EASTERN RELIGIONS VIDEOS
AVAILABLE IN MEDIA LAB FOR PROFESSOR DALE CANNON
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: 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)
"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: 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: 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)
"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)
"Requiem for a Faith;" on videotape with "The Sufi Way" (30 min)
(EMC) (MQ, SR,
RA)(Tibetan Buddhism in exile; narrated by Huston Smith)
"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)
CHINESE RELIGIONS (OTHER THAN BUDDHISM)
"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)
"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)
"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
SR: Way of Sacred Rite
RA: Way of Right Action
D: Way of Devotion (Bhakti)
SM: Way of Shamanic Mediation
MQ: Way of Mystical Quest
RI: Way of Reasoned Inquiry
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