Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wellspring Media
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 188553874X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,601 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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In a country where one-sixth of the males become monks, all things are religious in Tibet, according to narrator Huston Smith. The religious philosopher and author (The World's Religions) explains the tenets of the Tibetan's unique brand of Buddhism, while noted spiritual filmmaker Elda Hartley provides astonishing footage of monks engaged in discussions with dance-like movement, the faithful making strings of prayer flags and artisans carving prayer blocks and ceremonial masks. Smith's prose ranges from poetic to over the top ("a society left on the shelf, set in amber, left in deep freeze"), but Hartley's range (from breathtaking skyscapes to small moments like a monk protectively removing a single snail from an oft-trodden path) may justify Smith's enthusiasm. Tibet had already been long occupied by China when this 27-minute documentary was shot in the late 1960s, and not enough has changed for the Tibetan people since to make this documentary outdated. --Kimberly Heinrichs

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17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting details, rare actual video., January 13, 2000

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This review is from: Mystic's Journey: Requiem for a Faith - Tibetan Buddhism [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This was a interesting tape, displaying rare video of Tibet.It had some interesting information, though it is only 30 minutes long.Detailing Tibetan culture and Tibetan Buddhism.This is not really a Buddhist relegion tape though.