Film

Directors on the Diaspora

Ritu Sarin and Sonam Tenzing, the filmmakers of The Sweet Requiem, discuss Tibetan exile and collective trauma.

By Julia Hirsch

Dec 10, 2019

How to Film Buddhism, According to Buddhism

Filmmaker and scholar Lina Verchery discusses what film can teach us about perception, reality, and Buddhist thought.

By Matthew Abrahams

Jan 03, 2019

How to Watch a Thai Ghost Movie

While Novice terrifies Buddhist audiences in Asia, its impact gets lost in translation. A Thai cinephile explains why the horror film gave her the creeps.

By May Cat

Oct 31, 2018

Yuqi Kang’s A Little Wisdom to Make U.S. Debut at South by Southwest Film Festival

The documentary explores the lives of young novice monks in Lumbini, Nepal

By Lakshmi Gandhi

Jan 31, 2018

Meet Three Buddhist Directors Exploring Faith through Film

Asmita Shrish, Boonsong Nakphoo, and Fateme Ahmadi are lending fresh voices to the world of cinema

By Lakshmi Gandhi

Jan 10, 2018

a still from The Song Collector documentary

Watch Bonus Clips from The Song Collector, a Documentary About Ladakhi Folk Artist Morup Namgyal

Exclusive material from an award-winning documentary about Morup Namgyal, a Ladakhi folksinger and activist working to preserve the region’s music and cultural heritage

By Julia Hirsch

Nov 08, 2017

Documentary Film About Zen Buddhist Priest Now in Theaters

Ittetsu Nemoto has saved thousands from suicide, but can he save himself?

By Joan Duncan Oliver

Oct 13, 2017

Watch an Exclusive Clip From Walk with Me, a New Film about Thich Nhat Hanh

Filmed over three years, the film is a meditative look at monastic life in rural France.

By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar

Sep 16, 2017

Still from SIT, a documentary by Yoko Okumura, showing a Zen priest meditating

Watch: SIT

SIT, a new documentary by Yoko Okumura, is now screening on Trike Daily.

By Yoko Okumura

Aug 28, 2016

Trike Daily

Daily wisdom, teachings & critique

You Just Borrow These Things: Poet Arthur Sze

The acclaimed poet discusses the Buddhist and Taoist influences in Sight Lines, his latest collection and winner of the National Book Award.

Interview with Arthur Sze by Kenji C. Liu

Jan 26, 2020

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

The Mandala Master

For more than two decades, Losang Samten has spread lessons of interdependence in the West through Tibetan Buddhist sand mandalas.

Interview with Losang Samten by Anne Doran and Frank Olinsky

Winter 2019

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

Digital Detox: Reclaim Your Mind From Social Media Addiction

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram—these sites and other social media platforms can be emotional minefields, and they eat up far more time than many of us are OK with. Triratna teacher Bodhipaksa offers five practices from the Buddha that we can use to break our e-addictions.

Bodhipaksa

Jan 2020

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Film

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

Directors on the Diaspora

Trike Daily

How to Film Buddhism, According to Buddhism

Trike Daily

How to Watch a Thai Ghost Movie

Trike DailyArts & Culture

Yuqi Kang’s A Little Wisdom to Make U.S. Debut at South by Southwest Film Festival

Trike DailyArts & Culture

Meet Three Buddhist Directors Exploring Faith through Film

Trike DailyArts & Culture

Watch Bonus Clips from The Song Collector, a Documentary About Ladakhi Folk Artist Morup Namgyal

Trike DailyArts & Culture

Documentary Film About Zen Buddhist Priest Now in Theaters

Trike DailyArts & Culture

Watch an Exclusive Clip From Walk with Me, a New Film about Thich Nhat Hanh

Trike DailyArts & Culture

Watch: SIT