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NURTURING COMPASSION
BODHISATTVA
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NURTURING COMPASSION portrays the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa, leader of the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and his tour of Germany in 2014, his first-ever visit to Europe. Following in the footsteps of his previous incarnation, genuinely regarded as one of the 20th Century’s great saints, the Karmapa faces major challenges.
YANGSI
BODHISATTVA portrays the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa, one of the most important lamas in the world of Tibetan Buddhism, at an earlier moment in his trajectory as a teacher: his first visit to the West—specifically, the United States. In this documentary film, we meet not only the leader of the Kagyu Lineage, but also a young man of uncommon warmth, humanity, and humor.
YANGSI offers an intimate portrait of a young Tibetan boy who is recognized as the reincarnation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, among the most revered Tibetan Buddhist masters of the twentieth century. He is known as the 'Yangsi,' the one who has come again into existence.
EYE OF
THE LAND
EYE OF THE LAND charts the making of the forty-two-foot-high Tashi Gomang Stupa near Crestone, in remote 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 essnce of their wisdom, realization and compassion for all beings.
THE LION'S ROAR
UNDER THE
BODHI TREE
THE LION'S ROAR is a 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
UNDER THE BODHI TREE The 17th Karmapa leads the Kagyu Monlam at the site of the Buddha's enlightenment, Bodhgaya, India. A short documentary full of intimate moments and ritual.
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We work at the intersection of Tibetan Buddhism and the modern world. Current releases include NURTURING COMPASSION, YANGSI and BODHISATTVA, all intimate portraits of prominent Tibetan Lamas. (MORE)
NURTURING COMPASSION portrays the 17th Karmapa, regarded as the living embodiment of the Buddha. In this, our third film about the Karmapa, he struggles to continue the legacy of his predecessor and guide his lineage through challenging times... [MORE]
