Rev. Danny Fisher

Back in July of 2006, I wrote a post about Neten Chokling Rinpoche’s recent film Milarepa, a biopic of the Tibetan mahasiddha who lived and taught during the eleventh and twelfth centuries of the common era. I still have not seen the film, but hope to do so as soon as possible.

Recently, I’ve been enjoying the production’s YouTube videos, which include the trailer for the film, Neten Chokling Rinpoche’s explanation of one particular scene, the first four minutes of a documentary about Milarepa that will be included on the upcoming DVD, and the Venerable Khandro Rinpoche’s introduction of a screening of the film in Berkeley a few weeks ago.

The Khandro Rinpoche clip is especially wonderful in that the eminent teacher offers a memorable Dharma talk on what the story of Milarepa might have to teach us. See for yourself below.

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Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill’s Baghdad E.R. and Spike Lee’s When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, both H.B.O. productions, won Peabody Awards yesterday.

I found these films to be enormous masterworks with tremendous amounts to say to all of us. They are required viewings. If you haven’t seen Baghdad E.R. and When the Levees Broke, you really ought to do so immediately if not sooner.