The silk road featured some beautiful music by someone who was barely known at the time, and who was brought to prominence by writing the haunting theme music for the series, the Japanese musician Kitarō.
Nina Paley on Overpopulation
Here are a couple of videos by Nina Paley looking at over population from different viewpoints.
The Heart Sutra recited by Marina Lighthouse
This is a beautiful recitation of a translation of the Heart Sūtra by Marina Lighthouse, along with some atmospheric black and white photographs from Borobudur and elsewhere.
Angkor Wat Lotus Temple
This is a short video from National Geographic’s Atmosphere podcast, which looks at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, which I visited twice this year.
Thich Nhat Hanh: Mindful Movements
Recently I attended a talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, and while looking for material to post here I came across his 10 Mindful Movements, which are very similar to the practices I have developed myself.
Animated Film: The Way
Here is an animated video in the sumi-e style of painting. The film is inspired by Toaist thought and includes drawing of the Yin and Yang symbols as well as the I-ching.
Colour Spectrum Photography 2: Hubble’s Universe
I doubt if there are many people around who haven’t seen the beautiful photographs of our universe taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope camera measures not only visible light, but also the infrared and ultraviolet spectrums.
Thich Nhat Hanh: This is A Happy Moment
A video of a talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh in Penang, which I attended together with around 2,500-3,000 other people! It starts with some chanting before the talk proper begins.
Kazu Shimura: Buddha Meditation Ink Drawing
In this wonderful video of Sumi-e ink and wash drawing of the Buddha we see both the tension and the flowing movement of the young artist Kazu Shimura as he manages to bring a Buddha to life on his canvas.
Mural Walls at Bayon 3: Soldiers and Elephants at War
The video is made from three murals from the East Wall at Bayon at Angkor Thom. Scenes: the 1st mural shows the Khmer army marching from East to West; the 2nd from West to East; and the 3rd shows the Chams marching to meet them and engaging in battle.
Metta for the Victims of 9-11
The video is a scan of photographs of more than 2,500 out of the nearly 3,000 people who died on that fateful day in September 2001.
Ajahn Suthep: The Development of Dynamic Meditation
Here Ajahn Suthep discusses how he has taken Luangpor Teean’s original technique and extended it to include many other things.
Ajahn Suthep: Demonstrating Advanced Dynamic Meditation
Here is a short video I made last year of Ajahn Suthep demonstrating the practice of Dynamic Meditation.
Ferenc Cakó: Sand Animation of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
Here are four magical sand animation films by Ferenc Cakó set to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, which is one of the most evocative pieces in the Western Classical repetoire.
Ajahn Suthep: From a Revolutionary to a Buddhist Monk
Ajahn Suthep explains how he was living in the jungles of Thailand in the 70s fighting with the communists. And how it was that he eventually became interested in Dhamma, met Luangpor Teean and ordained.
Ajahn Suthep: Introduction to Basic Dynamic Meditation
In this video Ajahn gives an introduction to Basic Dynamic Meditation showing how to get started with the technique.
Prasad Bhandarkar: Bansuri Raga Shivranjani
Here are 10 minutes of magic on the Bansuri (Indian Bamboo Flute) from Prasad Bhandarkar, one of the leading disciples of Hari Prasad Chaurasia, accompanied by some friends on the Mood India series.
Ajahn Suthep: On Luangpor Teean (2)
In the second of this series Ajahn talks more about his teacher, the great Thai master Luangpor Teean and the influence he has had on Ajahn’s life and work.
Ajahn Suthep: On Luangpor Teean (1)
Recently Ajahn Suthep gave a retreat here at Vivekavana, and during that time we had a chance to record a series of videos in which he talks about the influences on his life and the development of his teaching.
