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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Tibetan
Description
The first feature documentary dealing extensively with Tibetan medicine, one of the most highly developed medical systems. This documentary presents evidence that deserves serious consideration as a supplement to Western medical technology.
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Tibetan
Description
In Tibet's Changtang region, a clan prepares four of its men for the annual trek to Lake Tsento. Each year, these nomads, and their caravan of 160 yaks make a highly ritualized three-month trek to harvest salt for use in future bartering. After picking an auspicious day to depart, they feast, sing, tell stories, and race horses. During the trek, all is ritualized: they speak the secret language of saltmen; they pray; they observe exemplary behavior....
3) Jinpa
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color with black and white scenes ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Tibetan
Description
On an isolated road passing through the vast barren plains of Tibet, a truck driver, who has accidentally run over a sheep, chances upon a young man, who is hitching a ride. The truck driver notices that the hitch hiker has a silver dagger attached to his belt. He comes to understand that this man is out to kill someone, who wronged him earlier in life. But the driver doesn't know that their short time together has changed everything and that their...
Series
Film Movement volume 15, film 6
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (142, 18 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Tibetan
Description
After discovering a sacred stone in the mouth of a slain deer, Taibei, young Tibetan wanderer, embarks on a mission of redemption in order to bring the divine artifact back to its rightful home, the holy Mountain of Buddha's Handprint. Danger and treachery await at every step, as black market traders and two brothers in search of vengeance stand in his path. Along the way, however, Taibei encounters a motley band of followers that help him on his...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (67 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Tibetan
Description
Viewers will see the female experience of Tibetan Buddhist nuns as full individuals beyond their monastic vows and religious practices, and how gender and modernity are molding contemporary spiritual practices in Nepal.
Explores a female experience of Tibetan Buddhism in the Kathmandu Valley.
Author
Language
Tibetan
Description
How will The Three Little Howlers escape from the fierce jaguar? With beautiful illustrations set in the rainforest of Central America, this lively retelling of The Three Little Pigs will charm readers of all ages. This book is available in English-only and many bilingual editions and includes teacher resources and English audio.
This book is part of the Language Lizard World of Stories collection. These adventures are set in diverse areas and cultures...
Author
Language
Tibetan
Description
How will The Three Little Sun Bears escape from the ferocious Siberian tiger? Set in the tropical rainforest in Asia, readers of all ages will enjoy this clever retelling of The Three Little Pigs. This book is available in English-only and many bilingual editions and includes teacher resources and English audio.
This book is part of the Language Lizard World of Stories collection. These adventures are set in diverse areas and cultures around the world....
10) Soul on a String
Author
Language
Tibetan
Description
After discovering a sacred stone in the mouth of a deer, Taibei, a solitary Tibetan cowboy, embarks on a mission: to bring it back to the holy Mountain of Buddha's Handprint. Pursued by black market traders who seek the priceless artifact for themselves, as well as two brothers seeking vengeance for the long-ago death of their father, Taibei's journey will be a long and difficult one - even before it is thrown off course by strange, mystical events.....
11) Angry Monk
Author
Language
Tibetan
Description
Gendun Choephel, a legendary figure in Tibet, turned from the monastic life he was born to (as the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama), to become a fierce critic of his country's religious conservatism and isolationism.
12) Old Dog
Author
Language
Tibetan
Description
A family on the Himalayan plains discovers their dog is worth a fortune, but selling it comes at a terrible price. The Tibetan nomad mastiff is an exotic prize dog in China, fetching as much as millions of dollars from wealthy Chinese. When a young man notices several thefts of mastiffs from Tibetan farm families, he decides to sell his family's dog before it is stolen and sold on the black market. His father, an aging Tibetan herder, is furious when...
Author
Language
Tibetan
Description
An astonishing journey of redemption, faith, and devotion. PATHS OF THE SOUL blurs the border between documentary and fiction to follow a group of Tibetan villagers who leave their families and homes in the small village of Nyima to make a Buddhist "bowing pilgrimage"-laying their bodies flat on the ground after every few steps-along the 1,200-mile road to Lhasa, the holy capital of Tibet. Though united in their devotion, each of the travelers embarks...
Author
Language
Tibetan
Description
This feature documentary explores a phenomenon that blurs life and death to an unprecedented degree. In what Tibetan Buddhists call 'tukdam', advanced meditators die in a consciously controlled manner. Though dead according to our biomedical standards, they often stay sitting upright in meditation. Remarkably, their bodies remain fresh and lifelike, without signs of decay for days, sometimes weeks after clinical death. Following ground-breaking scientific...
15) Voice from Tara
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Physical Desc
1 audio disc (43 min., 33 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Tibetan
Description
Outstanding Tibetan singer whose repertoire consists of songs from a dying tradition and are arranged in folk and contemporary settings.
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