|
||||
 Video of murals inside Viharn Lai Kham, which date from the mid-19th century and illustrate two non-Canonical Jataka Stories, using pan and zoom techniques to animate the photographs. Read More: Video of Murals in Viharn Lai Kham, Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai  Video of the China Disabled Peoples Performance Art Troupe, with their lead dancer, Tai Lihua, performing the famous Buddha with a Thousand Hands dance, recorded for German TV in 2008. Read More: Buddha With A Thousand Hands (2008)  Ajahn Suthep demonstrating his afternoon Qi Gong workout at Vivekavana in June, 2011. Read More: Ajahn Suthep Teaching Qi Gong  The bulk of this film is made up of recordings of the awful destructive power of the atomic bomb filmed at various times and places and set to the music of Nadja, a Canadian drone doom band. Read More: Nadja – Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds  Here are some wonderful paintings by Virginia Peck of Buddha Heads. I am always happy to see artists reimagine the forms of the past, which shows that they are still alive and living in someone’s imagination. Read More: Virginia Peck’s Buddha Head Paintings  This is a wonderful rendition of the third Great Compassion Mantra as found in the Chinese tradition with some beautiful images uploaded with the victims of the Japanese Tsunami in mind.  Imagine a full-scale music video of traditional Mongolian folk artists, beautifully photographed and edited, and that is somewhere near what we have here. Read More: Gobi by Boerte (Mongolian Music Video)  Ajahn Brahm points out that it is not kamma which causes natural disasters, and what is important in such situations is our own kamma (actions) when faced with an emergency: can we respond skilfully and appropriately to the tradgedy that is unfolding? Read More: Ajahn Brahm: Transcending Disasters  Four wonderful and heartfelt songs sung by the Tibetan Nun Ani Choying Drolma. The first is a music video recorded at the Swayambhunath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. The others were recorded live in Germany. Read More: Ani Choying Drolma – Four Songs  Today is International Women’s Day, and Wangari Maathai is one of the most articulate women alive at present, for nearly 40 years her voice has been heard in support of women and women’s rights, the environment and sustainable development, and peace and reconciliation around the world. Read More: Wangari Maathai: Environment, Democracy and Peace  This is a hauntingly beautiful and deeply meditative film by Bae Yong-kyun, who spent 7 years making and editing the film, which is permeated by Buddhist themes and is built up around Zen koans and Zen-like dialogue. Read More: Why Has Bodhidharma Left for the East?  This is a video recording of a talk given by Ajahn Karuniko, the vice-Abbot of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery in England, on the subject of good and skilful speech. The talk is in English with Mandarin translation by Mr. Tan Ah Huat. Read More: Ajahn Karuniko: Right Speech  For a number of years I lived in ashrams in India, before eventually retiring to Sri Lanka and ordaining. One of the things I remember most fondly about my time in the ashrams there was the Bhajan and Kirtan singing which generally took place each evening. Read More: Kashi Vishwanath Gange by Krishna Das  The silk road featured some beautiful music by someone who was barely known at the time, and who was brought to prominence by writing the haunting theme music for the series, the Japanese musician Kitarō. Read More: Kitarō: Theme from The Silk Road  Here are a couple of videos by Nina Paley looking at over population from different viewpoints. Read More: Nina Paley on Overpopulation  This is a beautiful recitation of a translation of the Heart Sūtra by Marina Lighthouse, along with some atmospheric black and white photographs from Borobudur and elsewhere. Read More: The Heart Sutra recited by Marina Lighthouse  This is a short video from National Geographic’s Atmosphere podcast, which looks at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, which I visited twice this year. Read More: Angkor Wat Lotus Temple  Recently I attended a talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, and while looking for material to post here I came across his 10 Mindful Movements, which are very similar to the practices I have developed myself. Read More: Thich Nhat Hanh: Mindful Movements  Earlier this month I showed a film made by Yann Arthus-Bertrand called HOME. Today I am showing an extract from a video made of some of his stills photography taken from the air in both hot-air balloons and helicopter. Read More: Earth from Above  Here is an animated video in the sumi-e style of painting. The film is inspired by Toaist thought and includes drawing of the Yin and Yang symbols as well as the I-ching. Read More: Animated Film: The Way |
|
|||
|
Coming Next on Dharma Records: my other websites: my original content on these pages is released under a
I sometimes use material that I have either obtained permission to use or that may be released under a different license, which may be more or less restrictive please be sure to check before using Powered by WordPress & the Atahualpa Theme by BytesForAll. Discuss on our WP Forum |
||||
