Documentary showing life in a Rinzai Zen temple. ‘Zen Principles and Practices’. Old Zen film 1986ish. Four parts of 29 minutes each. The film is not studio quality, but wonderful all the same.
History
Great Wisdom Sutra from the Chū sonji Temple Sutra Collection
This chapter from the Great Wisdom Sutra (Daihannyakyō; Sanskrit: Mahaprajnaparamita) is one of more than five thousand scrolls of Buddhist scripture.
Zen monks from Hosshin-ji on Takuhatsu
Zen monks from Hossjin-ji doing alms round in the snow (Short film about 7mins).
Trek the mountains of Khumbu.
Visit the Everest Region of Nepal, homeland of the Sherpa people. Short film around Two minutes.
The Sixth Patriarch of Zen at the Moment of Enlightenment
The Sixth Patriarch of Zen at the Moment of Enlightenment.
The Tibetan Chan Manuscripts
These manuscripts, found in the caves of Dunhuang, include the only surviving texts of a living ‘Tibetan Chan’ tradition. They give us a snapshot of the early Chan tradition from the eighth and tenth centuries…
Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia
Some scholars use esoteric Buddhism and tantra as virtually interchangeable, generic terms covering distinctive developments all across Buddhist Asia from the third or fourth centuries C.E. onward…
Nyoirin Kannon
The bodhisattva Kannon (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara) manifests in many forms, each of which demonstrates aspects of his compassion and salvific vows…
Buddhism now 