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 Publication of the teachings of Bhikkhu Sumedha on pain, stress and illness, gathered while he was working in the Intensive Care Unit at Peradeniya General Hospital during the last ten years of his life. Read More: Publication of A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness  A successful appeal to buy land so that the Bodhirukaramaya monastery near Kurunegala, Sri Lanka doesn’t loose its water supply.  Ajahn Suthep demonstrating his afternoon Qi Gong workout at Vivekavana in June, 2011. Read More: Ajahn Suthep Teaching Qi Gong  This post covers my trip to Fang, Tha Ton and Chiang Rai and the modern temples and other buildings that we found there, including the White Temple and the Black House.  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  Ajahn Suthep is one of the few Thai monks I know who can effectively teach in English, and his teachings are always based on the original teachings about the constituent parts, the sense-spheres and craving. Read More: Ajahn Suthep: 50+ Dhamma Talks  Over the past few years Ven. Dhammika has been traveling extensively and fortunately for us he took his camera with him. Now he has contributed some of these photos to the Photo Dharma website. Read More: Second Guest on Photo Dharma: Ven. Dhammika  This is an unusual documentary by Grant MacLean recounting the heroic escape of Chögyam Trungpa Rimpoche and his followers from Tibet across the Himalayas into India during the Chinese invasion of the country in 1959. Read More: Chögyam Trungpa’s Epic Journey to the West  Bhikkhu Gavesako describes the history of the Western Sangha, which originated with Ajahn Chah in north-east Thailand and then spread around the world starting with England in 1979. Read More: Bhikkhu Gavesako: Life as a Buddhist Monk in the West  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  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  In this video Bhikkhu Bodhi talks about how he and some friends came to start Buddhist Global Relief. The video was made around 6 months after the organisation was set up in 2007.  In the talk Bhikkhu Moneyya talks about the qualities that make for good parenting, and how the example a parent sets can and will influence their children for better or for worse. Read More: Bhikkhu Moneyya: Good Parenting This is a short talk I gave about how to make everyday an auspicious day by developing four great qualities of mind, and I illustrated it with stories from the life of the Buddha and modern forest monks in Sri Lanka. Read More: Bhante Anandajoti: The Four Spiritual States  A biography of the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, who was one of the most respected and loved Tibetan teachers of his time. It includes historical footage of the Karmapa, his visits to America, and his funeral in Sikkim in 1981. Read More: The Lion’s Roar – A Portrait of the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa  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? |
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