Ten Thousand Films weblog » China http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k Documentary film production - Links, videos and miscellaneous Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:57:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Riding the tiger http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k/2011/06/riding-the-tiger/ http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k/2011/06/riding-the-tiger/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:56:13 +0000 10k films http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k/?p=704 “If you ride the tiger, you can’t get off.” – Old Chinese proverb (Re: quote unquote – War on Terror – aka  -War on Islam)

]]> http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k/2011/06/riding-the-tiger/feed/ 0 “If everything is gone, nothing moves.” http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k/2010/12/%e2%80%9cif-everything-is-gone-nothing-moves-%e2%80%9d/ http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k/2010/12/%e2%80%9cif-everything-is-gone-nothing-moves-%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:34:05 +0000 10k films http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k/?p=553 from the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment 圓覺經

]]> http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k/2010/12/%e2%80%9cif-everything-is-gone-nothing-moves-%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 Amongst White Clouds – A documentary film http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k/2010/06/amongst-white-clouds-a-documentary-film/ http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k/2010/06/amongst-white-clouds-a-documentary-film/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:18:52 +0000 10k films http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k/?p=410

An unforgettable journey into the hidden tradition of China’s Buddhist hermit monks Amongst White Clouds is an intimate insider’s look at students and masters living in scattered retreats dotting China’s Zhongnan Mountain range. These peaks have reputedly been home to recluses since the time of the Yellow Emperor, some five thousand years ago. It was widely thought that the tradition was all but wiped out, but this film emphatically and beautifully shows us otherwise.

Watch full film (Google Video) ( especially last 10 minutes)

Journal of Buddhist Ethics Review article on film

]]> http://www.tenthousandfilms.com/10k/2010/06/amongst-white-clouds-a-documentary-film/feed/ 0