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A friend, a monk from Phnom Penh, took me to the temple where he spend his boyhood and learned Buddhism

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Golden symbol of Laos and Laotian Buddhism, a clip from “Ho Asked Me to Go”, a free Intrepid Berkeley Explorer video of an exciting trip to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. It features Bangkok, Angkor Wat, Cambodian court dancing, both north and south Vietnam, including Hanoi’s water puppet theater, the Great Sacred Stupa of Laos, and Luang Prabang with its dazzling Buddhist temples, plus much more. To enjoy all of this film, plus 30 other free, non-commercial, travel videos from every continent, and still pictures, please ask a search engine for: Intrepid Berkeley Explorer

Cambodia Travel:Travel Cambodia- Cambodia Travel Video PostCard Cambodia and Angkor Wat could easily be one of the 7 wonders of the world, and Cambodia is a powerful emotional experience for visitors. Once ravaged by the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia today, is a country of beautiful people, among the world’s most gentle, friendly and polite... At its simplest, the Famous Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat is an elegant building but it’s the most impressive. It’s the main temple within the total complex of many others. Cambodia’s Angkor Wat is rich with ornate architectural details and exquisite stone carvings, it covers some 500 acres. One of the other temples in Cambodia is Bayon, has 54 towers decorated with the carvings of 200 massive face. And at Cambodia’s Ta Prohm, the giant roots of the banyan trees remind visitors of the power of the jungle.In Cambodia, Buddhism provides a sense of balance and peace in this once troubled land and since these are religious buildings.

Cass Naumann recites different world scriptures about the human soul. This video includes passages from; Hinduism, Bahá'í , Christian Science, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, African Traditional Religion, Buddhism, Scientology, Confucianism, Sikhism, Taoism, Shinto, Seicho-no-ie and others. You might be surprised just how much these world religions actually have in common. Visit Cass Naumann's website at http://www.lovecass.com Special Thanks to the website World Scriptures. http://www.unification.net/ws/ This video was produced by psychetruth. http://www.youtube.com/psychetruth http://www.livevideo.com/psychetruth http://www.myspace.com/psychtruth

These are 2 segments from the National News 10-4 and 10-5 that feature the moving away from traditional Christianity to the study of what the Buddha taught. Brian Williams and Ron Mott take on a surprising subject this week!

Song from CD "Awakening" containing ten songs. / Word, music, and sung by former Bhikshuni Heng-yin. CD produced by the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. CD "Awakening" available from -- http://bttsonline.org/product.aspx?pid=14 a website by Dharma Realm Buddhist Association seach words: buddhist, buddhism, Buddha, enlightenment, cultivation, nirvana, suffering, sacrifice, monastery, nun, monk, endurance, American Buddhist Folk Song

Scenes of sincere cultivators trying their best at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. More details from: www.drba.org www.dharmabliss.org tag words: buddhism, nirvana, Mahayana, cycle of birth and death, rebirth, suffering, karma, prayers, mantra, Amitabha, Gwan Yin Bodhisattva

Bhante instructs you how to practice lovingkindness. This practice will take you to the very highest knowledges of Buddhism if done in the way instructed. http://begintosee.googlepage.com

This is an except from a talk by American Monk Bhante Vimalaramsi on the higher jhanas. In this discussion as he reads the Sutta he relates a story about Dipa Ma when he asked her why she sat so long in her meditation. Bhante Vimalaramsi is an American who is teaching Buddhism differently than most teachers today-directly from the Suttas. When one practices as the Buddha taught, without leaving anything out, progress is very fast and deep. More information and videos: http://begintosee.googlepages.com

Bhante Vimalaramsi discusses the basics of Buddhism and meditation. How does the mind work? How does depression occur? How do you let it go and eliminate. More information at http://begintosee.googlepages.com

Ven. Dhammananda 07 – Coming to Buddhism IV The result of Vipassana experience. Shifting the paradigm of learning. Studying oneself.

Ven. Dhammananda 06 – Coming to Buddhism III Further retreat experiences and the decision to explore the path.

Ven. Dhammananda 05 – Coming to Buddhism II First retreat experiences – suffering, frustration and insight.

Ven. Dhammananda 04 – Coming to Buddhism I Coincidental contact with Buddhism. Discovering the simplicity of the practice.

Renaissance of Mongolian Buddhist Art Throughout the world Mongolians are regarded as a martial people still living in the shadow of Genghis Khan. But more then 400 years ago, brave Mongol warriors one-by-one swapped their weapons and armour for the red robes of monks in order to fight the real enemy within, not the presumed enemy outside. Whilst the world gradually forgot its fear of Mongolia, these warriors poured the same energy into Buddhism that had enabled them to amass the greatest empire the world had ever known, and in so doing acquired an amazing depth of Buddhist culture and spiritual achievement. But this rich Buddhist heritage of Mongolia today is hardly known to the outside world. One-third of the male population of Mongolia were ordained monks when the Communists took over the country in the 1930s. The monks were not just ‘wasting food’, as was suggested later, they were scholars, artists, craftsmen, doctors, scientists and educators. Central Mongoli

by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Ajahn Geoff) from Metta Forest Monastery, California at Singapore Polytechnic Buddhist Society 40th Anniversary 13/12/2006

Is Buddhism pessimistic?

Ajahn Somchat's renunciation of a career as a psychic healer to pursue the path of Buddhism.

Hard work is the nature of Buddhism. Dealing with threads.

A great childhood with emotional problems and contact with Buddhism through Buddhist youth organizations.

Contact with Buddhism and the thread to commit suicide of the mother in case of her son ordaining.

The promise of Buddhism and the problems with the first teacher. Dealing with money.

CHINA EPISODE 2 - This second episode on China takes up the journey in Shanghai. From here our intrepid female adventurer, Susan Morkel, takes us on a meandering journey through the south of China. In far flung cliff-hugging villages everyone wears blue indigo clothing and dazzling silver that they make themselves. They live in awesome wooden houses and eat stuff that would leave you stunned. Although big cities in China are seeing huge changes, the rural areas are timeless and people live lives that, to us as westerners, are totally foreign. Seemingly diagonally opposed to what we know and understand. Like in the first episode, we focus mainly on crafts and things people make by hand, all the while keeping an eye out for situations that would take us on another tangent. This last episode ends in Tibet where we encounter the feisty spirit of the indigenous people, Buddhism with all its color and texture and crafts and lifestyles that are as old as the world itself.

Initial contact with Buddhism. Inspiration through a disciple of Master Hua.

Studying various religions and then coming to Buddhism through the mysterious power of a resolution. "What Buddhists Believe" by Ven. Dhammananda as introduction.

Contact with Hinduism. Advantages of the clarity of the Buddhist Suttas. Several examples of the type of advice found in the Suttas. Nature of Satipatthana practice.

Reorientation after the traumatic period in America by trying to find a good teacher or place in Thailand.

Interview with Rev. Dr. Sumana Siri, Founder & Executive Director of the Global Buddhist Realist Movement.

The introduction of Buddhism into China during the Han period between 206 B.C and 220 A.D., proved to be a major turning point in Chinese history. Buddhist art also lent new stimulus to the art of China's indigenous belief: Daoism. Both spiritual beliefs flourished side by side, while associated objects and statues became the dominant force in Chinese sculpture. In today's Five Thousand Years segment, let us explore the beauty of the sculptures that reflect the faces of compassion. Largely, in Chinese history, Buddhism beliefs profoundly influenced Chinese culture. This influence continued until 1949 when the Chinese Communist party declared all these beliefs "superstitious". Today in China, the term "superstition" is still commonly used to label traditions and practices that seem to be a challenge for the CCP. (edit Dec. 09 2006)

A brief talk on basic Buddhism.

Early Buddhist interest and first contact with Buddhism in Wat Cholpatran (Bangkok) of LP Pannananda in 1966. Meeting with Ven. Dhammaviro.

If ones's interested in praticing buddhism, how and where should we start?

First contact with Buddhism in Thailand.

Lecture By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, October 28, 1989 (WOW-237, 2007.05.09)

Lecture By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, October 28, 1989 (WOW-238, 2007.05.10)

Lecture By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, October 28, 1989 (WOW-239, 2007.05.11)

from www.dmc.tv about Buddhism

Lecture by Supreme Master Ching Hai, in Boston, Massachussets, USA, October 28, 1989

Bill Moyers' interview with Pema Chodron who is an American Buddhist nun and author whose teachings and writings on meditation have helped make Buddhism accessible to a broad Western audience.

Just talking about my religion and how it is helping me in my recovery

http://www.WatchMojo.com video guide on the most popular religions of the world.

In an attempt to eliminate Buddhism. many temples were destroyed by the Pol Pot administration. Now Cambodia is going through a renaissance of temple building. This video records scenes from the building and opening celebration of one such located on the outskirts of Siem Reap.

An interesting little sidelight on Buddhism in Thailand. If you watch it, please leave a vote and comment. I appreciate the feedback.