Buddhism Movies

  • 2006
    A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

    A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

    A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

    02006HD

    Listen in as one of the world’s most recognized and charismatic spiritual leaders discusses the recipe for living peacefully and joyfully in...

    A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
  • 2012
    Summer in the Lotus Ground

    Summer in the Lotus Ground

    Summer in the Lotus Ground

    102012HD

    A beautiful documentary film set around Dzogchen monastery in Tibet. It focuses on Kjabje Dzogchen Pema Kalsang Rinpoche, who has been instrumental...

    Summer in the Lotus Ground
  • 2006
    Journey Into Buddhism: Vajra Sky Over Tibet

    Journey Into Buddhism: Vajra Sky Over Tibet

    Journey Into Buddhism: Vajra Sky Over Tibet

    02006HD

    This documentary is the third part of The Yatra Trilogy created by John Bush. Vajra is the Sanskrit word signifying the thunderbolt of illumination,...

    Journey Into Buddhism: Vajra Sky Over Tibet
  • 2014
    Art as a Weapon

    Art as a Weapon

    Art as a Weapon

    62014HD

    Street art, creativity and revolution collide in this beautifully shot film about art’s ability to create change. The story opens on the...

    Art as a Weapon
  • 2008
    Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut

    Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut

    Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut

    102008HD

    Buddhist monks open up about the joys and challenges of living out the precepts of the Buddha as a full-time vocation. Controversies swirling within...

    Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut
  • 2010
    Shugendô Now

    Shugendô Now

    Shugendô Now

    6.52010HD

    This feature documentary is an experiential journey in to the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendō (The Way of...

    Shugendô Now
  • 2006
    Vajra Sky Over Tibet

    Vajra Sky Over Tibet

    Vajra Sky Over Tibet

    72006HD

    Vajra Sky is a cinematic pilgrimage to central Tibet, bearing witness to the indomitable faith of its Buddhist community and the imminent threat to...

    Vajra Sky Over Tibet
  • 2010
    Sky Dancer

    Sky Dancer

    Sky Dancer

    02010HD

    Sky Dancer
  • 2011
    Beyond Thought (Awareness Itself)

    Beyond Thought (Awareness Itself)

    Beyond Thought (Awareness Itself)

    5.22011HD

    In a world full of constant change, we are always aware of what’s going on and what we think about it. This gives us a sense of who we are...

    Beyond Thought (Awareness Itself)
  • 2013
    Daughters of Dolma

    Daughters of Dolma

    Daughters of Dolma

    02013HD

    Dolma is the Tibetan name of Tara, a Buddhist female deity, and means 'she who saves'. Dolma is regarded as a Bodhisattva of compassion and action....

    Daughters of Dolma
  • 1918
    Japan in Feast

    Japan in Feast

    Japan in Feast

    6.51918HD

    An actuality film showing a Buddhist festival in Kyoto. The procession includes Buddhist monks, geishas, and others dressed coordinately to the...

    Japan in Feast
  • 2023
    An Act of Redemption

    An Act of Redemption

    An Act of Redemption

    02023HD

    This is a simple act of redemption; a consequence of a hit & run.

    An Act of Redemption
  • 2008
    Our Southern Home

    Our Southern Home

    Our Southern Home

    02008HD

    A documentary film tells the true story of the locals in southern of Thailand through the life of 4 families that live in different provinces, but...

    Our Southern Home
  • 1970
    Tears of the Buddha: Spirituality and Emotions

    Tears of the Buddha: Spirituality and Emotions

    Tears of the Buddha: Spirituality and Emotions

    01970HD

    Tears of the Buddha: Spirituality and Emotions explores the spiritual path through the lens of emotion. Director Joel Lesko interviews modern...

    Tears of the Buddha: Spirituality and Emotions
  • 1974
    Ladakh: The Lotus of the Himalaya

    Ladakh: The Lotus of the Himalaya

    Ladakh: The Lotus of the Himalaya

    01974HD

    Short documentary on the Ladakh.region.

    Ladakh: The Lotus of the Himalaya
  • 2012
    When the Iron Bird Flies

    When the Iron Bird Flies

    When the Iron Bird Flies

    6.52012HD

    WHEN THE IRON BIRD FLIES takes us on an up-close and personal journey, exploring the complex interactions between contemporary Tibetan Buddhism and...

    When the Iron Bird Flies
  • 2001
    Jenseits von Tibet

    Jenseits von Tibet

    Jenseits von Tibet

    02001HD

    Drug-addicted punk musician Tara Herbener met the love of her life in India in 1996. When she overcame her addiction with Buddhism and Zen, she met...

    Jenseits von Tibet
  • 1970
    Wisdom Fire - Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche's Cremation

    Wisdom Fire - Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche's Cremation

    Wisdom Fire - Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche's Cremation

    01970HD

    Wisdom Fire - Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche's Cremation
  • 2011
    The Light of the Golden Sun

    The Light of the Golden Sun

    The Light of the Golden Sun

    02011HD

    More than 50 years ago, the Tibetan Bon Buddhist tradition was driven from its refuge deep within the Himalayas. This is the story of the long and...

    The Light of the Golden Sun
  • 2012
    Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism

    Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism

    Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism

    82012HD

    The Japanese population’s reaction to the catastrophe of March 2011 has been described as “stoic” by the Western media. The...

    Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism