Devout Buddhists, Norbu and Dolma live with their young son Tashi in a clan in Tibet. Norbu is a highwayman. After Norbu is charged with stealing from the temple, he and his family are banished. Impoverished and marginalized, they can do little when their beloved son becomes ill. Tashi dies of a fever. After a second son is born, Norbu focuses his every action on keeping this child alive, seeking re-admission to the clan for his wife and child, then risking all to save them from isolation and starvation in winter.

Experimental movie, where a man comes home and experiences LSD. His kaleidoscopic visions follow, with readings inspired by the Tibethan Book of the Dead.

Frechdachs Orygens nimmt sich gerne den zwei Neulingen im tibetisch-buddhistischen Kloster im indischen Exil an. Er steckt die beiden an mit seiner Begeisterung für Fußball. Als das Endspiel der Weltmeisterschaft ansteht und alle drei als Disziplinarstrafe das Kloster nicht verlassen dürfen, versuchen sie einen Fernseher samt Antenne auszuleihen: ein wirklich schweres Stück Arbeit, was eine Mönchsgeduld- und Hartnäckigkeit erfordert.

Der 14. Dalai Lama, der seit 1959 im indischen Exil lebt, feierte im Juli seinen 88. Geburtstag. Die Frage seiner Nachfolge steht im Mittelpunkt eines Machtkampfes zwischen Indien und der chinesischen Regierung, die das nächste geistliche Oberhaupt der Tibeter allein bestimmen will. Denn für Peking gehört Tibet zu China; die Exilregierung des Dalai Lama wird nicht anerkannt. (Text: arte)

"Das Wissen vom Heilen" ist eine Dokumentation über das tibetische Medizinsystem, das dem Grundlehrbuch Gyüschi, das Wissen vom Heilen, des 12. Jahrhundert entstammt. Dieses Lehrbuch hat eine grundverschiedene Auffassung von "Gesundheit" und Volksmedizin, sondern eine wissenschaftliche Schulmedizin mit über zweitausend Jahren Entwicklung und Erfahrung, die seit dem 17. Jahrhundert in speziellen Medizinschulen gelehrt wird. Tibetische Arzneien bestehen aus Bestandteilen wie rohbelassenen Kräutern, Früchten und in kleinen Mengen Wurzeln. Der tibetische Mediziner behandelt Krankheiten auf seelischer, körperlicher und geistiger Ebene.

A Tibetan immigrant returns to her home country to witness the Chinese occupation.

Tibetan Buddhist search for the meaning of death in an unforgiving Himalayan landscape and stir compassion by uncovering human truths

Two-part documentary about the Tibetan refugee community in India. Feingold interviews Tibetan philosophers and former political prisoners. Part One (60 mins.) "Body, Speech, and Mind: Conversations with Tibetan Philosophers". Part Two (30 mins.) "Resisting the Chinese Occupation: Personal Accounts of Tibetans".

More than 50 years ago, the Tibetan Bon Buddhist tradition was driven from its refuge deep within the Himalayas. This is the story of the long and difficult journey that followed. Told through the lens of one Bon teacher born in exile -- Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche -- this film reveals something very precious and very old: a rich spiritual heritage, hidden for millennia, whose secret teachings are only now becoming known to the world. There may be no unbroken spiritual tradition more ancient than Bon, which traces its beginnings to a buddha who predates Shakyamuni by thousands of years. Yet this tradition today may be facing its greatest challenge thus far: to preserve its rich heritage beyond the land of its birth.

A beautiful documentary film set around Dzogchen monastery in Tibet. It focuses on Kjabje Dzogchen Pema Kalsang Rinpoche, who has been instrumental in the rebuilding and re-establishing of the great monastic seat of Dzogchen monastery in Tibet. In 1998 Rinpoche began the construction of the Lotus Ground Retreat Centre in the secluded meadow of Dzogchen Pema Tung. Having completed the stunning Temple of Great Perfection in 2003, he established the Pema Tung annual teachings and empowerments of the secret heart essence of Dzogpa Chenpo for great numbers of fortunate students. High on the Tibetan plateau, in the hidden valley of Rudam, Kham (Eastern Tibet), is the Buddhist monastery of Tibet. It is home o one of the world's most profound and secret spiritual traditions.

Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser's efforts to document and present the reality of Tibet were considered a "political problem" by the Chinese Party-state and she was fired from her job. Since then, she has persevered as an independent writer and has continued to speak out for the sufferings of Tibetan people. Zhu Rikun, the director, came into possession of Tsering's official dossier which then became the main thread of this film. The first half of the movie is centred around her reading of the dossier; be patient as the theme grows and her interviews document the changed direction her career took including footage from Tibet.