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.
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 Thich Nhat Hanh has always been one of my true Buddhist heroes and the quintessential teachings are contained in these guidelines, which were first formulated during the Vietnam War. Read More: The Fourteen Guidelines of Engaged Buddhism  This is one of the finest non-verbal films I’ve come across so even better that it is also connected with Buddhism, being taken at a remote Zen temple in the Japanese Alps. Read More: ZEN – A Fabian Enzinger Film  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.  The Emperor requests Xuanzang to write his Records of the Western World and he gains partonage to start his translation work. He translates some of the most voluminous of the Mahayana works, but eventually his health deteriorates and he passes away. Read More: The Journey of Xuanzang 11 & 12  These two episodes cover the last years of Xuanzang’s sojourn in Nalanda, his great debates, and eventually his departure, and return across the Silk Road to the China of the Tang Dynasty. Read More: The Journey of Xuanzang 9 & 10  Xuanzang travels down through India and eventually reaches Nalanda, where he is to stay for 10 years in all. Much information about the foundation of Buddhism, its propogatation under King Asoka, and the glories of Nalanda. Read More: The Journey of Xuanzang 7 & 8  In these episodes Xuanzang crosses Central Asia and makes his way down through what is now Afghanistan and eventually on into Kashmir, where he spent the next two years studying. Read More: The Journey of Xuanzang 5 & 6  In these episodes Xuanzang reaches Gaochang, where he is welcomed by the King. He crosses the dangerous Yanqi and spends a few months in Kuch, before crossing over the Pamir and emerging into Central Asia, with only half his original party left. Read More: The Journey of Xuanzang 3 & 4  These episodes narrate the birth of Xuanzang and his childhood, his ordination, search for the true Dharma, and his meeting with the Indian monk Prabhākaramitra, and the beginning of his journey to India. Read More: The Journey of Xuanzang 1 & 2  The Journey of Xuanzang is a lavishly illustrated 12-part biography of the great Chinese traveler and translator Xuanzang, based on Records of the Western World and A Biography of the Tripitaka Master. Read More: The Journey of Xuanzang: An Introduction  Buddhism holds that the universe and all creatures in it are intrinsically in a state of complete wisdom, love and compassion; acting in natural response and mutual interdependence. Read More: Gary Snyder: Buddhist Anarchism  This is a fly-on-the-wall type documentary made by Gong Jae Sung during the 90-day meditation retreat at the 10th century Baek Hung Nuns’ Temple on the Palgong Mountain in Korea during 2001/2. Read More: Zen Buddhism – In Search of Self  According to the traditional biography of Aśvaghoṣa, which was translated into Chinese by Kumārajīva, he was originally a wandering ascetic who was able to defeat all-comers in debate. Read More: The Traditional Life of Aśvaghoṣa  This is a beautifully photographed and edited introduction to the many faces of Zen in contemporary Japan. Made in 2005 by Jon Braeley who directed and edited the film, and having haunting Shakuhachi flute music by Yohmei Blasdel, the documentary gives an overview of Zen practice and theory. Read More: The Zen Mind  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  Tomorrow I start posting the 12-part Silk Road series. I found this series about 2 years ago, and have watched it all the way through three times by now, and individual episodes at other times. Read More: Introduction to The Silk Road Series  Woodblock printing in China is strongly associated with Buddhism, which encouraged the spread of its teachings. The world’s earliest dated (AD 868) printed book is a Chinese scroll about sixteen feet long and containing the text of the Diamond Sūtra. Read More: Buddhist Woodblock Printing in China  An unforgettable journey into the hidden lives of China’s forgotten Zen Buddhist hermit tradition in the Zhongnan Mountains. Read More: Amongst White Clouds  Earlier in the month I went for a tour of some of the temples in Bukit Mertajam and will be publishing the results over the next couple of weeks. Read More: Glasswork at the Vaidurya Buddhist Lodge, Bukit Mertajam |
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