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EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES
The Buddha, 2010, 120 min.
Buddhism Comes to America, 1990, 30 min.
Daughters of Dolma, 2013, 67 min.
Essentials of Faith: Buddhism, 2006, 24 min.
The Four Noble Truths, 1996, 240 min.
The Life of the Buddha, 2003, 50 min.
Pema Chödrön, 2006, 60 min.
Principles and Practices of Zen, 1988, 120 min.
The Reincarnation of Khensur Rinpoche, 1999, 49 min.
Sand Painting: Sacred Art of Tibet, 2002, 30 min.
Shadow of Buddha, 2010, 40 min.
The Thread of Karma (sequel to The Reincarnation of Khensur Rinpoche) 2008, 50 min.
Tibetan Buddhism: Cycles of Interdependence, 1983, 50 min.
Tibetan Buddhism: Politics, Power, and the Birth of the Dalai Lama, 1999, 45 min.
Tibetan Buddhism: The Wheel of Life, 1991, 30 min.
POPULAR FILMS and DOCUMENTARIES
Beyond Rangoon, 1995 (engaged Buddhism, political situation in Burma/Myanmar)
The Burmese Harp, 1985 (Theravadin practices)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2003
The Cup, 1999 (Tibetan)
The Horse Thief, 1986 (Chinese)
The Last Samurai, 2003
Little Buddha, 1993 (primer on basic Buddhism)
Kundun, 1997 (identification of the present Dalai Lama at age 2 and his next 20 years until he flees Tibet during the Chinese invasion)
Rikyu, 1990 (explores the struggle between art and power in sixteenth-century Japan)
Seven Years in Tibet, 1997
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring, 2003 (Buddhist monk and student)
Why Has Bodhi Dharma Left for the East? 1989 (South Korean)
PERIODICALS
Buddhadharma, The Practitioner’s Quarterly
Turning Wheel, The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism (BPF)
LITERATURE
Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists by Sumi D. Loundon and Jack Kornfield, 2001
Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo, 2006
The Gate by Natsume Soseki, 2006
The Harp of Burma by Michio Takeyama, 1968
Little Pilgrim: A Novel by Ko Un, 2005
Many Lives by M. R. Kukrit Pramoj, 2000
Not Out of Hate: A Novel of Burma by Ma Ma Lay, 1991
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, 1983
Teaching Buddhism in the West ed. by Victor Hori et al., 2002
Virtual Lotus: Modern Fiction of Southeast Asia ed. by Teri Shaffer Yamada, 2002
The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology by Jack Kornfield, 2009