With unprecedented access, WALK WITH ME takes us deep inside the world-famous monastery of Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh, and captures the life of a monastic community who have given up all their possessions for one common purpose - to practice the art of mindfulness. This visceral film is a meditation on a community determined to develop a deep sense of presence, not just for themselves but for all those they love. As the seasons come and go,...

An astonishing journey of redemption, faith, and devotion. Acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yang (Shower) blends documentary and fiction to follow a group of Tibertan villagers who leave their families and homes to make a Buddhist 1bowing pilgrimage,2 laying their bodies flat on the ground after every few steps, along the 1,2000 mile road to Lhasa, Tibet2s holy capital. Though united in their remarkable devotion, each of the travelers embarks on this near...

Tharlo is a Tibetan shepherd, used to living with little human contact. Visiting a Tibetan town in Qinghai province to obtain a proper ID card from the local police station, Tharlo surprises Police Chief Dorje by reciting from memory a lengthy excerpt from one of Chairman Mao's essays. But things develop in a romantic rather than a political direction. To prepare for his ID photo, Tharlo needs his hair washed, and so meets Yangtso, a beautiful local...

This work features new teachings from one of the world's best-known and most influential public figures, the Dalai Lama. Here, he presents a brief and complete presentation of the view of reality in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism.