Buddhism

Issues: Belief and Suffering | Belief File

This programme looks at suffering from the Buddhist point of view.

Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism | A-Z of Belief

Over six million people begin their day by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Popstar Pepsi De Macque shares how this chant and her belie...

Hearts and Minds: Part 2 | Everyman

Ten years after the Vietnam War, the Laos communist government has, for the first time, allowed a Western crew to film extensively in the...

Hearts and Minds: Part 1 | Everyman

A film about Thailand, set ten years after the end of the Vietnam War, as it faces Communist Indochina across the Mekong River. Tradition...

Buddhism: Introduction to Buddhism | Belief File

Young British Buddhist's explain and discuss the key beliefs of Buddhism.

The Life of Buddha

Filmed on location in India and Nepal, the documentary follows Siddhartha Gautama's (who came to be known as the Buddha) spiritual journey to Enlightenmen...

Tibetan Buddhism | Around the World in 80 Faiths

At a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal, monks explain their way of life and their key religious beliefs.

The Baby and the Buddha | Storyville

Documentary which chronicles former disciple Tenzin Zopa's search for his reincarnated Tibetan master, Lama Konchog. This 'unmistaken ch...

The Life of the Buddha | Everyman

Filmed on location in India and Nepal, the documentary follows Siddhartha Gautama's spiritual journey to enlightenment, tracing how he came...

The Buddhists of Suburbia | Everyman

Tonight's documentary concludes the Buddhism season, profiling number of converts to the faith, including an IT consultant who has given...

Kingdom of the Lost Boy | Everyman

The Panchen Lama, one of Tibet's most revered spiritual figures chosen by the Dalai Lama, has disappeared. Meanwhile, the Chinese authorit...

Richard Gere's Buddhism

Hollywood actor Richard Gere has been a committed Buddhist for the past thirty years. In an in-depth interview, he reveals how he discovered Buddhism...

5: A Tale of Three Monks | A Year in Tibet

Tsultrim has to juggle running the monastery while complying with government restrictions.

3: Faith, Hope and Charity | A Year in Tibet

The monks begin preparations for New Year, one of Tibet's biggest festivals.

4: Monks Behaving Badly | A Year in Tibet

In the Pel Kor monastery, the director finds that some statues have been stolen.

2: Three Husbands and a Wedding | A Year in Tibet

It's autumn and everyone pulls together to get in the harvest.

1: The Visit | A Year in Tibet

Documentary series following a year in the life of Gyantse, Tibet's third largest town. The Panchen Lama pays an unexpected visit to the local...

1: China: the Mountain | Extreme Pilgrim

Peter Owen Jones, a Church of England vicar, journeys to a monastery in China to find out what Buddhism can teach him about spiritua...

Kung Fu Business | Under the Sun

The documentary series continues by capturing the clash between the austerity of a Chinese monastery and the modern world's market forces as...

Brotherhood: The Inner Life of Monks

At a time of change, a community of ageing monks reflect on their spirituality as the number of burials in the monastery graveyard conti...

A Monk From The Marble Temple

In Thailand most boys train as monks for a while, film follows Soradej a novice & Udom who has been a monk for 10 yrs in their duties.

Michael Palin's Himalaya: Journey of a Lifetime

Michael Palin revisits his fifth travel series - a journey to explore the Himalaya. Crossing the border into India, he visits...

Buddhism: Wheel of Time | Storyville

The Dalai Lama prays with the faithful in director Werner Herzog 's film. He follows the Buddhist Kalachakra - on the Nepalese/ Indian f...

The Boy King | Correspondent

A program about 15-year-old Urgyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa of a Tibetan sect regarded as second in power only to the Dalai Lama. Carol W...

The Dalai Lama at 80

Emily Maitlis interviews the Dalai Lama, to discuss politics, Buddhism and ageing.

Mission: Joy - with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama (2021)

A feelgood film that follows the meeting between the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu in 2015 during whic...