Buddhist Studies

ABOVE AND BELOW: THE ART OF TSHERIN SHERPA

Artist Tsherin Sherpa's remarkable 19-year journey from Tibetan Buddhist thangka painter to global art superstar

"Others Before Self" directed by Seth McClellan. Two children in a classroom watch their teacher as they learn to meditate. https://vimeo.com/844641850

OTHERS BEFORE SELF

The kids at Tibetan Children's Village share their story of the occupation of Tibet, impart the wisdom of their culture and yearn to return to their homeland

Trailer for documentary "Pad Yatra - A Green Odyssey" directed by Wendy J. N. Lee. Group of people walking through mountain. https://vimeo.com/388046784

PAD YATRA - A GREEN ODYSSEY

A bottom up environmental movement: One Buddhist trek to save the Himalayas

Trailer for documentary "PASANG: In the Shadow of Everest" directed by Nancy Svendsen. Close up of woman in snow hiking gear. https://vimeo.com/821794951

PASANG: In the Shadow of Everest

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa battled racism, gender discrimination, and political opposition in her quest to become the first Nepali woman to summit Mt Everest

Trailer for documentary "Perfect Strangers" directed by Jan Krawitz. Back of woman with pink hair. https://vimeo.com/745188475

PERFECT STRANGERS

One woman's journey to give away a kidney raises thorny philosophical questions about acts of compassion

https://vimeo.com/349813970

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE NOW?

Six Stories. Seventeen Years. The Spiritual Journeys of American Millennials.

Trailer for documentary "What Do You Believe?" directed by Sarah Feinbloom. Five teenagers standing by bay. https://vimeo.com/390630701

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?

The religious lives of American teenagers

“Wisdom Gone Wild” directed by Rea Tajiri. Daughter presses her noes against her mother who is in hospice. https://vimeo.com/866122140

WISDOM GONE WILD

A vibrant tender cine-poem; a filmmaker collaborates with her Nisei mother as they confront the painful curious reality of wisdom ‘gone wild’ in the shadows of dementia

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