Buddhism: Wheel of Time | Storyville

Duration: 1'20'04''

Synopsis

The Dalai Lama prays with the faithful in director Werner Herzog 's film. He follows the Buddhist Kalachakra - on the Nepalese/ Indian frontier, on pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet and then in Austria.

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