All Videos Tagged Nepal (Peace for the Soul) - Peace for the Soul

The Forgotten Children of Tibet

2012-05-08T12:22:53.645Z

A montage of images and faces of Tibetans, predominantly children, living in exile in Dharamsala, India and Khatmandu, Nepal. While the struggle for Tibet's freedom will be an ongoing mission for generations, it begs the question, "How will the children be educated in Tibetan history and culture under Chinese rule?" They won't be. This knowledge is being taught to and by the 'exiles' who continue to grow in numbers every day.
This video is a way of putting a face to these children and is from the forthcoming documentary, 'The Forgotten Children of Tibet.', directed, filmed and edited by Maurice Todman.
Majestically uplifting, the music track "The Children's March" by Marakiel perfectly exemplifies the humility, compassion and triumph of spirit of all these Tibetan children.

Education For The Forgotten Children Of The Himalayas

2012-04-20T14:20:58.938Z

The eminent Tibetan Lama, Thrangu Rinpoche, founded SMD Boarding School to serve the needs of children from remote hamlets on the Nepal - Tibet border where villagers eke out a living as subsistence farmers and semi-nomadic yak herders. It's a hardscrabble, hungry life...many children don't survive to see their 5th birthday.
Of Tibetan origin but born on the Nepal side of the mountains, they are an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority totally neglected by their own government. Thrangu Rinpoche opened SMD Boarding School to address their needs.
http://www.himalayanchildren.org/

Time-laps... Nepal...

2012-02-05T11:33:25.086Z

Mountain - Southern Anapurna.
Nepal.

Photo by:
Duc De Salier
Anton Jankovoy

Edited by:
Trepov Pavel

Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy (1984 Documentary)

2012-02-02T00:30:49.351Z

Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy is one of the very highly accomplished films to be made about our culture ... The film also captures the sense of inner peace and light-heartedness in the face of adversity, which many have remarked is a compelling quality of the Tibetan character. --His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

New direct-to-digital transfer and remaster from original 16mm film

Bonus Features Include:
Interview with the Producer and Director and the complete sound recording from a tantric Buddhist ritual

Stunning cinematography, unprecedented access and informed direction take us on an intimate journey deep into the heart of the ancient Buddhist culture of Tibet. This is a classic work filmed in 16mm on location in India, Nepal and Ladakh during 1977. Hailed as a masterpiece, this is a spellbinding exploration of Tibetan Buddhism.

Written and directed by Graham Coleman (editor of the recently released first complete translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead) and produced and photographed by David Lascelles, the film features an intimate portrait of the Dalai Lama, a rare look at an ancient tantric ritual associated with the female deity Tara, commentary based on the teachings of the great 20th century Tibetan master Dudjom Rinpoche, and the moving response of a monastery to a death in the community.

In making the Trilogy, we were searching for an immediacy, intimacy and unobtrusiveness, which had been so masterfully achieved in such classic documentaries as Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North and the films of Fred Wiseman. We were trying to allow the Tibetan way of life to speak directly to the audience. Above all, we hoped that the film would draw the audience into the spirit of the Tibetan way of life, into its lightheartedness, openness and quietly powerful awareness of the sacred. --Director Graham Coleman

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. The film interweaves this personal portrait with an intimately observed exploration of the ways in which the inner knowledge of Tibetan Buddhist culture is developed in the monasteries through vigorous debate and solitary meditation, and communicated to the lay community.

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." With a commentary based on the teachings of the great 20th century master Dudjom Rinpoche, the essence of tantric Buddhism is powerfully revealed.

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. It follows monks and farmers through a day, ending with an unflinching depiction of a monastery's moving ritual response to a death in the community. As in the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the departed is guided through the dream-like intermediate state between death and birth.

Written and Directed by Graham Coleman
Produced and Photographed by David Lascelles
Narrated by Thupten Jinpa

Destroyer of Illusion

2011-12-31T12:04:05.260Z

If your mind is pure, everyone is a Buddha.
If your mind is impure, everyone is ordinary. --Trulshik Rinpoche XI

Filmed on location in Nepal

Unprecedented access and intimate knowledge inform this richly detailed and beautifully filmed portrait of a secret Tibetan Buddhist ritual, the Mani Rimdu festival, and the remarkable spiritual teacher, Trulshik Rinpoche, who leads and preserves this centuries-old tradition.

Richard Gere narrates with the clarity and resonant depth of an insider. This is a very special chance to witness a private sacred realm as if you were there.

Just as coronation transforms ordinary men into kings, tantric empowerment transforms men into Buddhas. Hundreds of initiates gather once a year at Thubten Chöling Monastery to learn to become Garwang Tojay-chenpo, Lord of the Dance. He is called this because his infinite creativity is symbolized by dance. He personifies the compassion of all the Buddhas.

Lord of the Dance is the deity of Mani-Rimdu, the major sacred festival of the Everest region. Each autumn, Trulshik Rinpoche, the spiritual leader of the region, goes from his home in Thubten Chöling to Chiwong Monastery to preside over the festival. His name means "destroyer of illusion." In Destroyer of Illusion we meet the men who undertake these tasks. We see the world through their eyes—a world where the mountains are filled with gods, and a human being's potential is limited only by his imagination and his will.

Narrated by Richard Gere
Produced by Franz-Christophe Giercke and Barbara Becker
Written and Directed by Richard Kohn