From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.

The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.… skaityti daugiau

This documentary by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha’s life… skaityti daugiau

Explore the rare and fascinating practice of Sokushinbutsu, or self-mummification, in Buddhism, its origins, and how it was believed to lead monks to a higher state of enlightenment called Nirvana.… skaityti daugiau

The meditating body of Lama Itigelov is incorruptible nearly a century after death. Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, a Buddhist leader in Buryatia, achieved nirvana almost 100 years ago and was buried in the lotus pose. When his body was exhumed decades later, it had not decayed or mummified. The 12th Pandito Khambo Lama is now considered to be alive and worshipped by many who seek his blessing.

Was it a miracle that his body didn’t decay all this time or is there a scientific explanation for this phenomenon.… skaityti daugiau

Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the chronic diseases that afflict us can be controlled or even reversed by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline traces the personal journeys of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a nutritional biochemist from Cornell University, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, a former top surgeon at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic. On separate paths, their discoveries and groundbreaking research led them to the same startling conclusion: Chronic diseases including heart disease and type 2 diabetes can almost always be prevented – and in many cases reversed – by adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet. The idea of food as medicine is put to the test.… skaityti daugiau

While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald’s food for one month.… skaityti daugiau

Once upon a time….. products were made to last. Then, at the beginning of the 1920s, a group of businessmen were struck by the following insight: ‘A product that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of business’ (1928). Thus Planned Obsolescence was born. Shortly after, the first worldwide cartel was set up expressly to reduce the life span of the incandescent light bulb, a symbol for innovation and bright new ideas, and the first official victim of Planned Obsolescence.

During the 1950s, with the birth of the consumer society, the concept took on a whole new meaning, as explained by flamboyant designer Brooks Stevens: ‘Planned Obsolescence, the desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary…’.… skaityti daugiau

Documentary about The Tibetan Book of The Dead. The Great Liberation. The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a two-part series that explores ancient teachings on death and dying. It was filmed over a four-month period on location in the Himalayas where the original text still yields an essential influence over people’s views of life and death. In the company of an old Buddhist lama and a 13-year-old novice monk, leads us into the very foundations of Buddhist philosophy – the search for compassion and truth. Pema Choden, the lama, and Tubten, the young monk, read from the texts of The Tibetan Book of the Dead as they conduct the 49 days of final rites for a deceased Himalayan villager.… skaityti daugiau

Documentary about The Tibetan Book of The Dead. The Great Liberation. The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a two-part series that explores ancient teachings on death and dying. It was filmed over a four-month period on location in the Himalayas where the original text still yields an essential influence over people’s views of life and death. In the company of an old Buddhist lama and a 13-year-old novice monk, leads us into the very foundations of Buddhist philosophy – the search for compassion and truth. Pema Choden, the lama, and Tubten, the young monk, read from the texts of The Tibetan Book of the Dead as they conduct the 49 days of final rites for a deceased Himalayan villager.… skaityti daugiau

What happens when we die? Is there a loving creator? Does heaven exist? Are we all connected? What is the purpose of life? The New York Film Festival award-winning film Life After Life tells the worldwide story of life beyond death, compiled from more than two thousand cases. It seeks to answer questions about: fear, faith, out-of-body survival, the tunnel, the loving light, guardian angels, the life review, reuniting with loved one. Based on Dr. Raymond Moody’s best-selling book, Life After Life delivers a message of hope that encourages and inspires us to love and to live without fear.

The Documentation is from the year 1989 but still up to date.… skaityti daugiau