Onlne – World: "Bringing Bön to Light" – CyberSangha Film Festival Runs December 12-January 3
Online | 02-03 January, 2021
"Bringing Bön to Light" – CyberSangha Film Festival Runs December 12-January 3 – Online.
Welcome to the CyberSangha® Film Festival!
Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is pleased to present “Bringing Bön to Light”, a series of wonderful documentaries related to the Tibetan Bön tradition, each offering its own, unique perspective of this rich and ancient tradition. Each online screening is immediately followed by a live or prerecorded discussion with the film’s director, producer, or others featured in the documentary, hosted by Santiago Villaveces. The full schedule appears below.
Showing next: This Saturday, January 2, 2021, 11 a.m. New York time: The Light of the Golden Sun (64 minutes). Immediately after the screening, director Rogelio Jaramillo, Tulku Ponse Jigme Tenzin, Alejandro Chaoul-Reich, and John Jackson will join host Santiago Villaveces in discussion.
Learn more and view: cybersangha.net/light-of-golden-sun
How to View the Films
All festival events are broadcast on the Facebook page of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche on Saturdays and Sundays beginning 11 a.m. New York time, from December 12, 2020, through January 3, 2021. You don’t need a Facebook account to view them, and no registration is required. The festival events are also viewable here on cybersangha.net via the “Learn more ” links below. In case you miss a screening, the films will remain viewable here through January 3; panel discussion recordings and selected films will remain viewable indefinitely. If the livestream doesn’t appear at the scheduled time, try refreshing the page.
About the Festival: A Message from Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
“I have organized this online film festival to highlight some exceptional documentaries that shed light on the richness of the ancient Tibetan Bön tradition. Many Westerners have never heard of Bön, and many Tibetans – even some high lamas – still harbor misconceptions about it. Bön is the indigenous spiritual tradition of Tibet. It has its roots in the teachings of the buddha Tonpa Shenrap in central Asia some 17,000 years ago, and from those beginnings until modern times, its teachings and practices have been passed from master to student in an unbroken lineage. Bön shares much in common with Tibetan Buddhism, including its teachings of sutra, tantra and dzogchen. At the same time it has its own, unique flavor and profound wisdom teachings. Today, Bön remains vibrant and relevant to students around the world. As the source of Tibetan civilization, it is a treasure. Preserving it is our collective responsibility.”
– Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Scheduled Films
All films can be seen later through the sames links.
Sunday, January 3, 2021, 11 a.m. New York time: “His Holiness Returns to Tibet” (three short films, 47 minutes total, 1998)
cybersangha.net/hh-returns-to-tibet
Saturday, January 2, 2021, 11 a.m. New York time: The Light of the Golden Sun (64 minutes, 2011)
cybersangha.net/light-of-golden-sun
Sunday, December 27, 2020, 11 a.m. New York time: In Search of Zhang Zhung (61 minutes, 2003)
cybersangha.net/in-search-zhang-zhung
Saturday, December 26, 2020, 11 a.m. New York time: Hidden Treasure Of Bön: Secrets of Mustang (64 minutes, 2009)
cybersangha.net/hidden-treasure-bon
Sunday, December 20, 2020, 11 a.m. New York time: Bön in Dolpo (53 minutes, 2014)
cybersangha.net/bon-in-dolpo
Saturday, December 19, 2020, 11 a.m. New York time: Bön: Mustang to Menri (53 minutes, 2011)
cybersangha.net/mustang-to-menri
Sunday, December 13, 2020, 11 a.m. New York time: Bön and the West (91 minutes)
cybersangha.net/bon-and-the-west/
Saturday, December 12, 2020, 11 a.m. New York time: The Making of Ponse Lama: Divine Protector (16 minutes, 2020).
cybersangha.net/ponse-lama/
As stated before, Santiago Villaveces will host a live or prerecorded discussion with the film’s director, producer, or others featured in the documentary, immediately following the onlie screenning.
Santiago Villaveces (host) has been a student of Bön since 1993 and has received teachings from Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and H.E. Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, among other Bön lineage holders. He currently divides his time between teaching dharma in South America and his work in international development.
Start: Sat, 02-Jan-2021, 11:00 – End: Sun, 03-Jan-2021, 13:00
Email: info@ligmincha.org – Web: cybersangha.net
See also: Related Events
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