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NURTURING COMPASSION (2018)

NURTURING COMPASSION, the latest release from Crestone Films, portrays the Seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa, leader of the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and his tour of Germany in 2014, his first-ever visit to Europe. Following in the footsteps of his previous incarnation, genuinely regarded as one of the 20th Century’s great saints, the Karmapa faces major challenges. Still a young man, he must live up to the legacy of his predecessor and guide his lineage through challenging and difficult times. Illustrated by archival footage, the film—and the Karmapa himself—give an account of his happy early childhood in Tibet, before his recognition and subsequent daring midwinter escape into exile in India.

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BODHISATTVA (2013)

NURTURING COMPASSION, the latest release from Crestone Films, portrays the Seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa, leader of the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and his tour of Germany in 2014, his first-ever visit to Europe. Following in the footsteps of his previous incarnation, genuinely regarded as one of the 20th Century’s great saints, the Karmapa faces major challenges. Still a young man, he must live up to the legacy of his predecessor and guide his lineage through challenging and difficult times. Illustrated by archival footage, the film—and the Karmapa himself—give an account of his happy early childhood in Tibet, before his recognition and subsequent daring midwinter escape into exile in India.

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YANGSI (2012)

Recognized as a spiritual classic, THE LION'S ROAR is the masterful portrait of the late 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, the great Tibetan Buddhist master known as the Black Hat Lama. The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one of the four great lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. The film journeys with him in North America where he visits the Hopi Nation, offers teachings and performs the Black Crown Ceremony for a crowd of over a thousand Western students. His cremation in Rumtek is vividly documented. Through interviews and live footage, THE LION'S ROAR conveys the power of awakened mind, and its ability to provoke spiritual awakening in those who encounter it.

THE LION'S ROAR (1985)

Recognized as a spiritual classic, THE LION'S ROAR is the masterful portrait of the late 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, the great Tibetan Buddhist master known as the Black Hat Lama. The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one of the four great lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. The film journeys with him in North America where he visits the Hopi Nation, offers teachings and performs the Black Crown Ceremony for a crowd of over a thousand Western students. His cremation in Rumtek is vividly documented. Through interviews and live footage, THE LION'S ROAR conveys the power of awakened mind, and its ability to provoke spiritual awakening in those who encounter it.

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EYE OF THE LAND

EYE OF THE LAND tells the story of the making of the forty-two foot high Tashi Gomang Stupa near Crestone, a remote town in Southern Colorado. A Stupa is an architectural rendering of enlightened mind and is used to contain the relics of great Buddhist teachers. For many, seeing a stupa gives rise to faith and respect, as it is said to contain the essence of a teacher’s wisdom, realization, and compassion for all beings. Created over a period of seven years by a small group of dedicated volunteers, the Tashi Gomang Stupa is dedicated to his His Holiness the XVI Gyalwa Karmapa, one of the foremost masters of Tibetan Buddhism.