Tibet : a Buddhist trilogy
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✎ Suggest a correctionAn exploration of Tibetan Buddhism, which, following China's invasion of Tibet in the 1950s, became a religion and a culture in exile. Includes a portrait of the Dalai Lama, a rare look at an ancient tantric ritual associated with the female deity Tara, a look into the mystical world of monastic life as practiced in India, Nepal, and Bhutan, and a depiction of the response to a death in the community.
Credits
Featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama, narrated by Thupten Jinpa; Thread Cross Films; Orient Foundation; Festival Media (Organization); Coleman (graham); Lascelles, David (Producer); Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho; Thupten Jinpa
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: Beautiful ornament.
Original source: "Original translations for Part I and commentary read by Thupten Jinpa." | "A Thread Cross Films/Orient Foundation (UK) presentation"--Container. | Originally filmed in 16mm in 1977, and produced in 1979.
Release: [Berkeley, Calif.] : Festival Media, ©2005.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | polychrome
Contents: Contents: The Dalai Lama, the monasteries and the people -- Radiating the fruit of truth -- The fields of the senses. | Extra features: A stereo sound recording of a tantric Buddhist ritual, "A beautiful ornament" -- Interview with Graham Coleman & David Lascelles -- Trailers -- Info page.
Subjects: Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region | Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Rituals | Buddhism -- India | Buddhism -- Nepal | Buddhism -- Bhutan | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- India | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- Nepal | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- Bhutan | Buddhism | Buddhism -- Rituals | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) | Bhutan | China -- Tibet Autonomous Region | India | Nepal | Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- | Tārā (Buddhist deity)
Language note: In English and Tibetan with English subtitles.
Ucla location: Instructional Media Library Stacks DVD | ID4081
Original source: "Original translations for Part I and commentary read by Thupten Jinpa." | "A Thread Cross Films/Orient Foundation (UK) presentation"--Container. | Originally filmed in 16mm in 1977, and produced in 1979.
Release: [Berkeley, Calif.] : Festival Media, ©2005.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | polychrome
Contents: Contents: The Dalai Lama, the monasteries and the people -- Radiating the fruit of truth -- The fields of the senses. | Extra features: A stereo sound recording of a tantric Buddhist ritual, "A beautiful ornament" -- Interview with Graham Coleman & David Lascelles -- Trailers -- Info page.
Subjects: Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region | Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Rituals | Buddhism -- India | Buddhism -- Nepal | Buddhism -- Bhutan | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- India | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- Nepal | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- Bhutan | Buddhism | Buddhism -- Rituals | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) | Bhutan | China -- Tibet Autonomous Region | India | Nepal | Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- | Tārā (Buddhist deity)
Language note: In English and Tibetan with English subtitles.
Ucla location: Instructional Media Library Stacks DVD | ID4081
Sources
- UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
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