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- DirectorEverardo GonzálezStarsJosy BoyerAnne BrunilaPema ChokyiIn the majestic Tristen Norbutse Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, families leave their children to start teaching the Bön, the oldest Buddhist tradition. A simple man, a sage of Tibetan origin, is revered and recognized throughout the world as one of the great living masters of this ancient spiritual tradition. His name: Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche. Through the ensemble account of several Bön practitioners from diverse countries and cultures, Lopon seeks to delve into the reasons for the personal search for spirituality and the way in which this practice is integrated into Western culture.
- DirectorPeter KellerStefan SarazinStarsLuzer TwerskyHitham OmariMakram KhouryAn ultra-orthodox Jew and a Bedouin guide's car breaks down in the Sinai desert while en route for Passover rituals, forcing them to unite for survival as they seek their destination.
- DirectorDan FranklinAlex SuarezStephanie Renee WallStarsDan FranklinAlex SuarezDrake RodgerA young man who is haunted by his murdered brother turns to a psychiatrist whose unorthodox treatment twists his world even further.
- DirectorYaira LamelaStudents & teachers from the Ganden Shedrub Ling Temple in San Juan, Puerto Rico went through the Buddha's Path with the guidance of their Master Yansin Rinpoche and share their spiritual experience.
- DirectorDoug MasonA little person sits in zen meditation. A split-second of awakening.
- DirectorPaul WegenerStarsPaul WegenerAsta NielsenKäthe HaackTwo scientists get entangled in the theft of a Holy Tibetan document, a Sutra. As they rescue a Tibetan girl, one is apprehended and the other recovers the Sutra.
- DirectorBanmei TakahashiStarsKankurô NakamuraYuki UchidaRyushin Tei'Zen' Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji is a very important religious person during the Kamakura period, 750 years ago. After his mother died, he decides to move to China and settle as a Buddhist teacher. One bright morning, enlightened, Zenji returns to Japan as a devoted evangelist of the 'new' Buddhism. However, this new form of Buddhism is not accepted in all communities.
- DirectorJianqi HuoStarsXiaoming HuangZheng XuPurba RgyalDuring the Tang Dynasty's during the era of "Zhen Guan" (era name during rule of Emperor Taizong), the young Xuan Zang monk, in his quest for the knowledge in Buddhism, embarked on a journey to India, that is fraught with perils and dangers, natural disasters, and sees the sufferings of the common people. Soldiers gets in his way, his disciples betrays him, he struggles through deserts, runs short of food and water, all in the quest for Buddha's teachings. He finally arrives in India, and studies Buddhism in earnest. By the time he returns to China, he is already 50 years old.
- DirectorPan NalinStarsShawn KuChristy ChungNeelesha BarthelA spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's struggle to keep her enlightened love and life in the world. But their destiny turns, twists and comes to a surprise ending...
- DirectorConrad RooksStarsShashi KapoorSimi GarewalRomesh SharmaThe story of a young Indian who embarks upon a journey to find the meaning of existence. Based on the novel by Hermann Hesse.
- DirectorNeten ChoklingStarsOrgyen TobgyalKelsang Chukie TethtongJamyang LodroMilarepa is a tale of greed and vengeance - demons, magic, murder and redemption. It is the story of the man who became Tibet's greatest mystic.
- DirectorBrandy YuenStarsTung-Shing YeeChi-Shing ChanSung-Young ChenBiography of legendary Damo Monk, the master of Zen and founder of Shaolin Kungfu.
- DirectorLiliana CavaniStarsLajos BalázsovitsPaolo BonacelliMarisa FabbriThe story of the famous Tibetan yogi and poet Milarepa.
- DirectorKhyentse NorbuStarsOrgyen TobgyalNeten ChoklingJamyang LodroWhile the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is somewhat disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen. Prevented by various circumstances from seeing the Cup finals on television in a nearby village, Orgyen sets out to organize the rental of a TV set for the monastery. The enterprise becomes a test of solidarity, resourcefulness and friendship for the students, while the Lama, head of the monastery, contemplates the challenges of teaching the word of Buddha in a rapidly changing world.
- DirectorYong-Kyun BaeStarsYi Pan-YongSin Won-SopHae-Jin HuangAbout three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.
- DirectorPeter BrookStarsDragan MaksimovicTerence StampMikica DimitrijevicG.I. Gurdjieff is a spiritual teacher and mystic who, after a lifetime study, developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.
- DirectorMartin HoffmannDaniela HartmannStarsDolpo Tulku Sherap Sangpo RinpocheKhenpo Pema DorjeLobpön Urgyen WangdrakHigh reincarnated Tulku returns after seventeen years in exile as religious leader to the far remote Dolpo in the Himalayas.
- DirectorMei HuStarsChow Yun-FatXun ZhouJianbin ChenThe life story of the highly-influential Chinese philosopher, Confucius.
- DirectorStéphane HaskellStarsCorine BiriaStéphane HaskellRaphaël PersonnazAt age 40, Stéphane Haskell is suffering from a sudden illness and is paralyzed. Medicine condemns him to disability, but yoga opens a path to healing. From death corridors in the United States to African slums, he embarks on a touching journey around the world to meet those who have returned to life through yoga.
- DirectorJeffrey M. PillStarsJeffrey GibsonGeshe Yeshi ChophelThe Dalai LamaFor the first time, the reclusive and secretive Tibetan monks agree to discuss aspects of their philosophy and allow themselves to be filmed while performing their ancient practices.