HINDUISM
AND RELIGIONS OF INDIA
CHINESE
RELIGIONS (OTHER THAN BUDDHISM)
(For meaning of letters, see code at end.)
(If one of the private copy videos is not available in the ITC lab, please check with me so I can have it become available for you. For letter code, see end of list.)
HINDUISM AND RELIGIONS OF INDIA
"A Contemporary Guru: Rajnish"
Exploring the Religions of South Asia (30 min)
(Humanities) (MQ, SR,
RA) (U. of Wisconsin S. Asia Center produced; David Knipe
director)
"Darshan: An Indian Journey" (90
min) (personal copy) (SR, D, MQ, RA)
(overview of Indian
religions)
"Floating in the Air, Followed
by the Wind" (34 min) (Humanities) (RA, SM)
(Hindu pilgrimage
festival of Thaipusam, celebrated near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
involves spirit
possession)
"Hindu Ascetics" (44 min) (Humanities)
(MQ, SM?)
(documentary on
several different types of Hindu holy men)
"Hinduism" Religions of
the World Series (50 min) (SR, RA, D, SM?, MQ, RI)
(comprehensive overview
of Hinduism, '98)
"Hinduism: 330 Million Gods" The
Long Search Series #2 (52 min) (Humanities) (SR,
RA, D, MQ) (overview
of Hinduism)
"Hinduism in South India" Exploring
the Religions of South Asia (30 min) (Humanities)
(U. of Wisconsin
S. Asia Center produced; David Knipe director)
"Hinduism: The Elephant God" Introduction
to World Religions Series (15 min) (D, SR)
(brief introduction to
popular devotional Hinduism, from a young person's perspective, '99)
[This short video will
not suffice by itself to serve as make up for a day's absence]
"India and the Infinite:
The Soul of a People" [followed by "Trip to Awareness" on
Jainism] (30
min) (EMC) (SR, RA, D, MQ) (overview of Hinduism; narrated by
Huston Smith)
"Living Hinduism" Exploring the
Religions of South Asia (30 min) (Humanities) (SR,
RA, D, MQ) (overview
of Hinduism, especially good on its diversity)
(U. of Wisconsin
S. Asia Center produced; David Knipe director)
Sectarian Hinduism: Lord Siva
and His Worship" Exploring the Religions of South Asia
(30 min) (Humanities)
(D, SR) (U. of Wisconsin S. Asia Center produced; David
Knipe director)
Sectarian Hinduism: Lord Vishnu
and His Worship" Exploring the Religions of South
Asia (30 min) (Humanities)
(D, SR) (U. of Wisconsin S. Asia Center produced; David
Knipe director)
Sectarian Hinduism: The Goddess
and Her Worship" Exploring the Religions of South
Asia (30 min) (Humanities)
(D, SR) (U. of Wisconsin S. Asia Center produced; David
Knipe director)
"Trip to Awareness;" second half
of "India and the Infinite: The Soul of a People" (30
min) (EMC) (MQ,
SR, RA) (overview of Jainism)
"Understanding Hindu Traditions"
(25 min) (EMC) (D, SR, MQ, RA, RI)
(overview of major
Hindu gods, religious practices, and religious beliefs)
"The Buddha and South Asia" Exploring
the Religions of South Asia (30 min)
(Humanities) (U.
of Wisconsin S. Asia Center produced; David Knipe director)
"Buddhism" Religions of the World
Series (50 min) (SR, RA, D, MQ, RI)
(comprehensive overview
of Buddhism, '98)
"Buddhism: Footprint of the Buddha"
The Long Search Series #3 (52 min) (Humanities)
(MQ, RI, RA, SR,
SM, D) (Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka circa 1970)
"Buddhism: Making of a Monk" Introduction
to World Religions Series (15 min) (SR, RA, MQ, RI)
(introduction to Theravada
Buddhism in SE Asia from a young person's perspective, '99)
[This short video will
not suffice by itself to serve as make up for a day's absence]
"Buddhism: The Land of the Disappearing
Buddha" The Long Search Series # 9 (52
min) (Humanities)
(MQ, RA, SR, D) (Mahayana Buddhism in Japan)
"Buddhism: Path to Enlightenment"
The Evolutionary Course to Higher Consciousness
(30 min) (EMC) (MQ,
RA, RI, SR) (documentary on Theravada Buddhism)
"The Heart of Tibet: Portrait
of the 14th Dalai Lama" (60 min) (Humanities) (MQ, SR, RI,
RA) (interview with
and study of role of Dalai Lama; documentary of
Kalachakra--highest
form of Tibetan Tantric Buddhist initiation for self-
transformation)
"The Principles and Practices
of Zen" (90 min) (Humanities) (MQ, SR, RI, RA)
(Mainly Rinzai Zen
Buddhism in Japan)
"The Spirit of Tibet" (46 min)
(EMC) (MQ, SR, RA, RI) (An excellent 1999 overview of
Tibetan Buddhism, focusing
on the life and teaching of Khysentse Rinpoche, one of the
Dalai Lama's teachers)
"Requiem for a Faith;" on videotape
with "The Sufi Way" (30 min) (EMC) (MQ, SR,
RA) (Tibetan Buddhism
in exile; narrated by Huston Smith)
"Sand Painting: Sacred Art of Tibetan Buddhism" (30 min) (EMC) (SR) (Tibetan monks from the Dalai Lama's personal monastary painstakingly create the Kalachakra mandala from colored sand, after which it is destroyed to illustrate impermanence.)
"Siddartha" on DVD, a film by
Conrad Rooks (EMC) (MQ) (A beautiful story of the Buddha's
search for enlightenment
based on a novel by Herman Hesse called Siddartha)
"The Tibetan Book of the Dead"
(90 min in two sections) (personal copy) (MQ, SR,
RI, RA) (Tibetan
Buddhist understanding of death, rituals of death, and concept of
the transitions
one is believed to go through between death and rebirth)
"Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for
the East?" on DVD, a film by Bae Yong-kyun (EMC)
(MQ, RA) (Korean Zen Buddhist
story of an old Zen master facing death and an orphaned boy
who live in a remote monastery
high in the mountains)
CHINESE RELIGIONS (OTHER THAN BUDDHISM)
"Confucianism and Taoism" (50
min) (SR, RA, SM, MQ, RI)
(overview of Confucianism
and Taoism in China, '98)
"Confucius: Words of Wisdom" (50
min) (RA, RI) (biography and overview of the teachings of
Confucius, '96)
"Taoism: A Question of Balance"
The
Long Search Series # 11 (52 min) (Humanities)
(SR, RA, SM, MQ)
(overview of Chinese religion in Taiwan)
"Tao: The Way and Its Power" (50
min) (personal copy) (MQ, SM, RA, RI, SR?)
(documentary on
contemporary Taoism)
"Buddhism: The Land of the Disappearing
Buddha" The Long Search Series # 9 (52
min) (Humanities)
(MQ, RA, SR, D) (Mahayana Buddhism in Japan, with a good
segment on a major
Shinto temple)
"Kokoro, The Heart Within" (300
min)
(a six part series on
traditional Japanese culture, all aspects of which have a religious aspect
or dimension)
"Nihon No
Kokoro: The Heart Within" (RA, MQ, SR) /"Hiroshima, City of Peace" (60
min)
"Nature: Giver
of Blessings"/"Oceans: Lifeblood of Japan" (60 min)
"Bushido:
Way of the Warrior" (RA, MQ) /"Makato: Sincerity" (60 min) (RA)
"Religion:
Spiritual Heritage" (RA, MQ, SR) /"Shinto: The Way of the Gods" (60 min)
(SR)
"Tradition:
Inner Harmony" (RA, MQ) /"Heritage: Pride of Japan" (60 min)
"The Principles and Practices
of Zen" (90 min) (Humanities) (MQ, SR, RI, RA)
(Mainly Rinzai Zen
Buddhism in Japan)
"Ritual" (30 min) (EMC)
(SR)
(brief views of
the stabilizing, civilizing role of ritual in modern Japan)
"Shinto Festival Music" (30 min)
(EMC) (SR)
"Bali: Masks of Rangda" (30 min)
(Humanities) (SR, SM, RA?)
(documentary on
religious rituals of Bali)
"Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods"
(1hr) (private copy) (SR, SM, RA)
(documentary of
Balinese culture and religion)
"Huichol: Sacred Pilgrimage to
Wirikuta" (29 min) (SR, SM)
(documentary of
the Mexican Native American Huichol people's pilgrimage to their sacred
land
of Wirikuta, where
they gather peyote; '91).
"Initiation Kut for a Korean Shaman"
(36 min) (Humanities) (SM, SR)
(documentary on
Korean shamanism)
"Lifestyles in California: East
Meets West" The Long Search Series #12 (52 min)
(Humanities) (MQ,
RI, SM?, SR, D, RA?) (New religious movements in California
influenced by Eastern
Religions
"Religion in Indonesia: The Way
of the Ancestors" The Long Search Series #8 (50
min) (Humanities)
(SR, RA?, SM) (overview of indigenous Indonesian religion)
CODE: way of being religious illustrated in this video
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