Dalai Lama
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Gallileo, Copernicus, Newton, Niels Bohr, Einstein. Their insights shook our perception of who we are and where we stand in the world and in their wake have left an uneasy co-existence: science vs. religion, faith vs. empirical enquiry. Which is the keeper of truth? Which is the true path to understanding reality?
After forty years of study with some of the greatest scientific minds as well as a lifetime of meditative, spiritual and philosophical...
After forty years of study with some of the greatest scientific minds as well as a lifetime of meditative, spiritual and philosophical...
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships -- or, as they would say, because of them -- they are two of the most joyful people on the planet. In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu traveled to the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness's eightieth birthday and to create what...
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often seem happier than the rich? Must a society lose its traditions in order to move into the future? These are some of the questions posed to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by filmmaker and explorer Rick Ray. Ray examines some of the fundamental questions of our time by weaving together observations from his own journeys throughout India and the Middle East,...
Publisher
Green Planet Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
How does one capture the essence of one of the most legendary lives of our time? A boundless and heroic life filled with extraordinary loss, resilience, and achievement—and a man whose philosophy of kindness continues to inspire millions of people around the world, regardless of faith or political persuasion? In this profound and inspiring portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama, the answer is: In his own words. Through intimate conversations and previously...
Publisher
PeaceJam Foundation
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Many years ago, a little boy was born in Tibet, and he was chosen to become the 14th Dalai Lama. But the little boy had a secret, locked inside his heart. In the new film, THE DALAI LAMA - SCIENTIST, the Dalai Lama tells this unknown story about his lifelong journey into the world of science and technology, and how the world has changed as a result. With extensive, rare, never before seen footage, THE DALAI LAMA - SCIENTIST tells the very human story...
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A provocative and potent look at the Dalai Lama’s ceaseless struggle for justice and recognition for the Tibetan people, THE SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS focuses on the pivotal and particularly tumultuous events of 2008. From the four-month march of exiled Tibetans to the Indo-Tibet border and Buddhist monks’ protests in Lhasa, to the Beijing Olympics and the contentious talks between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama’s emissaries, the film...
12) Happy
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
HAPPY combines cutting-edge science from the new field of "positive psychology" with real-life stories of people from around the world whose lives illustrate these findings.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This documentary tells the story of women fighting to gain their place as female monks, or Bhikkhunis, in male dominated Buddhist traditions around the world. “It’s like a revolution has happened for women in Buddhism across the globe, yet if you’re not connected with the Buddhist community you probably wouldn’t know about it,” says the film’s director, Wiriya Sati. Sati was raised a Buddhist in Australia, but when she sought the path...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For over a thousand years, Tibetan Buddhist psychology has taught techniques for overcoming negative, afflictive emotions, such as anger, greed, jealousy, sloth and ignorance. In the film THE LAST DALAI LAMA, His Holiness explains that Tibetan Buddhism is both a religion and a “science of the mind”; he also shares his crystallized understanding of the nature of mind, and its part in the creation and alleviation of all of our suffering.
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Two leading spiritual masters share their wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity, sharing personal stories and teachings about the science of profound happiness and the daily practices that anchor their emotional and spiritual lives. --Publisher
Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
One of today's most inspiring world leaders was once an ordinary child named Lhamo Thondup. In a small village in Tibet, his mother was his first great teacher of compassion. In everyday moments from his childhood, young readers begin to see that important lessons are all around us, and that they, too, can grow to truly understand them.
