A Rare Audience With — His Holiness The Dalai Lama — A never-before-seen audience with the 14th Dalai Lama that touches on topics we have never heard him respond to. This is a unique opportunity to experience His Holiness ta... more »lking about the most intimate and detailed aspects of his life and meditation. Filmed in his living room in Dharamsala, India, it's as though the Dalai Lama speaks personally to everyone watching. The feeling is both disarming and touching.
His Holiness is a great storyteller and some of his views on religion and the West are surprising, even shocking, as example, "To change religion is very harmful sometimes... It may create more confusion!"
REVIEWS:
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Three Stars * * *
TALKING WITH THE DALAI LAMA & REFUGE
By Jay Carr review
...In a world beset by confusion and chaos, they have valuable perspectives to offer..
The Dalai Lama's message of compassion and the need for humanity to tame its unruly side resonates powerfully. So does his determination to demystify himself. ...His story was depicted in the film "Kundun," written by one American Buddhist, Melissa Matheson, and directed by Martin Scorsese.
Without belaboring the point, while the West offered refuge to the Dalai Lama and other Tibetans in exile, they returned the gesture by offering Westerners a spiritual haven.
NY TIMES - All Movie Guide
By Jason Buchanan
TALKING WITH THE DALAI LAMA
2006-USA
His Holiness addresses a variety of rarely discussed topics related to the current state of Buddhism in a live discussion held in the Buddhist high priest's living room in Dharamsala, India.
NY TIME OUT
His Holiness explains the faith
By Joshua Land
...devotes its entire length to a wide-ranging Q&A with Tibetan Buddhism's leader. Radiating spiritual discipline and a profound sense of laughter in both films, His Holiness is surely his faith's best advertisement.« less