Himalayan Wisdom (30 min; dvd; English & with subtitles)

Director: Jaap Verhoeven

 

A portrait of Ngawang Gelek Namgyal, better known as Sey Rinpoche, the Third Lineage Holder of Tokden Drubwang Dugu Shakya Shri of the Drukpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. The film follows the construction of temple at Hilutaan, a picturesque village of 37 houses in Pangi valley, Himachal Pradesh. Sey Rinpoche explains the tradition of temple construction, where the starting point is that positive actions have a positive effect

 

The Mountain Yogi (57 min; 2016; dvd; English & with subtitles)

Director: Jaap Verhoeven

 

An inspiring film from Kinnaur in northern India, looking at the life and meditation of a modern-day Milarepa, Lama Govinda, who like his predecessor is following the way of Ngak, a non-monastic practitioner of Dzogchen or ‘Great Perfection’  a tradition of teachings in Tibetan Buddhism aimed at discovering and continuing in the natural primordial state of being