Dalai Lama, Matthieu Ricard, Takna Jigme Sangpo
A documentary about the largest Buddhist ritual to promote peace and tolerance, held by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya, India and Graz, Austria in 2002. With exclusive interviews with the Da...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 25, 2005
Stats: 62 reviews
Phenomenal!!
Both Navajo culture and Buddhist culture uphold such a tradition, and the art of sandpainting is that strong connection between the two. The path for great peace and balance of all in the world.
This is really great...Herzog just stuns me every time I watch a documentary of his...the style is ever apparent and the footage and editing is always first rate.
An interesting take on Buddhist ritual, in pleasantly understated Herzog style. I really liked the shock of the transition from India to Austria... it really underscored the strangeness of a Western appearance of the Dalai Lama (or other foreign dignitary).
This is a documentary about the creation of a "mandala", a figure about 2 meters in diameter with cosmic significance for Buddhists that looks like a very colourful blow up of a computer chip. It takes several people days to complete with styluses that deposit powder on a blue su...( read more)
Herzog shows an interesting aspect of Buddhism. I've always wanted to see a mandala created and this was a visual of it. Still want to see it in person though.
Strangely straightforward for a Herzog film, but luckily that doesn't take anything away from the documentary itself.
This is an incredibly interesting look into the 'wheel of time' celebration/indoctrination for the followers of the Buddhis religion, as well as the creation ...( read more)
This was a very good movie for the cultural exposure it gives. However it was edited horribly, but I am glad I saw it and would see it multiple times again.
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