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Tibet: On the Edge of Change - Travel Video. Questar Video.
When Frank Capra made his classic "Lost
Horizon" in 1937, he depicted the strange land of Shangri-La where health,
peace, and longevity
reigned.
Tibet was that mystical land. Three-time Emmy Award-winning
cinematographer William Bacon brings back an up-to-date look at this
hidden land of two million who occupy an area twice the size of Texas.
Known as "the roof of the world," Tibet has an average elevation of 16,000
feet above sea level. Virtually surrounded by mountains, including the
Himalayas, Tibet is bordered by India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Burma. But
its giant northern neighbor China is posing a threat to Tibet's
traditional, protected ways. The expulsion of the Dalai Lama
(spiritual leader to millions of Buddhists worldwide) has stirred American
curiosity about the Tibetan people and the many changes being brought
about by the occupying Chinese. See the mystical capital city of
Lhasa. Enter the sanctity of a Tibetan monastery as the monks engage
in the ancient art of religious debate and chant their haunting mantras.
The video captures an inside look at Tibet's past, present, and its very
uncertain future. 55
minutes
"Engrossing
documentary...often mesmerizing program" - Chicago Tribune |
QUES |
$24.95
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Inside Tibet - Travel Video.
Mystic
Fire Video.
This is the first of a two part series that follows an international team across the Himalayas to
reveal a close up view of people and history of the most beautiful and
remote region on earth. The
film contains rare archival footage of ceremonies and ritual public
festivals at the Potala, the Dalai Lama's summer palace and the Jokang
temple recorded before China's invasion of Tibet.
We witness the
siege of Ganden Monastery as well as recent footage, shot under the
constraints of government approval, showing the Tibetans striving to
rebuild their homes and temples in the wake of China's brutal repression.
60 minutes İ 2001
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MYST |
$29.95
VHS
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Postage and handling is $4.80 for the first video
and $3.00 for each additional video.
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Foreign delivery is $8.50 for the first video
and $5.00 for each additional video.
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Ancient Tibetan Kingdoms - Travel Video. World Almanac
Video.
Come explore the ancient kingdom of Tibet,
seat of wisdom and mysticism high up in the Himalayas. The
independent nation of Tibet no longer exists, but the legacy of ancient
Tibetan culture--with its evocative art, shrines, rituals, prayers, and
dances-can still be found in the nations of India, Nepal, and Bhutan.
c1999.
30 minutes
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WALM |
$24.95
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Illuminated Tibet: An Introduction To Tibetan Culture -
CD ROM. Mystic Fire.
This multimedia learning package offers an accessible and easy to use
introduction to the rich tradition of Tibet. Dr. Thurman is one of
the
most
prominent Tibetan scholars in America and a close associate of His
Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama. His narration guides the user through
the Kalachakra initiation which is central to the CD. He has written
and edited all chapter text.
This CD is an essential learning
companion to anyone interested in exploring the Tibetan religion, society
and culture. It is an easy-to-use product which runs on PC or Mac
and contains hundreds of photographs of modern and pre-invasion Tibet as
well as photos of Tibetans in exile, 8 chapters of informative text, a
slide show, and a glossary with over 240 entries.
"A former Tibetan Monk,
co-founder of Tibet house and current holder of Columbia Universityıs
first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies, Dr. Thurman brings special
insight and a broad-based background to crafting this interactive tool
that immerses the user in the sights, sounds, symbols, culture, art,
people, and religion of Tibet.
The focal attraction is the First
Slide Show, a photographic journey to the ancient Tabo monastery, where
monks prepare for and receive the Kalachakra Initiation from His Holiness
the Dalai Lama. Intimate photographs are interspersed with
breathtaking Himalayan mountainscapes and complemented by narratives,
captions, music, and mantras. With a click on an icon, users can
access the eight chapters of informative text with links to the glossary,
and enlarge the miniature photographs for closer inspection. Chapter
titles describe content: "Land of the Snows"; "People of Tibet";
"Religious and Monastic Life"; History"; Religion and Philosophy";
"Evolutionary Art of Tibet"; :Lamas and bodhisattvas"; and "Tantras,
Mandalas, and Buddhalands." Icons on the main menu screen link
viewers to appendices with additional reading and an extensive glossary.
The Second Slide Show is a pictorial review of all the images on the CD.
This inspiring documentary exquisitely captures Dr. Thurmanıs love for the
living culture of Tibet he seeks to preserve. Easy to run on either
Mac or PC, it makes exceptional use of the medium. |
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$39.95
CD ROM
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Himalaya. Kino Studio.
This is an age old tale set in an
ancient village in the Himalaya. The old village chief insists on waiting
to take a yak caravan over the mountain on the specific date given by the
oracles. A young whippersnapper, Karma, who would like to take over
the Chief's role
sooner
rather than later, insists on leaving immediately before the weather turns
foul. Both are stubborn, insistent and unmoving in their decision of
when to leave. Both can't be correct or can they?
This is a contest between each man and the mountain and everyone
wins, because "there are no accidents". A breathtaking film
cinematically and one that echoes the spirituality of the Tibetan people.
Bruno Coulais' soundtrack for this film is absolutely perfect. Eric
Valli's direction is amazing considering the cast are not actors.
This movie will stay with you for a very long time.
This is a movie, but it also
pays very close attention to the life of the Dolpo-pa people, and as such,
it not only presents a story, but captures a "culture in time" that few of
us will ever experience. We may walk through these people's
villages, or hire them to carry our gear, but we never can participate in
their personal lives. Eric Valli, whatever his ulterior motives in
creating this film (if any), had to have been driven by a love of the
people and mountains to put this together. In an era of
globalization and the loss of cultures and languages every year, films of
this kind have great anthropological and human geographical value.
It's too bad that more Eric Valli's don't exist to preserve our vanishing
human heritage. When presented as a story, it can reach a much wider
audience than a standard documentary; the story pulls the viewer into the
lifestyle. |
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$24.95
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Tantra of Gyuto - Travel Video. Mystic Fire.

Monks
of the Gyuto Tantric College perform sacred Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies in
a style of chanting that expresses the ecstasy of true meditation.
Through ritual and mantric power and by their sheer inherent potency and
disciplined execution, these concentrated essential energies bring about
direct spiritual phenomena. The rituals, introduced by the Dalai
Lama, are interwoven with powerful images of Tibetan sacred art.
The film is prefaced by an account of
Tibetan history that incorporates archival footage from the 1920s until
the Chinese takeover of Tibet in 1959. 52 minutes. c2001
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$29.95
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Tibet: The End of Time - Travel Video. Time-Life.

Time-Life journeys to Tibet as this
real-life Shangri-La collides head-on with the realities of the modern
age. Traversing the highest mountain passes on earth, enter a kingdom so
remote it was virtually unknown to outsiders until recent times. Discover
how, as the world's last surviving theocracy,
Tibetans voluntarily abandoned their warlike past to worship their
ruler, the Dalai Lama, as the living manifestation of God on earth.
36 minutes |
TIME |
$29.95
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