Tenzin Gyatso

Tenzin Gyatso

Birthday: 1935-07-06

Place of Birth: Taktser, Amdo, Tibet

Biography: Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness, is the 14th Dalai Lama, the former head of state and spiritual leader of the people of Tibet. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

Movies

Merton: A Film Biography
Merton: A Film Biography

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social critici...

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Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV
Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV

The daily life of the Dalai Lama is brought home with remarkable intimacy in SUNRISE/SUNSET. Granted...

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Women of K2
Women of K2

On some peaks in 2003, the statistics are impressive. For the K2 dubbed "wild mountain" or "ruthless...

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Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times
Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times

An exploration of the remarkable friendship between Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dal...

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10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama

How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often se...

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The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom

Fifty years after the fall of his country, can the Dalai Lama make a breakthrough in his efforts to ...

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One Day on Earth
One Day on Earth

Recording a 24-hour period throughout every country in the world, we explore a greater diversity of ...

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Tibet 2002
Tibet 2002

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The Invocation
The Invocation

An exploration of the notion of 'God' and World Peace through Religion, Spirituality, History, Scien...

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Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Brilliant Moon chronicles the life of the writer, poet, and meditation master Khyentse Rinpoche, one...

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A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Listen in as one of the world’s most recognized and charismatic spiritual leaders discusses the reci...

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AUTARK - Leben mit der Energiewende 4
AUTARK - Leben mit der Energiewende 4

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King Charles III: The New Monarchy
King Charles III: The New Monarchy

Prince Charles was always destined to wear the crown. From the royal childhood in Buckingham Palace ...

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But Beautiful
But Beautiful

In his new film, Erwin Wagenhofer is looking for the good and beautiful in this world....

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Wheel of Time
Wheel of Time

Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, Indi...

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Discover the Gift
Discover the Gift

Within each of us, there are special Gifts simply awaiting discovery. The sense of joy, power, fulfi...

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Happy
Happy

Happy is a 2011 feature documentary film directed, written, and co-produced by Roko Belic. It explor...

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Compassion in Emptiness
Compassion in Emptiness

Over the course of a three-day series of teachings and a public lecture, the Dalai Lama discusses nu...

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Nicky's Family
Nicky's Family

Nicky's Family is a gripping documentary from the International Emmy Award winning producers Patrik ...

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The Four Noble Truths
The Four Noble Truths

Filmed in London in 1997, this documentary chronicles a series of lectures given by the 14th Dalai L...

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The Art of Dissent
The Art of Dissent

"The Art of Dissent" celebrates the resilience and power of artistic engagement in Czechoslovakia be...

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Never Forget Tibet
Never Forget Tibet

The story of the Dalai Lama's journey and escape into exile in 1959....

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Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism
Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism

The Japanese population’s reaction to the catastrophe of March 2011 has been described as “stoic” by...

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Happiness Is
Happiness Is

Happiness Is is a road trip documentary that explores American's "pursuit of happiness"....

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Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama
Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama

A portrait of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, which includes historical footage of China's repres...

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Infinite Potential: The Life & Ideas of David Bohm
Infinite Potential: The Life & Ideas of David Bohm

INFINITE POTENTIAL takes us on a mystical and scientific journey into the nature of life and reality...

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When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

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4:44 Last Day on Earth
4:44 Last Day on Earth

A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes ...

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Tibetan Refugee
Tibetan Refugee

This documentary tells the tragic story surrounding one of the world's most influential spiritual le...

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Earth Sutra
Earth Sutra

'Earth Sutra' is the documentary that will change your vision of Tibet after six decades of control ...

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What Remains of Us
What Remains of Us

A Tibetan immigrant returns to her home country to witness the Chinese occupation....

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The Jew in the Lotus
The Jew in the Lotus

Tells how Rodger Kamenetz, author of the best-selling 1994 book by the same title, found his way bac...

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Flipside: A Journey into the Afterlife
Flipside: A Journey into the Afterlife

Award winning filmmaker Richard Martini examines the work of Michael Newton who pioneered deep hypno...

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The Buddha
The Buddha

This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells...

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Mystical Brain
Mystical Brain

Documentary / Other - Is it possible to shed light on the states of grace experienced by mystics and...

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Jesus in India
Jesus in India

A seeker's quest across 4000 miles of India in search of answers about where Jesus was during the "H...

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Beastie Boys Story
Beastie Boys Story

Here's a little story they're about to tell... Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of the...

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The Knowledge of Healing
The Knowledge of Healing

A documentary film about Tibetan traditional medicine....

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Galahad of Everest
Galahad of Everest

Brian Blessed plays George Mallory in this intrepid recreation of his ill fated 1924 climb to Everes...

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The Dialogue
The Dialogue

Interviews with Dalai Lama and some Chinese intellectuals about Tibet/China relations and related is...

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Walking After Midnight
Walking After Midnight

Explores the past-life experiences of various celebrities....

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Tibet's Stolen Child
Tibet's Stolen Child

A film about the abduction of Tibet's second highest ranking Lama by the Chinese authorities....

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Francisco Cisco Pancho
Francisco Cisco Pancho

AUTOBIOGRAPHY: The personal history of Francisco Varela as told by him on his veranda in Monte Grand...

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The Dalai Lama: Peace and Prosperity
The Dalai Lama: Peace and Prosperity

In this sold-out 2007 lecture recorded at Radio City Music Hall, the esteemed Dalai Lama speaks with...

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Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution
Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution

In 1959 thousands of unarmed Tibetan women took to the streets of Lhasa to oppose the violent Chines...

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Amala
Amala

Amala tells the story of the Dalai Lama’s younger sister Jetsun Pema, her struggles, loss and succes...

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In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese

In Search of Kundun, a “making-of” documentary that is so much more, follows Scorsese as he plans hi...

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The Message of the Tibetans
The Message of the Tibetans

In 1963, for the first time, the Dalai Lama allowed a Westerner, Desjardins, to film the heart of th...

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The Ring of the Buddha
The Ring of the Buddha

Nepal 1950. A mysterious, unexplored country. The Swiss geologist Toni Hagen, was the first European...

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Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche

An intimate glimpse into the life and world of one of Tibet's most revered teachers: Dilgo Khyentse ...

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14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama

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Impermanence
Impermanence

A documentary about HH the Dalai Lama....

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Wisdom of Happiness
Wisdom of Happiness

A deeply intimate and highly cinematic documentary featuring the Dalai Lama, who, at nearly ninety y...

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Eine Reise in die Welt des Dalai Lama
Eine Reise in die Welt des Dalai Lama

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Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me

Khalo Matabane spent two years making the film, interviewing those who knew and loved Mandela, and a...

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Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut
Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut

Buddhist monks open up about the joys and challenges of living out the precepts of the Buddha as a f...

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Tibetan Warrior
Tibetan Warrior

The true story of one man's fight for freedom. For more than 60 years Tibetans have been fighting Ch...

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The Dance of Infinity
The Dance of Infinity

True happiness is based on the realized life and development of humanity to the Highest. The film te...

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An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile
An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile

Told in his own words on film, the documentary reveals how in 1959, His Holiness the Dalai Lama esca...

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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment

Immersed in the colorful and vibrant setting of Dharamsala (India), four individuals from very diffe...

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The Road Leads to Tibet
The Road Leads to Tibet

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The Last Dalai Lama?
The Last Dalai Lama?

In his 1992 documentary "Compassion in Exile", filmmaker Mickey Lemle created a groundbreaking portr...

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Project Happiness
Project Happiness

Happiness, I want more! From the alleys of Nigeria and the beaches of California to the mountains of...

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The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama In His Own Words
The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama In His Own Words

“The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama In His Own Words", uniquely and exclusively feat...

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Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity

The main characters of the film are two small boys who share the throne of Karmapa, the highest offi...

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Dalai Lama: Discourse on the Heart Sutra
Dalai Lama: Discourse on the Heart Sutra

The Heart Sutra is the shortest and the most popular sutra in Buddhism and is regarded as a summatio...

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Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being
Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being

Today, over 10% of the global population suffers from mental health problems. This documentary revea...

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Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...
Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...

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Monte Grande: What is Life?
Monte Grande: What is Life?

Documentary account of a man’s life in the face of imminent death – Francisco Varela's story told a...

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The Secret of Death
The Secret of Death

This feature-length documentary embarks on an adventurous journey to questions about death and the f...

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A Case for Kindness
A Case for Kindness

A Case For Kindness is a journey to understand the true nature of Kindness, making a case for why it...

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Tukdam – Between Worlds
Tukdam – Between Worlds

Most of us think of death as something clear-cut, and that medical science has it neatly figured out...

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Naqoyqatsi
Naqoyqatsi

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence....

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Free Tibet
Free Tibet

A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996....

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The Dalai Lama's Gift
The Dalai Lama's Gift

In 1981, a Buddhist monk teaching at the University of Madison, Wisconsin, made the bold request of ...

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Why Are We Creative?
Why Are We Creative?

A 30 years odyssey: the world's most intriguing artists and thinkers from the fields of visual art, ...

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Tukdam: The Point Of Death
Tukdam: The Point Of Death

Irish director Donagh Coleman explores the extraordinary phenomenon of Tukdam, whereby some Tibetan...

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The Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic tells the story of a unique medical institution that has been called a "Medical Mecc...

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Battle for Tibet
Battle for Tibet

FRONTLINE investigates China’s rule over Tibet. With footage from inside the region, the documentary...

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Ian Stevenson Reincarnation Research Documentary
Ian Stevenson Reincarnation Research Documentary

1992 TV documentary about the Reincarnation research by prof. Ian Stevenson...

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Owned & Operated
Owned & Operated

Owned & Operated is a mosaic of the world through the lens of the internet. Showing our lives as...

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The Lost World of Tibet
The Lost World of Tibet

Through vintage amateur movies as well as archival Communist propaganda documentaries, this program ...

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In God's Name
In God's Name

Asking important questions about the nature of God, this National Geographic program compiles interv...

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Mustang: Journey of Transformation
Mustang: Journey of Transformation

Lost in time, the Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang is one of the last sanctuaries of authentic Tibetan B...

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Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela
Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela

Every 12 years over 70 million pilgrims gather at the meeting of India's holiest rivers, the Ganges ...

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One Water
One Water

One Water is a film that celebrates all the myriad ways water has touched human lives around the glo...

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Monk with a Camera
Monk with a Camera

Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Gr...

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