Dalai Lama
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often seem happier than the rich? Must a society lose its traditions in order to move into the future? These are some of the questions posed to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by filmmaker and explorer Rick Ray. Ray examines some of the fundamental questions of our time by weaving together observations from his own journeys throughout India and the Middle East,...
Publisher
PeaceJam Foundation
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Many years ago, a little boy was born in Tibet, and he was chosen to become the 14th Dalai Lama. But the little boy had a secret, locked inside his heart. In the new film, THE DALAI LAMA - SCIENTIST, the Dalai Lama tells this unknown story about his lifelong journey into the world of science and technology, and how the world has changed as a result. With extensive, rare, never before seen footage, THE DALAI LAMA - SCIENTIST tells the very human story...
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A provocative and potent look at the Dalai Lama’s ceaseless struggle for justice and recognition for the Tibetan people, THE SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS focuses on the pivotal and particularly tumultuous events of 2008. From the four-month march of exiled Tibetans to the Indo-Tibet border and Buddhist monks’ protests in Lhasa, to the Beijing Olympics and the contentious talks between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama’s emissaries, the film...
Publisher
Alive Mind Cinema
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of legendary Vogue editor, Diana Vreeland, and trained by Irving Penn to become a photographer, Nicholas' life changed drastically upon meeting a Tibetan master, one of the teachers of the Dalai Lama.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Two Nobel Peace Prize winners--His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu--use their own childhood stories to show young readers how to embrace the transformative power of joy and share it with the world.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Looks at the Tibetan struggle for political independence from China with particular focus on events of 2008, including protests in Lhasa on the 50th anniversary of the Chinese invasion, the four-month protest march through India, friction at the Beijing Olympics, and talks between representatives of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This documentary tells the story of women fighting to gain their place as female monks, or Bhikkhunis, in male dominated Buddhist traditions around the world. “It’s like a revolution has happened for women in Buddhism across the globe, yet if you’re not connected with the Buddhist community you probably wouldn’t know about it,” says the film’s director, Wiriya Sati. Sati was raised a Buddhist in Australia, but when she sought the path...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For over a thousand years, Tibetan Buddhist psychology has taught techniques for overcoming negative, afflictive emotions, such as anger, greed, jealousy, sloth and ignorance. In the film THE LAST DALAI LAMA, His Holiness explains that Tibetan Buddhism is both a religion and a “science of the mind”; he also shares his crystallized understanding of the nature of mind, and its part in the creation and alleviation of all of our suffering.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A discussion of how the Dalai Lama draws on his personal compassion to connect with others shares insight into his human frustrations and joyful approach to the world, and describes his peace-promoting encounters with people ranging from a sick child to world leaders.