CinemaOSMovie · 2011 · 1h 24m

Dharma Rising

Documentary

The films looks through the eyes of the first generation of Western Dharma teachers at the myriad issues Buddhism faces and how it is adapting within a culture that runs on the engines of competition and greed, where many consider cruelty to be kindness and ignorance to be knowledge. But throughout its history Buddhism has adapted to new cultures with almost chameleon-like ease. So if its past is any judge, the sublime path our colonial forefathers dubbed Buddhism has begun a migration that over time will leave it, and quite possibly modernity itself, greatly transformed.

Directed byDavid Cherniack

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 24m
Language
EN
Released
December 8, 2011

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10 credited
Starring

Alan Wallace

Bernie Glassman

Jack Kornfield

Matthieu Ricard

Matthieu Ricard

Jan Willis

Norman Fischer

Robert Thurman

Stephen Batchelor

Blanche Hartman

Mel Weitsman

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Directed by
David Cherniack

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