The Message of the Tibetans

IMDb 9.5 1966 • 102 min • Documentary

Director

Arnaud Desjardins

Country

Plot Summary

In 1963, for the first time, the Dalai Lama allowed a Westerner, Desjardins, to film the heart of the Tibetan tradition. These two films were originally shown on French television in the 1960's and are a wonderful testimony, revealing some of Tibet's foremost masters as they were then. It includes footage of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, the Sixteenth Karmapa, Dudjom Rinpoche, Ling Rinpoche, Chatral Rinpoche, Sakya Trizin, and the yogis Apo Rinpoche and Lopon Sonam Zangpo. "These portraits of the legendary Tibetan masters are not simply a unique historical record, not only a stunning and moving inspiration for now and for the future, but an extraordinary testimony, a treasure." Sogyal Rinpoche.

Top Cast

His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizen
His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizen Self
Tenzin Gyatso
Tenzin Gyatso Self
Arnaud Desjardins
Arnaud Desjardins Self
Dilgo Khyentse
Dilgo Khyentse Self
Vajradhara Tai Situ Rinpoche
Vajradhara Tai Situ Rinpoche Self