from Karmapa’s discovery, enthronement and education, a mandala offering and long life puja perfromed for His Holiness by the Gyuto monks, colorful images of the afternoon folk festival, an excerpts from a teaching by Karmap on generating Bodhicitta.
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Lost Treasures of Tibet, DVD
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Mustang, one of the last outposts of Tibetan culture, is so isolated and protected, no Westerner set foot inside its borders for centuries. But in the early 1990s, this untouched society set high in the Himalayas opened its borders for the first time, exposing an ancient world's dazzling sacred relics long damaged by the elements and neglect. Today, outsiders are working with local townspeople to rescue priceless masterpieces dating back to the 13th century - but can these efforts preserve history in a way that is acceptable to the local culture?
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Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet (DVD)
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Gendun Choephel is a legendary figure in Tibet. Believed to be the reincarnation of a famous Buddhist lama, this promising young monk turned his back on monastic life and became a fierce critic of his country’s religious conservatism, cultural isolationism and reactionary government. After leaving the monastery in 1934, and fueled by his intellectual curiosity and free-spirited nature, Choephel traveled throughout Tibet and India in order to understand the true history of his country.
Both a personal and political portrait of this pioneering and visionary intellectual, ANGRY MONK features rare archival footage, Choephel’s paintings, and contemporary scenes of sites he visited, along with interviews with Tibetan historians, scholars, writers, and his wife. Today Choephel is a revered figure in his homeland, and an influential symbol of hope for those seeking political and spiritual reform in a free Tibet. ANGRY MONK tells his story.
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Lion's Roar, The Life and Times of His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa, DVD
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This is the masterful portrait of the late 16th Gyalwa Karmapa,
the great Tibetan Buddhist master known as the Black Hat Lama. The
Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one of the four great
lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. His line of successive reincarnations has
its origins in the 13th century when it was the first to identify tulkus,
reincarnations of Buddhist teachers. He is recognized as the embodiment
of the teachings of his lineage, one that traces its source from
teacher to disciple through Tibet‘s great teachers Milarepa and Marpa
to India‘s Naropa and Tilopa all the way back to the Shakyamuni Buddha.
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, was born in Tibet in
1924. During the 1959 invasion by the People‘s Republic of China, the
Karmapa left Tibet and settled in Rumtek, Sikkim, India. The
construction of his new Rumtek monastery was completed in 1966.
In 1974, the Karmapa set out on his first world tour; he undertook a
second tour in 1977. While traveling in 1981, he died in Zion,
Illinois, north of Chicago. He was returned to Rumtek for cremation.
The film journeys with him in North America where he visited the Hopi
Nation, offered teachings and performed the Black Crown Ceremony (Vajra Makut),
enjoyed everything from zoos to video arcades, and initiated the
construction of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra in Woodstock, New York, the
seat of his lineage in North America. His cremation in Rumtek is
vividly documented.
The narration script was written by the late Rick Fields, the well-known author of How the Swans Came to the Lake and a founding editor of Tricycle and The Vajradhatu Sun.
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Eye of the Land: The Creation of the Tashi Gomang Stupa (DVD)
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Eye of the Land tells the story of the making of the forty two foot high Tashi Gomang Stupa near Crestone, a remote area in Southern Colorado. A Stupa is an architectural rendering of enlightened mind and is used to contain the relics of great Buddhist teachers, transmitting the very essence of their wisdom, realization and compassion for all beings. Created over e period of seven years by a small group of dedicated volunteers, the Tashi Gomang Stupa is dedicated to His Holiness the XVI Gyalwa Karmapa, one of the foremost masters of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Sacred Tibet, The Path to Mount Kailash
By: Tom Vendetti
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Sacred Tibet - The Path To Mount Kailash follows Paul Horn and Lama Tenzin’s pilgrimage into Tibet, ending at the holy Mount Kailash.
Kris Kristofferson narrates and the late Gardner McKay co-scripted this story of a journey to “the Roof of the World” by world-renowned flutist Paul Horn and Maui's own Lama Tenzin. His Holiness the Dalai Lama is also featured in this award-winning documentary, filmed on two harrowing visits to Chinese-occupied Tibet.
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Sacred Sites of the Dalai Lamas: A Pilgrimage to the Oracle Lake, DVD
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A remarkable film visiting the sacred sites of the Dalai Lamas in Tibet, a pilgrimage with translator and author Glenn Mullin. This fascinating journey explores the caves where the early Buddhist masters meditated, enters the monasteries where the Dalai Lamas and others taught, and - at an altitude of over 16,000 feet - looks down into the famous oracle lake of Lhamo Lhatso where every Dalai Lama has had prophetic visions.
The sacred sites: • Potala • Jokhang • Drepung Monastery • Nechung • Drak Yerpa Valley • The caves of Songsten Gampo, Jowo Atisha, and Guru Rinpoche • Samye Monastery • Lambhu Lagang Castle • Ani Sanku Nunnery • Lama Tsongkhapa Meditation Cave • Tranduk • Kangyur Stupa • Terdak Lingpa • Tashi Lumpo • Champa Zhishi • Sakya • Chokhor Gyal • Milarepa’s Cave • The Oracle Lake
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Zen Noir, DVD
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A nameless detective, still mourning the loss of his wife, investigates a mysterious death in a Buddhist temple, but his logical, left-brained crime-solving skills are useless in the intuitive, non-linear world of Zen.
While attempting to question the inhabitants of the temple -- Ed, a monk with an attitude and secrets to hide; Jane, a beautiful, mysterious, bald femme fatale; and the Master, an infuriatingly obscure Zen teacher, who does a lot of strange things with oranges – the Detective’s logical mind is thwarted at every turn by his suspects' Zen thinking...
Detective: Where were you at the time of the murder?
Monk: What exactly do you mean by time?
Increasingly confused and unnerved, haunted by his dead wife’s ghost, and with his investigation going nowhere, the Detective finds himself drawn into a deeper, darker, more personal mystery, where he must confront terrifying questions about love and loss, which lead to a startling realization: the mystery he's there to solve isn't a murder at all, but the mystery of death itself.
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Bhutan, Land of the Thunder Dragon, DVD
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This fascinating video documentary delves deep into the rich history, cultural traditions and haunting beauty of the Kingdom of Bhutan as it struggles to join up with the 21st century while striving to retain its unique cultural identity and values. Bhutan... Land of the Thunder Dragon brings to life a culture and country that has been virtually unknown to the rest of the world, and an understanding of a people determined to maintain their true identity.
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In Search of Kundun with Martin Scorsese, DVD
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The making of Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated film Kundun was an historic event, the first feature film treatment of the life of the 14th Dalai Lama. Michael H. Wilson documented this emotion-filled encounter of Scorsese and his Italian and American team with the Tibetans who portrayed the key figures in the tumultuous recent history of Tibet.
Featuring compelling interviews with Scorsese, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, screenwriter Melissa Mathison, and production designer Dante Ferreti
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Bhutan: Taking the Middle Path to Happiness, DVD
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Imagine a country where happiness is the guiding principle of government. Imagine a people who see all life as sacred and the source of their happiness, a place with an abundance of clean and renewable energy, a nation committed to preserving its culture and whose progress is measured by obtaining Gross National Happiness for its people. Where is this Shangri-La? Bhutan. But can a place like Bhutan really exist? Can such ideals be realized? Can this small, geographically isolated country tucked away in the Himalayans truly protect its environment and culture as they open their doors to the West? The answer is rooted in the Bhutanese view of the world, anchored in Buddhism, with the simple message that happiness can only be found by taking the middle path the path that balances the needs of man with the powerful spirits of nature.
--Bonus Feature - A short film in which His Holiness the Dalai Lama expresses his views on happiness. The interview took place in Dharamsala, India, where he resides in exile. The backdrop for the film is scenery from the documentary film Sacred Tibet The Path To Mount Kailash.
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Tibet's Cry for Freedom
By: Lara Damiani
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Inspired by a burning passion to raise awareness of the Tibetan freedom struggle and using the Beijing Olympics as the springboard, first time filmmaker Lara Damiani quit her job, sold her clothes and furniture, maxed out several credit cards, used her life savings, grabbed a camera and embarked on a journey across India, Tibet and Beijing, interviewing the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Prime Minister in exile, Chinese dissident and pro-democracy activist Wei Jingsheng, former political prisoners who’d spent up to 27 years in prison, and many more.
Tibet’s Cry for Freedom explores both past and present in Tibet’s long suffering non-violent freedom struggle. Learn the truth from the Dalai Lama about Tibet’s real history and ponder the future of a nation whose time is fast running out. Understand why China’s grip on Tibet is so tight, hear true stories of human rights abuses and listen to why many believe the 2008 Olympics should never have been held in Beijing. Tibet’s story from the time of the Chinese occupation through to the uprisings in Tibet that shocked the world in March 2008 is told. Learn about the human rights abuses, political persecution and environmental destruction of this land known as “The Roof of the World.”
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Devotion of Matthieu Ricard
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Nearly forty years ago Matthieu Ricard left his native France and a
promising career in cellular genetics to become a monk in the Tibetan
Buddhist tradition in Nepal. He is now a translator, photographer and
bestselling author (The Monk and the Philosopher, Happiness: A Guide to
Developing Life's Most Important Skill) and an active participant in
scientific research on the effects of meditation on the brain. He is
involved in a number of humanitarian projects in Tibet and Nepal, where
he resides.
Filmed on location in Europe, Tibet, India and Nepal, with footage and photographs from Tibet by Matthieu Ricard
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Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint, DVD
By: Neten Chokling
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Milarepa depicts the humble beginnings of the man who was to become Tibet's greatest saint.
A true story based on centuries-old oral traditions, a youthful Milarepa is propelled into a world of sorrow and betrayal after his father's sudden death. Destitute and hopeless, he sets out to learn black magic - and exact revenge on his enemies - encountering magicians, demons, an enigmatic teacher and unexpected mystical power along the way. But it is in confrontation with the consequences of his anger that he learns the most.
Photographed in the stunning Lahaul-Spiti region of Northern India, Milarepa offers a provocative parallel to the cycle of violence and retribution we see consuming today's world.
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Guge: The Lost Kingdom of Tibet
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In the barren landscape of of remote western Tibet lie the ruins of a mysterious kingdom. Guge is said to be the highest of ancient kingdoms located on the ridge of the roof of the world
Guge - a mighty kingdom established by the descendants of the royal family of the Tubo Dynasty that ruled all Tibet from about 630 to 842 AD - was once an extraordinary Christian and Buddhist civilization rich with art and culture - flourished over 700 years from the 19th to 17th century and then vanished mysteriously without a trace in 1630.
Till now archeologists have been unable to understand the mystery of Guge’s demise, but a recent discovery may unlock the enigma of the Guge Kingdom and what happened to her almost 400 years ago.
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The Cup (DVD)
By: Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
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Prayer. Meditation. Rituals. Soccer?
World Cup soccer fever sweeps into a remote Himalayan monastery and
centuries-old traditions are threatened—the young monks will do just
about anything
to watch the final match, posing a unique challenge to the venerable
lamas in charge. An inspiring tale of colliding cultures, midnight
escapades and daring secret plots…
- A true story
- Filmed on location at Chokling Monastery, India
- Vibrant 16:9 transfer direct from film to HD master
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Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy, An Epic Journey into the Heart of a Hidden World-DVD
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Part I: The Dalai Lama, the Monasteries and the People
Filmed in the Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala, India, and in the rebuilt Sera Monastery, the second largest monastery of the old Tibet, the opening part of the Trilogy observes the Dalai Lama in his dual role as head of state and spiritual teacher.
Part II: Radiating the Fruit of Truth
Part II journeys deep into the mystical inner world of monastic life. Set in the ancient village of Boudha, Nepal, and the isolated mountain caves of the yogis, the film follows the lamas of the Phulwary Sakya Monastery through their contemplative retreats, the building of an intricate cosmogram, and the performance of an ancient protective ritual invocation of the female deity Tara known as “A Beautiful Ornament.”
Part III: The Fields of the Senses
Set in the majestic mountain landscape of Ladakh, Part III is a meditation on impermanence and the relationship between the mind, body and environment.
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Enlightenment Guaranteed
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In Doris Dörrie's ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED, two brothers, Uwe (Uwe Ochsenknecht) and Gustav (Gustav-Peter Wöhler), set off from Munich for Japan. Gustav has been planning the trip for some time--he... In Doris Dörrie's ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED, two brothers, Uwe (Uwe Ochsenknecht) and Gustav (Gustav-Peter Wöhler), set off from Munich for Japan. Gustav has been planning the trip for some time--he is going to a retreat in a Buddhist monastery. But Uwe is undertaking the trip on a whim at the spur of the moment. Unexpectedly, Uwe's wife and children walked out on him, so he is going on the trip because he needs to be with his brother. On their first night in Tokyo, the brothers go out for dinner but then suffer a cascading series of disasters as they manage to lose their way, their money, their bank cards, and then, in the organized chaos of a massive Tokyo interchange, each other. Gustav is desperate and, hilariously, finds himself singing for money in the subway. Magically, it works.
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Travellers & Magicians, DVD
By: Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
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Khyentse Norbu’s follow-up to his audience favorite THE CUP is the first feature film ever shot in the tiny kingdom of Bhutan. One of Himalayan Buddhism’s most revered lamas, Khyentse (aka Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche) weaves parallel fable-like tales about two men who seek to escape their mundane lives in TRAVELLERS & MAGICIANS.
Young government official Dondup dreams of escaping to America while stuck in a ravishingly beautiful but isolated village. When the first chance arrives, he immediately heads for town and an awaiting visa, but things don't go quite as planned. Missing the bus, he hitchhikes with an elderly apple seller, a sage young monk, and an old man travelling with his beautiful daughter Sonam.
Along the way, the perceptive yet mischievous monk tells Dondup a story of another young man who sought a land far away: a tale of lust, jealousy and murder that holds up a mirror to the restless Dondup and his blossoming attraction to the innocent Sonam.
TRAVELLERS & MAGICIANS is a magical mixture of rustic road movie and mystical fable...a potpourri of desire and its consequences, set in a breathtaking landscape.
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Voices In Exile, DVD
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As the Tibetan people stand at the edge of extinction, "Voices in Exile" speaks out against the continued brutal policies of the Chinese government.
Most film and photography on Tibet is from the Western eye looking in. "Voices in Exile," by first-time Tibetan director Tenzin Wangden Andrugtsang, presents the Tibetan exile community from the rarely seen Tibetan point of view.
Never before seen footage includes many surprising interviews on the future of Tibet and inspiring accounts of life in exile.
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Monlam Aspiration, DVD
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Proceeds help to support the yearly Kagyu Monlam in Bodhgaya, India.
The Kagyu Monlam Chenmo is an international Buddhist prayer gathering held for world peace and the benefit of all beings that is held yearly under the Bodhi tree in Bodhgaya, India, where the Buddha reached enlightenment. Monlam Aspiration is a visual document of that gathering and provides the viewer with a deeper understanding of not only the event but the Buddhist practice as well.
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Vajra Sky: Over Tibet
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Vajra is a Sanskrit word signifying the thunderbolt of illumination that cuts through delusion. VAJRA SKY OVER TIBET is an extraordinary cinematic pilgrimage to central Tibet in the 21st century. Traveling through breathtaking Himalayan terrain, VAJRA SKY visits legendary temples, monasteries and festivals, while revealing a covert policy to destroy this ancient wisdom tradition. The luminous faith of the endangered Buddhist community shines brightly within these sacred shrines.
His Holiness The Dalai Lama: A Special Message (an excerpt) "I wish this film every success. John Bush, who has taken a long interest in our traditions, has created this full length documentary of pilgrimage to Central Tibet, bearing witness to the enduring faith. I am grateful to him for his dedication to this project."
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Mount Kailash Return to Tibet, DVD
By: Tom Vendetti (Director)
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This documentary is the sequel to the award-winning film Journey Inside Tibet, which was broadcast nationally on PBS stations in the year 2000. Mount Kailash – Return to Tibet documents musician Paul Horn’s return pilgrimage to one of the most spiritual and remote places in the world. According to four religions, Buddhist, Hindu, Jain and Bon, Mount Kailash is the spiritual center of the universe. The film follows Paul’s journey from Kathmandu, Peal to Lhasa Tibet and traveling overland to the remote Mount Kailash area. Without official permission from the Chinese government, Paul and filmmaker Tom Venditti overcame many obstacles to achieve their goals. When they arrived in Kathmandu the Chinese government restricted all travel to the Kailash area, because “Free Tibet” demonstration was underway. The Chinese sent military troops to region to quash the demonstration. However, shortly after Paul and Tom arrived in Lhasa, the borders were opened and they were free to continue on their long and dusty journey across the Tibetan plateau to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasurovar. Both the mountain and Lake are sacred to millions, yet very few Westerners are aware of their existence. Lake Manasurovar is the largest high altitude lake in the world and Mount Kailash is 22,028 feet high.
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Dharma River: Journey of a Thousand Buddhas
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DHARMA RIVER is a timeless journey through legendary rivers to the great Buddhist temples and mystical sites of Laos, Thailand & Burma. It offers a direct experience of lost civilizations, sacred spaces and ancient wisdom traditions.
The Buddha image reverberates continually in dozens of temples, caves, and shrines but is never the same. The narration explores the different cultural representations of this universal icon of inner peace and its contemporary relevance.
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Journey into Buddhism: Prajna Earth: Journey into Sacred Nature, DVD
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Prajna is a Sanskrit word for radiant wisdom.
This Yatra, or pilgrimage, explores the lost civilization of Angkor in Cambodia including the largest temple in the world - the magnificent Angkor Wat. The journey continues on to the sacred nature sites of Hindu Bali, to trance dancers in the jungles of Java, and finally to discover the gigantic seven level mandala wonder of Buddhist Borobudur.
This yatra visits spiritual intersections where Buddhist and Hindu wisdom traditions merged with the animist worship of nature. This revealed a profound understanding of sacred nature existing both in the environment and within all living beings.
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Dreaming Lhasa, DVD
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Tibetan filmmaker Karma travels from New York to Dharmasala, the Dalai Lama’s exile headquarters in northern India, to interview political prisoners who have escaped from Tibet. There she meets Dhondup, an enigmatic ex-monk who has come to India to fulfill his dying mother’s last wish - to deliver a charm box to a long-missing resistance fighter. Soon Karma finds herself caught up in his quest, which becomes both a journey into Tibet’s fractured past and a voyage of self-discovery.
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Inside Tibet (Secret Heart of Asia), Video
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This film contains rare archival footage of ceremonies and ritual public festivals at the Potala and the Jokang temple recorded before China's invasion of Tibet. We witness the siege of Ganden Monastery as well as recent footage, shot under the constraint of government approval, showing the Tibetans striving to rebuild their homes and temples in the wake of China's repression.
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Buddha on the Silk Road (Secret Heart of Asia), Video
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Our Price: $24.98
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Journey across the 12,000 kms of the legendary Silk Road- from Bukhara, across Chinese Turkestan and Tibet, to Mount Everest--for the first time since China closed Tibet's borders in 1949, revealing a close-up view of the most beautiful and remote region on earth.
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Creating Buddhas
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Our Price: $25.00
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"Creating Buddhas: The Making and Meaning of Fabric Thangkas" is the story of a western woman who became a fabric thangka maker. Now, with great love and devotion, she is bringing the gift of fabric thangka to our culture.
Fabric thangka is a silk embroidered and appliquéd art form in Tibetan Buddhism and is also known as Applique Thangka, Brocade Thangka, and Silk Thangka. Fabric thangka is so rare that in some places it is only seen once a year, and then for only for a few hours.
Trained in Dharamsala, India for nine years, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo is one of the few female makers in world and one of the only fabric thangka makers in the west. This film also explores Leslie’s life-changing journey of discovering fabric thangka, her apprenticeship in Dharmasala, India, the step-by-step by process of producing a fabric thangka, and the history and spiritual importance in Tibetan Buddhism. Through this film, we see her produce a thangka of the female Buddha Tara. In a sense, Leslie is like Tara. She became a master of a male tradition and we see fabric thangka through feminine eyes.
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Blindsight
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Our Price: $28.00
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Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, BLINDSIGHT follows the gripping true-life adventure of six blind Tibetan teenagers on a climbing expedition up formidable Mount Everest. Believed to be possessed by demons because of their blindness, the children are feared by their parents, scorned by their villages and rejected by society. Rescued by a blind educator and adventuress, the students invite a famous blind mountain climber to visit their school and let him lead them higher than they have ever been before. The result is nothing anyone could have predicted.
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Saltmen of Tibet (1998), DVD
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Our Price: $29.95
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Shot under extreme conditions in one of the world’s most remote and beautiful locations, THE SALTMEN OF TIBET documents the ancient traditions and daily rituals of a Tibetan nomadic community and transports us into a realm untainted by the tides of foreign invasion or encroaching modernity. Step by step we follow the unforgettable, annual three-month pilgrimage to the holy salt lakes of northern Tibet.
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Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion, DVD
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Our Price: $29.95
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Ten years in the making, this award-winning documentary was filmed during a remarkable nine journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal. CRY OF THE SNOW LION brings audiences to the long-forbidden "rooftop of the world" with an unprecedented richness of imagery… from rarely-seen rituals in remote monasteries, to horse races with Khamba warriors; from brothels and slums in the holy city of Lhasa, to the magnificent Himalayan peaks still traveled by nomadic yak caravans. The dark secrets of Tibet’s recent past are powerfully chronicled through riveting personal stories and interviews, and a collection of undercover and archival images never before assembled in one film. A definitive exploration of a legendary subject, TIBET: CRY OF THE SNOW LION is an epic story of courage and compassion.
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Burmese Harp
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Our Price: $29.95
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An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close World War II and finds harmony through song. A corporal, thought to be dead, disguises himself as a Buddhist monk and stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment. Magnificently shot in hushed black and white, Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp is an eloquent meditation on beauty coexisting with death and remains one of Japanese cinema's most overwhelming antiwar statements, both tender and brutal in its grappling with Japan's wartime legacy.
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Journey into Buddhism 3 DVD
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Our Price: $39.95
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Yatra is the Sanskrit word for pilgrimage or spiritual journey. These visually stunning documentaries are cinematic pilgrimages to legendary places in Southeast Asia and Tibet, including the spiritual wonders of Laos, Thailand, Burma, Bali, Cambodia, Java, and Central Tibet. Journey into the living traditions and lost civilizations of this vibrant part of the world and explore the universal ideals of wisdom, compassion, and inner peace at the very heart of these ancient Buddhist cultures.
The living presence of place is the primary focus of these three lyrical films which are meditations themselves. Their deliberate pacing, unobtrusive narration, indigenous music, and harmonic chants are designed to induce an inner journey while traveling to these legendary places. Viewers are invited to relax and let the experience wash over them, making the trilogy part of their own journey.
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Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet (DVD & illustrated booklet)
By: Victress Hitchcock
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Our Price: $39.95
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In
the summer of 2005, renowned Buddhist teacher, Tsoknyi
Rinpoche III, accompanied by a handful of western students,
traveled to the Nangchen region in Eastern Tibet.
The purpose of the trip was to document the lives and assess
the needs of the Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns - 3000 remarkable women
who live and practice an ancient yogic tradition in nunneries
and hermitages scattered across this remote, mountainous region.
BLESSINGS: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
tells the story of this extraordinary journey.
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