The Dalai Lama (XIV) Filmography

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Dalai Lama Renaissance

Actors: Harrison Ford

Synopsis: As the curtain rapidly fell on the 20th Century, his holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, grew so deeply troubled by the state of the modern world that he invited 40 pivotal Western thinkers to his secluded home in Northern India's Himalayan Mountains, for a lengthy and pointed Read More

2008
Art of Peace: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Actors: The Dalai Lama (XIV)

Synopsis: In this program emceed by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, the famed spiritual teacher asserts his convictions that the hope of the world lies in its capacity for peace. He teaches the audience that such peace and tranquility must begin on an internal level, achieved through individual acts of Read More

2008
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama

Actors: Rick Ray, The Dalai Lama (XIV)

Synopsis: The deeply philosophical and spiritual documentary 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama finds the questing filmmaker and intellectual Rick Ray visiting with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama -- widely regarded as one of the wisest men in the world -- and asking His Holiness such questions as: "Why are Read More

8/31/07
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Speaks: Peace and Prosperity

Actors: The Dalai Lama (XIV), Richard Gere

Synopsis: In this lecture by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, the popular spiritual leader presides over a crowd in New York City in 2007, and discusses the most effective ways for individuals of all faiths to attain inner peace and prosperity by drawing on their own inner strengths. Actor Read More

2007
Refuge

Synopsis: Filmmaker John Halpern turns his lens toward central Asia to focus on the spiritual developments that have occurred in the West following the 1959 siege on Tibet with this film, which contrasts the Western gravitation toward Buddhism with the journey of Tibetan Buddhists to seek refuge in the West Read More

5/12/06
Talking With the Dalai Lama

Synopsis: In this celluloid companion piece to filmmaker John Halpern's 2005 film Refuge, His Holiness the Dalai Lama addresses a variety of rarely discussed topics related to the current state of Buddhism in a live discussion held in the Buddhist high priest's living room in Dharamsala, India. ~ Jason Read More

5/12/06
Heaven: Where is It? How Do We Get There?

Actors: Barbara Walters

Synopsis: Everybody has their own unique vision of Heaven, and in this release famed journalist Barbara Walters talks with some of the most respected religious leaders on the planet to explore both their views of the afterlife from a number of religious vantage points. Death is one of life's biggest Read More

2006
Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela

Actors: Swami Krishnanand, Dyan Summers, Jasper Johal, Justin Davis, Vanessa Ramos

Synopsis: Every 12 years, the city of Allahabad in India plays host to a spiritual gathering called the Kumbh Mela, in which Hindus from around the world gather to hear the words of a variety of holy men and bathe where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers meet. Staged in accordance with a particular alignment of Read More

4/15/05
Dalai Lama: The Six Paramitas

Actors: The Dalai Lama (XIV)

2005
Impermanence

Actors: The Dalai Lama (XIV), Rita Bhimani

2004
What Remains of Us

Actors: The Dalai Lama (XIV)

Synopsis: Kalsang Dolma is a woman whose parents were born in Tibet; however, she was raised in India and Canada after her mother and father fled their native land in the wake of an oppressive occupation by Chinese forces. Dolma, however, has long been curious about the land of her ancestors, and after Read More

2004
Ethics and the World Crisis: A Dialogue With the Dalai Lama

Actors: The Dalai Lama (XIV), Robert A.F. Thurman

Synopsis: Buddhist leader His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet is the focal point of this panel discussion, in which a group of political, environmental, and spiritual activists discuss the dangers and dilemmas that face the global community at the dawn of the 21st century. Ethics and the World Read More

2004
Wheel of Time

Actors: The Dalai Lama (XIV), Takna Jigme Sangpo, Mattieu Ricard, Thupten Tsering

Synopsis: Celebrated filmmaker Werner Herzog turns his attention to one of the largest Buddhist gatherings in the world in this documentary. Each year, thousands of Buddhist pilgrims travel to the village of Bhod Gaya in India (the place where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment) to take part Read More

10/22/03
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion

Actors: Martin Sheen

Synopsis: Shortly after graduating from the University of California at Santa Barbara, filmmaker Tom Peosay and his wife Sue (an Asian Studies major) set out on a tour of Asia that culminated in an extended stay in the Chinese-occupied nation of Tibet. With that formative visit, the Peosays became actively Read More

9/19/03
Peace One Day

Synopsis: The epic quest of a concerned peace activist seeking to convince the United Nations of sanctioning an official day of global cease fire is profiled in this documentary showcasing filmmaker Jeremy Gilley's efforts to open a constructive dialogue on the merits of peace. Over the course of five long Read More

2003
Dreaming of Tibet

2003
Tibetan Refugee

Synopsis: This documentary explores the plight of Tibetan refugees and the current state of Tibet through interviews with many of the refugees themselves. Despite China's insistence that religious citizens of Tibet are fairly treated, the 4,000 refugees that flee Tibet each year claim otherwise, detailing Read More

2001
His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama: Ethics for the New Millennium

Synopsis: Nobel Prize winner and Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, presented this talk on ethics to an audience of 5,000 at England's Royal Albert Hall. Respected by many in the West as well as in the East, the Dalai Lama (who does not claim special stature as a teacher, healer, or Read More

1999
In the Spirit of Manjushri: The Wisdom Teachings of Buddhism, Part 1

Synopsis: For three days in 1988, at Roseland Auditorium in New York City, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama delivered a discourse on the three principle elements of the wisdom path in Mahayana Buddhism. A four-tape collection, In the Spirit of Manjushri: The Wisdom Teachings of Buddhism, with commentary from Read More

1998
In the Spirit of Manjushri: The Wisdom Teachings of Buddhism, Part 2

Synopsis: For three days in 1988, at Roseland Auditorium in New York City, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama delivered a discourse on the three principle elements of the wisdom path in Mahayana Buddhism. This four-tape collection, In the Spirit of Manjushri, with commentary from famed American Buddhist Read More

1998
In the Spirit of Manjushri: The Wisdom Teachings of Buddhism, Part 4

Synopsis: For three days in 1988, at Roseland Auditorium in New York City, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama delivered a discourse on the three principle elements of the wisdom path in Mahayana Buddhism. This four-tape collection, In the Spirit of Manjushri, with commentary from famed American Buddhist Read More

1998
In the Spirit of Manjushri: The Wisdom Teachings of Buddhism, Part 3

Synopsis: For three days in 1988, at Roseland Auditorium in New York City, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama delivered a discourse on the three principle elements of the wisdom path in Mahayana Buddhism. This four-tape collection, In the Spirit of Manjushri, with commentary from famed American Buddhist Read More

1998
His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama: Four Noble Truths [Video Series]

1997
His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama: Harmony In Diversity - How to Move From Conflict to Compassion

Synopsis: This video presents a talk by His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama. In his unpretentious style, the Dalai Lama stresses the importance of developing compassion and tolerance towards the religious and philosophical beliefs of the world's peoples. Meditation is suggested as the fundamental ground from Read More

1997
Rights and Wrongs: US - China, Trade and Human Rights

1996
Dalai Lama: Harmony in Diversity

Synopsis: The home video release Dalai Lama: Harmony in Diversity presents the May 29, 1997 speech of His Holiness, Tenzin Gyasoto, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, as he delivers an inspirational speech on the state of the world - and mankind's future - before a packed audience of dignitaries and laypeople at Read More
The Plight of Tibet and the Dalai Lama: Interviews with Tibetan Refugees