KŪKAI is a visually stunning documentary that brings to the screen the remarkable story of Kūkai, one of the most influential figures in Japanese cultural history. In 804 AD, he traveled from Japan to Tang China in search of knowledge, beginning a journey that would leave a lasting mark on art, learning, and cultural life across East Asia.
REVIEW: No. This is the worst kind of hagiography. We saw it in Beverly Hills on Sunday as part of its pre-release screening. It is as faith-based as it gets, and Japan is already infamous for its uber faith (bhakti) path Nichiren Buddhism. In the struggle between tariki and jiriki, it goes over the top that magic, mantra, and mumbo-jumbo are the path. It's not the Path the historical Buddha taught, and anyone could see that with the slightest amount of study. Faith (saddha, confidence, conviction) is an important step in walking the Path, but blind faith or an overdependence on some other force in the universe being invoked to come save us, it's not what the Buddha taught. It seems the antithesis of his message to a suffering world. The Dharma (Dhamma) is all about taking a good look at reality and our responsibility for ourselves. We're in this mess, we're keeping ourselves in this mess, and we have to make the effort (with help) to awaken ourselves. This is not a do-it-yourself project, but it is certainly not a Brahminical tantric secret of hocus pocus and everything working out. There were six "heretical" teachers and popular pernicious wrong views at the time of the historical Buddha. And he taught the Net of All-Embracing Views (Brahmajala Sutta) to counter those wrong views and bring about right view, the first factor or limb of the Ennobling Eightfold Path. What's wrong with this movie? What's right with it? Create a mechanical looking lead who never speaks, use a thundering "God voice" in classical Chinese with untranslated Sanskrit terms when they could easily be shown in English in parentheses, leave females out of 99% of the story, only including them as a footnote of grateful praying sycophants. Use AI to make the whole historical tale seem like a bad, one-sided fiction.
I'll sell you my Eastern European girlfriend, Don. - Did you two bang? - Did I, no, no, she's pure.
But you're dead, right, Epstein? - No, no, I faked my suicide and am back on my Pedo Island.
I feel so ugly compared to rich pro Melania
He is so disgusting and stupid.
(pale blue wave) I stopped her in the park, and what she told me broke my heart. So I photographed her portrait.
If "ugly" is a feeling (emotion), is beauty? Is self-confidence beautiful and doubt revolting? Personality is incomprehensibly important so that even dwarves, Elephant Men, Beasts, and other hideous creatures are beautiful to some Beauties out there. Beauty is only skin deep. And deep inside the skin are very lovely things -- charming, comely, funny, rich! What is anyone after other than being loved, loving, feeling protected and comforted, understood and accommodated?
(Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive) A hidden ritual. A sacred promise. A transmission into a buddha's transcendent compassionate wisdom. A corn field transformed.
In 1980, HH the Dalai Lama received a humble request from a revered Tibetan monk in America: Perform the Kalachakra initiation—a powerful tantric ritual never before held outside of India or Tibet—in the heart of rural Wisconsin.
What followed was nothing short of miraculous. In just a few months, the lama's devoted students overcame local resistance, built a temple from the ground up, and transformed a Midwestern cornfield into a site of ancient wisdom and spiritual awakening, attracting over 1,000 spiritual seekers from around the world.
Captured on film then locked away in Smithsonian vaults for over 40 years, this long-lost footage resurfaces to reveal a story of transformation to buddhahood, and a moment when time, space, and a sacred initiation converged in the unlikeliest of places.
This story of the 1981 Kalachakra is told through the voices of distinguished scholars and the initiates who participated in the 1981 Kalachakra and through personal interviews of the Dalai Lama, filmed in 1981, throughout the preparation and the event.
The Dalai Lama’s Gift is a cinematic meditation on faith, legacy, and the power of one sacred encounter to ripple across generations.
2O24 | US | English | 76 minutes. DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Ed Bastian. Co-PRODUCER Sharpa Tulku, Catherine Wyler, Jennifer Beman. EDITOR/WRITER Jennifer Beman. MUSIC: Nawang Khechog, Three Dog Night, Daniel Moore. ART AND ANIMATION: Pema Namdol Thaye.
ABOUT: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. Bringing the teachings of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the "Kalachakra - Wheel of Time" transmission. Visit at LamaYeshe.com.
(Abramorama) The WISDOM OF HAPPINESS shows us a timeless truth: happiness is still possible, even in the midst of chaos and uncertainty. This powerful message of hope is delivered as a personal audience with one of the greatest living thinkers, Nobel Peace Prize winner Tenzin Gyatso, known to billions around the world as the 14th Dalai Lama.
From Executive Producers Richard Gere and Oren Moverman, the film premieres its North American theater tour in 2025. Learn more and sign up to receive updates: wisdomofhappinessfilm.com.
Dalai Lama shares advice for finding happiness in the 21st century in new documentary
(Owen Jones) Nov. 11, 2025: The IDF confesses to intentional genocide, no matter how much politicians lie to cover it up or American Jews cry, "We're victims of antisemitism!" Support OJ's expand challenge to the broken mainstream media here owenjones84 or ko-fi.com/owenjones.
Blood for soil, Europeans will own this land.
(The Young Turks) Ana Kasparian talks about "terrorists" we, the USA, are in bed with. Murderer Zionist Jews of the IDF have been saying it, admitting it, confessing it, for a long time at: breakingthesilence.org.il. Genocidal intent? Check. Genocidal acts? Check? Ethnic cleansing? Check? Funded by the USA/CIA, Pentagon, European nations? Check, check, check.
"Mosquito protocol" - IDF (Jewish Israeli soldiers) used "human shields" while lying and saying the other side was doing it, forcing "agents" to help them kill civilian noncombatants
"Hannibal Directive" - Jews killing Jews to promote war and win for the side of the State of Israel, funded by the USA and Western powers
"Zionist" - A person, Jewish or Christian, who wants genocide if that's what it takes to steal the "holy land" for European Jewry and strip it from the indigenous Palestinians, Muslims, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Christians, and other Semites who long inhabited the area.
Israeli soldiers' slogan: "There are no innocents in Gaza"
It's our Jewish right to kill them
(The Young Turks) Nov. 11, 2025: "Israeli soldiers have described a [Jewish] free-for-all [murder spree] in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints [restraints], with [Palestinian] civilians killed at the whim of individual [Zionist Jewish] officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary.
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank unit, says in Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, due to be broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening." More: theguardian.com/world/202...
TYT calls itself "the largest online progressive news show in the world" at least the largest one hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. LIVE weekdays 6:00-8:00 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live.
Membership protects TYT's independence from corporate ownership and allows TYT to provide free live shows that speak truth to power for people around the world.
TYT is the largest online news network in the country. It presents news, context, and analysis. It has dozens of on-air hosts [that used to include Jimmy Dore before he got too hot to handle and had to be Russell Branded] on half a dozen major channels on almost all the platforms. TYT also has a live 24-hour news channel that features all its shows. The Young Turks is the flagship show of the TYY Network. The Young Turks is the longest running daily show in internet history. It is about to celebrate its 20th anniversary as a digital native show. It is also the first ever YouTube partner channel. So TYT are the original YouTubers. On the network, TYT does things a little differently than other places. It presents the news first, with all of the facts and context, which is a rarity in commentary-heavy online shows. It then gives analysis and perspective, which is rare in traditional news. TYT commentary and perspective are almost always on the left, but it has an enormous range of opinions on its network. Hosts are allowed to think and say whatever they like [except for Jimmy Dore]. Perspectives usually range from the far left to the center of the political spectrum.
(YouTube Movies & TV) Fueled by a ferocious soundtrack, director Paul Rachman's AMERICAN HARDCORE gives fans an all-access pass to the rise and fall of the U.S. punk scene.
It was (some will swear is still) an explosive musical and cultural phenomenon that shaped everything from crossover thrash metal to the grunge movement to the emo and pop/punk music currently riding the charts.
Punk rock girl (Hollywood movie version)
Set against the conservative early '80s political landscape, AMERICAN HARDCORE chronicles the homegrown hardcore scene that was a swift kick in the head to corporate rock and mainstream complacency, as disaffected teens adopted the same collective credo -- harder, faster, louder.
From downtown warehouses to suburban bedrooms, the scene spread from city to city like wildfire, uniting bored, angry outcasts into an authentic underground revolution. A raw blast of politics, passion, and rage, AMERICAN HARDCORE features never-before-seen live footage from
We were all taught to believe that the people of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) destroyed themselves by destroying their environment until the last tree was chopped down, bringing that civilization from decline to a perilous end. But that's not quite what happened. The only people in the South Pacific to develop their own language and writing system used incredible technology we do not understand and probably cannot mimic today to create moai (activated statues) with eyes made of iridescent shells watching over them, somehow buried so deep in the ground that only their massive heads stick out. It was the Europeans who arrived and possibly brought vermin and disease with them, to say nothing of their greed, malice, and eagerness to enslave and exploit the Natives that ruined this distant outpost of humanity.
VEGAN Dr. Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, was a remarkable example of courage and conviction, working tirelessly throughout her life to raise awareness about threats to wildlife, promote conservation, and inspire a more harmonious, sustainable relationship between people, animals, and the natural world. She passed away in her sleep. in the latter part of her life, she expanded her focus as a vegan/vegetarian and became a global advocate for human rights, animal welfare, species and environmental protection, and many other crucial issues. Donate to her legacy
"I stopped by the end of 60-something like that," Jane said of eating meat. The legendary Dr. Goodall has lived a life full of compassion and advocating for animals, sharing her immense knowledge with generations of people eager to soak up her wisdom. Dr. Goodall's climate activism has been astoundingly inspiring for countless compassionate people seeking a better, safer, healthier world, and she has clearly lived a long life as an environmental leader and role model. More: Jane Goodall: Here's why I stopped eating meat in the 1960s
She was considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, having studied the social and family interactions of wild chimps for over 60 years. She was scheduled to speak in Pasadena today, Oct. 1, 2025, for the local chapter of her Roots & Shoots and later this week at UCLA's Royce Hall.
Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees: National Geographic's 1965 documentary follows the experiences of British zoologist Jane Goodall, who spent five years studying chimps in Tanzania's Gombe Stream Preserve and discusses her belief that thorough understanding of chimpanzee behavior will lead humans toward a clearer understanding of themselves. (ThisOldVideo2: This is the 1988 edited version posted Feb. 6, 2021).
Another of Dr. Louis Leakey's legacies stems from his role in fostering field research of primates in their natural habitats, which he saw as key to understanding human evolution. He personally focused on three female researchers:
Jane Goodall,
Dian Fossey,
Birutė Galdikas.
He called them "The Trimates" [2][3]. Each went on to become an important scholar in the field of primatology. Leakey encouraged and supported many other doctoral (Ph.D.) candidates, most notably from Cambridge. As well, Leakey played a role in creating organizations for future research in Africa and for protecting wildlife. More
Death comes to us all. I wish I'd prepared more.
Goodall (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall and formerly known as Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall) first went to Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, Africa, to observe its chimpanzees in 1960 [4].
As the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots program, Goodall has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues.
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