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Village life in Bihar Village life in Bihar
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 133 seconds

A street musician in the village of Bodh Gaya, in Bihar, the poorest state in India sings a devotional song. As he sings you can see scenes of Bihar village life. Two minutes and 12 seconds.

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Beatenberg Meditation Center Beatenberg Meditation Center
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 437 seconds

Beatenberg Meditation Center ofers meditation retreats in the Tibetan and Theravada Buddhist traditions.

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Amarpurkashi Amarpurkashi
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 221 seconds

Amarpurkashi is a village in rural India located four hours by train east of Delhi. This video features scenes of village life and outlines a small development project that welcomes visitors for a nominal fee for stays of three weeks or longer.

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Christopher Titmuss speaks about Yatra Spiritual Walking Christopher Titmuss speaks about Yatra Spiritual Walking
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 366 seconds

Christopher Titmuss, the Buddhist meditation teacher, speaks about yatra, or mindful walking. His love of nature and of walking is inspiring. If you want a heart-felt talk, watch this. I made it in 2006.

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Gabon Bwiti Dancers Gabon Bwiti Dancers
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 70 seconds

In Gabon the cult of the Bwiti involves taking the psychotropic drug called iboga and dancing and singing all night. Here you can see three dancers performing just before dawn. The clip begins with a slow-motion sequence and ends with a man dancing with a champanzee.You can find more about Gabon on my home page, http://thomasriddle. net.

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Jai Ganesh Jai Ganesh
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 214 seconds

Christelle and Rolland Bonneau sing a very beautiful Hindu devotional song. They are singing about love of God, but the love between them is just as vibrant. Recorded in France in 2007.

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Le Moulin Meditation Centre in France Le Moulin Meditation Centre in France
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 306 seconds

Le Moulin offers a beautiful setting, supportive conditions, and practices and teachings for freeing our human life. Grounded in the Buddhist tradition of Vipassana, or Insight Meditation, we hold silent intensive meditation retreats as well as relational and interactive practice programs, bringing Awakening into all of life. For more information please see
http://www.dharma network.org/ .

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Bodh Gaya and the Mahabodhi temple. Bodh Gaya and the Mahabodhi temple.
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 373 seconds

The Buddha became enlightened at Bodh Gaya. Here you can see scenes from the temple dedicated to his full awakening. For more see http://thomasriddle. net/pv .

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Full Prostrations in Bodh Gaya Full Prostrations in Bodh Gaya
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 64 seconds

Under the famous Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya, India there is a lot going on at peak season. Here you can see the amazing Tibetan trumpeters, a woman bowing directly under the tree, and men and women doing a few of the 100,000 full prostrations that practioners of Tibetan Buddism should do as one of the "Four Purifications."

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Alms Round in Laos Alms Round in Laos
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 86 seconds

Every morning in Southeast Asia the monks go on alms round. Here is how they do it in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. If you listen carefully you can hear the monks offereing a prayer after the woman places rice in their bowls.

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Jack Kerouac in Lowell Jack Kerouac in Lowell
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 200 seconds

Jack Kerouac was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts. On a cold winter day an old friend, Dr. Don Robishaw, looked around Lowell to learn what we could of Kerouac's time in Lowell. Here is our report.

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Meditationszentrum Beatenberg) Meditationszentrum Beatenberg)
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 444 seconds

Das Meditationszentrum Beatenberg bietet Buddistische
Meditationskurse in der Tibetischen und Theravada Tradition an.

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Peruvian Curandero, Don Rober Peruvian Curandero, Don Rober
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 114 seconds

Don Rober, 69, going on 19, has lead auyahuasca ceremonies all of his adult life. He has an amazing lightness of being. Here he uses tobacco to help a child deal with some childhood trauma. He is whistling a traditional auyahuasca ceromony song. Don Rober lives in Iquitos, Peru.

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Bodh Gaya and the Pragya Vihar School Bodh Gaya and the Pragya Vihar School
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 351 seconds

The Pragya Vihar School tries to educate the poorest of the poor in Bodh Gaya, India. It is financed entirely by the international community. For more see http://thomasriddle. net/pv

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Bangkok Sky Train Dancer Bangkok Sky Train Dancer
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 88 seconds

I might be the first person to make a make music video on the Bangkok Thailand Skytrian platform Featuring the fantastic dancing of Lorna and music by Dire Straights, you won't be seeing this on MTV. My Thai neighbor, here in Bangkok, watched this and asked me if she could see my dancing doll. I didn't have the heart to tell her that lovely Lorna only exists in Adobe After Effects.

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Bird Calling in Peru\ Bird Calling in Peru's Amazon Area
Posted by: thomasariddle

Video duration: 37 seconds

In the Amazon area of Peru I had the opportunity to spend two weeks with Don Rober, a auyahuasca shaman. At 69 he has a tremendous lightness of being. One day, in the forest he demonstrated his bird calling ability.

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