Drawing on personal experiences and the guests' extensive knowledge of various religious traditions, this fascinating conversation illuminates the individual and universal dimensions of the Spiritual Quest.
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The cities of Thailand beckon in the next episode of Trails from the East, where everyone in Thailand seems to be on the train. Travellers speak about the pain of...
The monks begin preparations for New Year, one of Tibet's biggest festivals. Lhakpa, a local rickshaw driver, struggles to earn money as winter approaches. He embarks on a scheme to...
In the Pel Kor monastery, the director Choephel discovers that some irreplaceable statues have been stolen and the theft gives the local Communist Party an excuse to put in a...
Deputy head lama Tsultrim has to juggle running the monastery whilst complying with a myriad of government restrictions. Young monk Tsephun lives and works with his master Dondrup, a curmudgeonly...
From the World Cup to the mountain kingdom of Bhutan, this documentary follows three students on a quest for wisdom. The catch is, their teacher - one of the world's...
Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo explains that, although we desperately want happiness, we are undermined by a society that rewards greed, aggression and egotism - the very causes of...
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes how oneness begins as an internal experience, explaining that Tibetan Buddhists have studied and meditated a great deal on this...
Dr. Robert Thurman, Professor of Indo-Buddhist studies at Columbia University, inspiring teacher, lecturer and author of twelve books, discusses the fruition of spiritual practice - our work in the world,...
The Tibetan Nuns Project (TNP) provides basic humanitarian and education support to over 600 refugee Buddhist nuns living in exile in northern India. Not until they fled into exile was...
Joan Halifax, Buddhist teacher, author, and abbot of Upaya Zen Monastery in Santa Fe, talks about initiation with African shaman, healer, and diviner, Malidoma Some. Malidoma suggests that people in...
explore: China is a multi-faceted, guided exploration through modern day China and Tibet in search of the "great minds" who are defining the current state of Chinese society, led by...
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