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Publisher
Alive Mind Cinema
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of legendary Vogue editor, Diana Vreeland, and trained by Irving Penn to become a photographer, Nicholas' life changed drastically upon meeting a Tibetan master, one of the teachers of the Dalai Lama.
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
Russian
Description
Tells a parable about faith and salvation through the story of a monk in a small Russian Orthodox monastery on an island in Northern Russia. Although the monk behaves bizarrely and confuses his fellow monks, he is believed by visitors to the island to have the power to heal, exorcise demons, and foretell the future. The monk, however, considers himself unworthy because of a sin he committed in his youth.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Brother Cadfael is a monk, with a difference, who lives at Shrewsbury abbey. Given a choice, he would rather enjoy being a simple gardener and herbalist for his home. However, events seem to force him to use his other talent as a master detective in response to mysterious crimes happening in and around his community. While he investigates these crimes, he often finds himself at odds with the contemporary attitudes of the times.
Series
Criterion collection volume 34
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Russian
Description
Andreĭ Rublev, a monk in fifteenth-century Russia, takes a vow of silence after witnessing the repressive society around him.
7) Pilgrimage
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A group of monks must escort a sacred relic across a dangerous Irish landscape in thirteenth century Ireland.
Series
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Brother Hugo can't return his library book, "The letters of St. Augustine", because, it turns out, the precious book has been devoured by a bear! Instructed by the Abbot to borrow another monastery's copy and create a replacement, the hapless monk painstakingly crafts a new book, copying it letter by letter and line by line. But when he sets off to return the borrowed copy, he finds himself trailed by his hungry new friend. Once a bear has a taste...
10) Walk with me
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
With unprecedented access, the documentary 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. Filmed over three years, 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....
11) Tai chi master
Series
Dragon dynasty volume 30
Publisher
The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Two best friends are expelled from the legendary Shaolin temple, only to meet once again against each other on the battlefield.
12) Cadfael: Set IV
Series
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Holy thief: Cadfael unravels a mystery surrounding the disappearance of St. Winifred's holy relics -- Pilgrim of hate: Cadfael solves the mystery of a body found among the visitors at Shrewsbury on Cripples Day -- Potter's field: Cadfael solves the mystery of a skeleton thought to be the wife of a potter who left his family to answer a calling from God.
13) Cadfael: Set III
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
A morbid taste for bones: When a young monk claims to see visions of St. Winifred, Cadfael and a party from Shrewsbury Abbey trek to Wales to excavate her holy relics and are met with much hostility.
The raven in the foregate: Father Ailnoth, the new parish priest earns the scorn of all his parishioners. After refusing to baptize the illegitimate baby of a local woman, the priest is found dead in the river.
The rose rent: A beautiful and wealthy...
Publisher
Intention Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
How far would you go to save your dying culture? Two Buddhist monks fulfill their pledge to the Dalai Lama to help save their dying Tibetan culture by leading a group of 17 poor children aged 4-12 on a journey from Zanskar in remote northwest India through the Himalayas, to seek an education on foot, on horseback, by jeep and by bus.
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