The Message of the Tibetans
1966, French. Directed by Arnaud Desjardins.
In 1963, for the first time, the Dalai Lama allowed a Westerner, Desjardins, to film the heart of the Tibetan tradition. These two films were originally shown on French television in the 1960's and are a wonderful testimony, revealing some of Tibet's foremost masters as they were then. It includes footage of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, the Sixteenth Karmapa, Dudjom Rinpoche, Ling Rinpoche, Chatral Rinpoche, Sakya Trizin, and the yogis Apo Rinpoche and Lopon Sonam Zangpo. "These portraits of the legendary Tibetan masters are not simply a unique historical record, not only a stunning and moving inspiration for now and for the future, but an extraordinary testimony, a treasure." Sogyal Rinpoche.
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- 1h 42m
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- 1 January 1966
- Original title
- Le message des Tibetains
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- Arnaud Desjardins
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The Message of the Tibetans (1966) was directed by Arnaud Desjardins and stars His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizen, Tenzin Gyatso, Arnaud Desjardins.