admin | December 10, 2011

A true gift is not anything that you can purchase on Amazon.com or in a store.

Our goal in producing and sharing the ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ Documentary Film with the world is for it to reach out and positively impact and inspire as many people as possible.

I am grateful as to how the film has impacted audiences so far.

It has screened for audiences in over 100 cities in the U.S. and in several countries around the world in multiple languages. It won 12 awards and was the official selection in over 40 international film festivals.

But the most satisfying and fulfilling experience of the release of the film has been when I have traveled with the film, attended screenings in front of an audience, and listening to how ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ has impacted individual audience members.

During an audience Q&A after one screening in Arizona, a man dressed in a business suit stood up, with tears in his eyes, and shared “I am [one of the characters in the film].” He continued: “Through watching [the character's] example of going from their ego to their heart, I learned that I have to open my heart more and treat others with more love.”

I could not ask for any better response or impact of the film than that.

Stan Robinson of the Arizona weekly and “Screen Scene,” wrote that ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ is “a powerful cinematic documentary… unexpected and powerful… Long after it ends, the totality of the documentary lingers, as one contemplates the fact that, if every human being decides to act in the best interest of human kind, we can change the world.”

I want ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ to reach out and enter the hearts of more and more people, so that it can further fulfill it’s purpose of uplifting Humanity and serving the Greatest Good.

If you are looking for a Christmas or Holiday gift for family or friends, and want to share the ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ film, then we would like to help make it easy for you by offering a 25% to 30% discount on purchasing the DVDs.

You may receive your special 25%-30% discount for the Holidays, here:

http://www.DalaiLamaFilm.com/xmas

You may also watch the ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ film trailer, here:

Love,

Khashyar Darvich
Producer-Director
Dalai Lama Renaissance

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Khashyar | October 30, 2011

by Gayle Gregory

Truth is so rare and so astounding when you meet it face-to-face. A sadness, a burgeoning of compassion, often settles in as I become aware of the infrequency of real, close to the bone, human interaction.  My heart aches for its presence, to hear truth’s pure voice. It speaks so many delicious languages: the language of raw hurt and pain, of the slow and tender acceptance that life won’t work out in the ways we long for, of shamed but willing disclosure, of recognition – that one’s words weren’t quite accurate, and with that, a deep listening for what is in actuality, true right now. When it is accurate and authentic, it also speaks of joy, caring, beauty, and of love. All these languages have a common foundation – a trust in this that is unfolding as our human experience, and if not trust, at the least, simple surrender to life’ twists and turns and our inability to alter this moment.

For many, myself once included, prison seems a surprising place to find truth and yet, there it is.  We have been filming at Oregon State Correctional Institution (OSCI) since June 2010 when I invited Khashyar Darvich to screen “The Dalai Lama Renaissance” for the inmates. Yesterday was our sixth day inside the walls and once again, the experience enriched us all as we listened to five inmates share their stories for a documentary on compassion and forgiveness. Each of us, film crew and prison staff, were deeply impacted. As we talked about our experience later we became consciously aware that we had been in the presence of truth. The truth had touched us, was felt in each of our bodies, minds, and souls.  It resonated loudly, purely, with an uncommon energy and yet, as uncommon as it was, it felt natural, healing, like we had discovered the missing ingredient of life.

I have been volunteering at OSCI for four years now, and likely, for many years to come. Why? The men and their ability to be vulnerable, their hunger to learn and grow, their desire for spiritual freedom, and most of all, their willingness to pay whatever price is required. Having lost community, status, money, reputation, and most of their ability to choose, many consciously enter onto the spiritual path, looking for peace, hope, and comfort – peace of mind in meditation, hope for insights into reality, and the comfort of belonging to a spiritual family.  They look for redemption and perhaps, more that we on the outside, perhaps not, they withhold it from themselves with their conviction of their unworthiness, needing forgiveness from their victim or victim’s family, a forgiveness that may never come.

This is the raw material with which the inmates work. Can I accept the possibility of life in prison, of dying without those I loved knowing how much I changed? Can I live with my crime, without the forgiveness that my heart cries for? Can I learn to forgive myself regardless of how others react to me? Can I see through the darkness of my past into the light within? Can I be here, now, without any needs at all? Questions like these lead the men into their truth, into the resistance, into the pain, into the reality that lies just beneath the surface so they can meet the conditioned beliefs and fears and learn to be present with their reality, whatever it is. Unlike most, the men aren’t afraid to admit to their fears, to share them openly and lay them on the table before us.  They have learned the power of transparency, fully aware that secrecy is a soul killer.

Khashyar is crafting a powerful film. I am ready for it to be finished and to share its timely and potent message with the world. And yet, I trust Khashyar’s instincts for what is needed to make it even more powerful. Having been present for the interviews I can’t imagine the experience being more powerful for the audience, but I know the finished product will be. Khashyar has many more interviews planned to tap into the wisdom of our world – the Dalai Lama and others. So I live in patience, something the men can teach us all.

Truth – feel it in your bones. Feel it in your heart. Let it resonate throughout your entire life and watch as it transforms our world. When the movie premieres you will see it on the screen and its pure power will rewrite much of what you believe to be true.

–
Gayle Gregory
Coach|Speaker|Author
gayle.a.gregory (at) gmail (dot) com

To find more information about the ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ documentary film (which is narrated by actor Harrison Ford), please visit: www.DalaiLamaFilm.com. Producer-Director Khashyar Darvich’s new DVD project, “Illumination Matrix: Shifting into a New Dimension,” will be released at the end of November 2011. More information about “Illumination Matrix” can be found here: www.IlluminationMatrix.com

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Khashyar | October 1, 2011

LETTERS from the Heart: I feel grateful when I receive letters from viewers of DLR who warm-heartedly express how much they have been impacted by the film.

Director Khashyar Darvich after signing a DVD for an audience member after a film screening of DLR

It’s touching to receive emails from around the world from viewers of ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ who have been touched and impacted in some way by the film. I feel humbled, honored and grateful as I read them.

I would like to share two recent letters with you.

The first letter came from a viewer from San Francisco:

Dear Khashyar Darvich:

My name is [C] and I live in Mountain View, CA about 45 minutes south of San Francisco.  I recently watched your beautiful film Dalai Lama Renaissance and it changed my life.  I am on a path of spiritual awakening, and your film was such an important step in my amazing journey.

I noticed that Netflix and Blockbuster didn’t offer it for rent, so despite my tight budget, I purchased it.  I had a higher calling to see this film and there was no other way to see it.  Buying the DVD was definitely money well spent.

Is there any way that we could make it available to Netflix and Blockbuster so that other people, perhaps on even tighter budgets than myself, can have the opportunity to watch it?  Also I noticed that my local public library did not have it available.  I’m not sure if you do not like the commercial values of businesses like Netflix and Blockbuster, or if these companies just need to be contacted and asked to purchase DVD’s and have them available for rent.

The more people who watch your enlightening film, the better…it benefits the individual as well as families and communities.  If there is any way I can help in this process, please let me know.  I’d love to be a part of a project that is doing so much good.

Sincerely

[C]

*****

A second letter I received recently, was sent from Europe:

Dear Mr. Khashyar Darvich,

Your movie “Dalai Lama Renaissance” has had a great impact on my creative and personal life, I would therefore like to thank you for that impact.

If I remember correctly you once said in an interview that the whole process of making of the Dalai Lama Renaissance movie was a personal and spiritual journey. I feel the exact same thing about my music. Everytime I write a tune, strike a chord, look for sound, I feel as if I go on a inner journey towards myself. That’s why I’ve called my musical and creative project “Dalai Lama Renaissance”, as an allusion to your movie and the spiritual feeling music gives me.

I’ll be releasing an (electronic-mindend) album in Europe shortly (November) and I was wondering if you have any problems whatsoever with me using your movie title as a musical project/band name.

It just crossed my mind that it would be polite to ask your permission in using this name as a bandname in the future.

Yours Sincerely,

J.C.

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Khashyar | September 30, 2011

In this modern world of busy schedules, quick ‘hellos,’ and forgotten promises, there are few life-changing opportunities that we encounter along the way, where we feel that with a little bit of effort, or an amount of money that feels very small to us, that we can profoundly and dramatically make a difference in another person’s life.

When I was in India for 3 months this Spring (2011), in production for my new documentary film entitled ‘Matrix of Compassion,’ I was walking down the dusty streets of Dharamsala, India in the Himalayan mountains, when I was surprised to see a face that I vaguely recognized.

Sitting on the ground on the side of the road, with his portable shoeshine and cobbler supplies positioned on a wooden box and a dusty blanket, and in front of the same hotel where I had stayed 10 years earlier during the filming of my previous ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ film, was Viru, a 30-something year old shoe cobbler who had repaired my sandles during that previous first trip to India.

I was surprised to see that he was still there, setting up his portable one-man business in the exact same spot.

His mustache was just as thick, and his hair was just as healthy-looking and bushy (although now a salt and pepper color).

As I looked down onto his face, I was happily surprised that he recognized me as well, and I felt the comfort of meeting a friend again after 10 years.

He offered me a free shoeshine, but I was on my way somewhere, so I thanked him and took a rain-check.

Whenever I would walk down the street past his building-less roadside shoe repair business, he would offer to shine my shoes for free.

After one month of filming for the “Matrix of Compassion” documentary film, I decided that it would be helpful if we added an Indian crew member to the team, and I spent a couple of days reflecting upon who would be the best choice. I wanted to find someone who had a good heart, and who I thought would work hard and was open to receiving direction, and who could learn quickly.

I decided to offer a paying job to Viru as a video cameraman, and I made the commitment to teach him the art and craft of cinematography.

Viru has never used a video camera before in his life, but I imagined that because his shoe-repair work required him to sew carefully and do detailed work with his hands, that he probably had good hand-eye coordination. I also observed that he was one of the most hard-working people I had met in India, and unlike some of the other impoverished Indians I had met, Viru had NEVER asked me for money, even though I knew that he and his family were poor.

I just had a good feeling in my heart about him.

So, I gave Viru one of our video cameras, and had him join our film crew. Each day, after he walked one hour up the mountain from his village to upper Dharamsala, I directed him as to how to use the camera, how to hold it, how to frame a shot, and the types of things to film. And at the end of each day, we would spend one or two hours at a cafe and conduct film-watching sessions to review the footage that he had filmed that day, and offer suggestions as to how to improve his technique.

It was inspiring to see how, through hard work and dedication and sheer effort, Viru’s camera work became better and better every single day, until after 2 months working on the crew, Viru was the hardest-working member of our film crew, and he shot some of the best and most beautiful video footage that I brought back with me to the U.S. from India.

I could only imagine that if Viru, with his intelligence, character and work-ethic, had the same opportunity that I had to receive an education, what he could have accomplished in his life.

One day, half-way through our 3 month film production, Viru invited me to come to his home in the village where he lived, for dinner, and to meet his family.

I took a taxi with Viru for the 30 minute drive down the monkey-filled and windy roads of the rocky mountain-side, to lower Dharamsala, towards his village.

Driving around a curve in the road, I saw his village, nestled on an elbow of land that no one else wanted: a haggard hodgepodge of black plastic tents, that looked like they could be blown away by a strong wind.

As I walked down the dirt path inside his village, through groups of black plastic tents and naked children who were not wearing shoes, I was somehow surprised to see that Viru’s house was the same: a one room bamboo frame hut covered with black plastic as the walls, with a fire pit inside for cooking, and no running water nor electricity.

When they needed to use the toilet, they walked down a path to a rocky exposed stream, and did what they needed to do there, then washed themselves in the stream water, and walked back.

I was told later that if every person in the world used toilet paper, then there would not be any trees standing.

As I met his family, I learned that Viru had 4 children, ages 12, 10, 6 and 2, and that none of them had EVER been to school.

They could not read nor write, nor could they speak English.

But they were such good kids, with sincere smiles and good-hearted faces. I could see: like father, like children. Viru’s wife was also a wonderful person, dedicated to her children and family, as she cooked her family’s Indian food over their fire, and washed their clothes in the same river that their village used for a toilet.

When there was work, Viru’s wife would accept a job collecting bottles and other recyclables for a local recycling company.

I knew that Viru and his family perhaps made a total of 100 rupees per day (less than $3 US dollars).

I wanted to experience, feel and know how Viru’s family lived, so I decided to stay in their village for 3 days. I lived in their black plastic tent house, ate what they ate (which was some of the best India food I ever had), slept where they slept, and yes, I went to the bathroom where they went to the bathroom.

That first time walking to the river was difficult     But after I did what I needed to do, it wasn’t so bad, and I realized that we in the U.S. and in more developed countries, have SO much. We are so wealthy and fortunate, even if we don’t own a house, or are millionaires.

Nearly all of us have enough food. We have shelter. We have indoor toilets. We are not in danger of starving.

Viru told me that there was days when they did not have enough money to buy food, and on those days, his children did not eat.

But, THEY did have something that many Americans did not: the realization that THINGS do not bring us happiness. Happiness comes from within, as well as what we share with our family and friends.

Happiness does NOT come from material things, or possessions, or… cars or money or status. It comes from who we are.

And then, one evening, my heart told me that aside from the calling I felt to make this documentary film about personal and spiritual transformation, that I had something else meaningful and important to do. And that, with what is really very little money for an American, that I can make a huge and life-long difference in the lives of Viru’s children.

I knew on my heart that I had no choice but to act.

This was my chance to make a real difference in the lives of 3 children.

I learned that after the cost of the registration fee for each child (about $75 per child), as well as purchasing school clothes and shoes (about $20 per child), that the cost of sending each child to a decent private school was only about $8 per child per month.

How could I go to a restaurant in my home city of Los Angeles, knowing that for the cost of what I pay for my meal, that I can send 3 children to a good private school for an entire month?

So, I decided to spend $24 per month to send 3 of his school-age children to school, give them an education, and change their lives forever.

It was something that I HAD to do.

If I did not act on this opportunity to make a real and lasting and powerful difference in the lives of these 3 children, then… I would not be able to sleep at night.

So, today, I just sent the money today to register his 3 children to school, to pay for their school clothes and shoes, as well as to cover their first month of tuition fees. I also sent about $45 (2,000 rupees) extra just so his family could buy food or other essentials, and reduce their financial stress for perhaps a month).

Right before I left India, I promised Viru that I would help his children go to school, and I told him that it was important that they received an education. (Viru had to drop out of public school when he was 10, to go work as a shoeshine boy and shoe cobbler, just like his father had done before him).

Because of the succession of poverty in his family, neither Viru, nor his father before him, had the opportunity to break the cycle of needing to work beginning at a small age, and consequently did not receive a basic education so that their lives could be better than the generation before them.

As a child, I took for granted that I went to school every day, that I had clothes and food, that I attended and graduated from High School, that I went to college, and now I am doing something that I really enjoy (Producing and Directing documentary film that have positive and inspiring messages).

Viru cried when I made him this promise to fund his children’s education, and now he calls me his big brother.

I called Viru tonight, and told him that I had sent the money, and Viru again thanked me from a place deep in his heart, in a way that I have been rarely thanked or appreciated or valued before.

It seems unfair that what is so little money for me can make such a huge and momentous difference in the lives of 3 children, whose eyes are so clear and bright, but who were facing a life of poverty and illiteracy, and a lack of hope.

I was blessed that as a result of traveling to India to make a film, that I serendipitously and unexpectedly came across 3 young children who I could easily, directly and personally help. Yes, I could have, from America, sent money to an aid organization that helps to feed children and families. But it is rare that we have the opportunity to directly meet people whose lives we can easily change, and it somehow feels more satisfying that I help this family, and these children, directly.

They know that there is one person in the Western world (that they have only seen in distant images), who cares about them and who wants to help.

If Viru only really knew how much knowing him and his family has changed me, and how helping him has filled my heart with joy, warmth and love, and a deep satisfaction that comes only from make a real difference in the world.

Viru told me that his children felt despair and shame, when they saw some other children in their village go to public school, when, because of a lack of money, they could not.

I saw the pain and the shame on Viru’s face as he answered my question that he wanted to send his children to school and give them a better life, but he couldn’t.

I feel that I have already made a difference in their lives, by simply expressing that someone cares about them. Someone in this big large world that they cannot touch or see from a television that they don’t own, nor on webpages on a computer that they can only dream of using, cares about them and is showing it through action.

Every single person has a way to help others and make the world a little bit better than when they first arrived on the planet.

It is up to us to listen quietly within our hearts, and understand what gift we have to share with others, and then act on that realization.

Khashyar Darvich
Producer-Director
‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ and ‘Matrix of Compassion’
www.DalaiLamaFilm.com and www.MatrixOfCompassion.com

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Khashyar | September 17, 2011

Dalai  Lama Renaissance Film to be Highlighted in A&E TV Network’s ‘Biography’ Program about actor Harrison Ford

The ‘Biography’ TV episode will air in several international markets around the world, and will feature the fact that Harrison Ford narrated the Dalai Lama Renaissance documentary film (www.DalaiLamaFilm.com).

NEW YORK – Dalai Lama Renaissance, the award-winning documentary film narrated by actor Harrison Ford and featuring the 14th Dalai Lama, will be highlighted in the Arts and Entertainment TV Network’s ‘Biography’ program about the life and career of the legendary actor.

“I narrated Dalai Lama Renaissance,” says Harrison Ford, “because I believe His Holiness is making a positive influence in our world.  For me, the film represented an opportunity to continue assisting the optimistic efforts of an extraordinary individual.”

The Dalai Lama Renaissance film (www.DalaiLamaFilm.com), produced and directed by Khashyar Darvich, won 12 awards, was the official selection of over 40 international film festivals, and screened in hundreds of cinemas around the world, including in over 100 cities in the United States. The DVD of the film, as well as the follow-up DVD, Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol 2: A Revolution of Ideas, are now available on the film’s website.

Featuring the Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama Renaissance tells the story of 40 Western innovative thinkers who travel to the Himalayan Mountains of India to meet with the Dalai Lama to solve many of the world’s problems. What happened was powerful and unexpected, and was captured by a five camera, 18 person crew.

After one of Darvich’s interviews with the Dalai Lama, the Dalai Lama affirmed Darvich’s motivations in producing films: “Yes I like your questions,” the Dalai Lama told Darvich, as the two were standing together talking after the interview. “Certainly, your effort can make some contribution—there’s no doubt.”

Dalai Lama Renaissance is only among a small handful of documentaries that Harrison Ford has chosen to narrate during his career. Ford has starred in such blockbuster films as Raiders of the Lost Ark & the Indiana Jones movies, Star Wars, The Fugitive, Witness, and many others. Harrison Ford’s films have one of the highest combined worldwide box office grosses (over $5.5 billion) of any actor in history.

The film features two of the starring quantum physicists from the hit theatrical documentary What the Bleep Do We Know, Fred Alan Wolf and Amit Goswami. Also appearing in Dalai Lama Renaissance are Michael Beckwith (who appears in The Secret), radio host and author Thom Hartmann, revolutionary social scientist Jean Houston, Vandana Shiva (social activist, The Corporation), and other prominent thinkers.

Harrison Ford has previously expressed his support for the Dalai Lama and the cause of Tibetan Independence. In 1995, Harrison Ford spoke before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and testified that: “The Tibetan struggle is no ordinary freedom struggle. The courageous men and women in Tibet have chosen the path laid out by their leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It is a path of non-violence– a path that too few peoples around the world have dared to try… As an American who cares deeply about justice, freedom and democracy, I can tell you that this is a cause that touches at the core of our own values.”

Films starring such big name stars as Richard Gere and Sharon Stone were boycotted by China after the actors expressed support for the Tibet Independence Movement. After Disney released Kundun, Martin Scorsese’s 1997 feature film about the Dalai Lama, the studio incurred the wrath of the Chinese government, and Disney films were banned for an indefinite period of time.

Ford’s former wife, screenwriter Melissa Mathison, wrote the screenplay for Kundun.

The Chinese Government took notice when Dalai Lama Renaissance was released theatrically in Taiwan in the Chinese language and received front page positive press in Taiwanese newspapers.

The People’s Daily, a daily newspaper and media arm of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, quickly and sharply criticized Dalai Lama Renaissance, writing that the film describes “the Chinese government’s peaceful liberation of Tibet as ‘cruel oppression,’ [and] …what these movies depict is just the ‘anesthesia’ given by the Dalai Lama to the West.”

In contrast, Taiwanese newspapers gave the film rave reviews. The Taipei Times wrote that “the film rapidly grabs hold of you… an insightful documentary.”

On the front page of the Taiwanese The Liberty Times, Harrison Ford was called a ‘Hero’ for narrating the documentary.

Film Critic John Griffin of the Montreal Gazette calls Dalai Lama Renaissance “a provocative, even enlightening film” and “fascinating, ravishingly beautiful and sonically soothing.”

Amy Wong of LA Yoga Magazine writes: “it is a stunning tour-de-force [and an] intimate glimpse into the Dalai Lama’s life.”
The DVD for Dalai Lama Renaissance, which includes over 105 minutes of additional Special Features, is available now at: www.DalaiLamaFilm.com. The follow-up to the film, entitled Dalai Lama Renaissance Vol 2: A Revolution of Ideas, is also available on DVD.

Director Khashyar Darvich’s new documentary film is The Matrix of Compassion (www.MatrixOfCompassion.com) which features the Dalai Lama, the Karmapa Lama, and others, and is about an inner journey of personal transformation through India, and includes living in an India slum. The Matrix of Compassion will be released in 2012.

The A&E Network, which is jointly owned by the Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation, reaches more than 85 million homes in the United States and Canada. A&E’s ‘Biography’ series is broadcast in several languages and countries throughout the world. A&E Television Networks also owns the History Channel and the Biography Channel.

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Khashyar | November 27, 2010

Award-winning Dalai Lama Renaissance Film, and its American Director, Premiere in Australia in Nov – Dec

Narrated by Harrison Ford, the film and Director Khashyar Darvich arrive in Australia for a 5 week screening and Q&A tour in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Western Australia

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – After winning 12 awards, and screening in hundreds of cities around the world, the ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ Documentary Film (www.DalaiLamaFilm.com ) and Director Khashyar Darvich, have arrived in Australia on November 26 to begin a 5 week Australian screening and Director Q&A tour.

Featuring the Dalai Lama, and narrated by actor Harrison Ford, the film tells the story of 40 Western innovative thinkers who travel to the Himalayan Mountains of India to meet with the Dalai Lama to solve many of the world’s problems. What happened was powerful and unexpected, and was captured by a five camera, 18 person crew.

The film features two of the starring quantum physicists from the hit theatrical documentary ‘What the Bleep Do We Know,’ Fred Alan Wolf and Amit Goswami. Also appearing in ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ are Michael Beckwith (who appears in ‘The Secret’), radio host and author Thom Hartmann, revolutionary social scientist Jean Houston, Vandana Shiva (social activist, “The Corporation”), and other prominent thinkers.

Amy Wong of LA Yoga Magazine writes: “it is a stunning tour-de-force [and an] intimate glimpse into the Dalai Lama’s life.”

Film Critic John Griffin of the Montreal Gazette calls ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ “a provocative, even enlightening film… fascinating, ravishingly beautiful and sonically soothing.”

Film Threat Magazine’s Rick Kisonak said “Dalai Lama Renaissance” is a “comedy sensation,” adding, “I can’t remember the last time a movie made me laugh so hard.”

“I look forward to meeting Australian audiences,” says Director Khashyar Darvich, “to share the experience of the film with them, as well as speaking with them about the inner journey of personal transformation, in the presence of the Dalai Lama, that was captured in the film.”

On November 26, ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ and Director Darvich, premiered in Bowral, NSW at the Empire Cinema to an enthusiastic audience. The film and Director then travel to Sydney on Nov 29 for a screening at the Manly Cinema, and on December 2 at Sydney’s historic Chauvel Cinema.

The Film and Filmmaker then travel to Melbourne on December 8 for a screening at the Palace Kino, and then to Brisbane on December 14 where the film will open at the Palace Centro.

“Thank you for bringing the film to Australia,” said Tracey, who attended the Bowral film premiere. “It opened my eyes and my heart.”

For a complete schedule of all of the Australian screenings, please visit: www.DalaiLamaFilm.com/events

The tour is being hosted and organized by the Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhist Institute (www.Vajrayana.com.au)  in Sydney.

There are a few dates available to schedule additional film screenings and Director Q&A’s on the tour. If your organization, cinema or centre is interested in hosting a screening and filmmaker Q&A, please contact Amanda Sumner-Potts at: amandasp@bigpond.com or Wakan Films at: Bookings@DalaiLamaFilm.com.

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Australian Tour Dates
‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ Film

(Complete Schedule: www.DalaiLamaFilm.com)

26/11/2010   Bowral, NSW – Empire Cinema

27/11/2010   Blue Mountains, NSW – YHA (DLR Vol 2)

29/11/2010   Manly, Sydney – Manly Cinema

02/12/2010   Paddington, Sydney – Chauvel Cinema

03/12/2010   Annandale, Sydney – Yoga In Daily Life

05/12/2010    Ashfield, Sydney – Vajrayana Institute (DLR Vol 2)

08/12/2010    Melbourne – Palace Kino – 45 Collins Street

11/12/2010    Melbourne – Yoga In Daily Life

14/12/2010    Fortitude Valley, Brisbane – Palace Centro

16/12/2010    Sunshine Coast, Queensland – Nambour Cinema

18/12/2010    Fortitude Valley, Brisbane – Yoga In Daily Life

20/12/2010   Albany – PCYC (DLR Vol 1 and 2)

21/12/2010   Albany – PCYC (DLR Vol 1 and 2)

23/12/2010    Perth – Luna Palace Cinema

Complete schedule of screenings: www.DalaiLamaFilm.com

Film Tour sponsored by the Vajrayana Institute – Sydney

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