Hidden Tibetan Buddhist Monastery | Our World: Return to Zanskar | BBC Full Documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2023
- A journey into the heart of the Zanskar valley, following two travellers who are returning after 30 years. A region lost in time with centuries old monasteries built into rock faces and caves. This film looks at the unique Tibetan Buddhist culture of Zanskar and how the local people are dealing with change following road construction into their once isolated valley.
We end up at one of the most stunning Monasteries on the Zanskar river, Phuktal Monastary, sometimes spelled Phugtal Monastary, where we saw a unique prayer ceremony and spoke to monks who have lived there for decades.
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With so much hate and conflict in our world it was so pleasing to see good people from one corner of the world reunite with good people from another corner.
Beautiful truly
Buddha Dharma will always stay relevant. The younger generation may turn toward English, Sciences, and the Internet age. They may leave the valley of their ancestors. Wherever they go they will find suffering, and whatever their karma may be, eventually they will seek freedom from suffering. Even if their new life is in the west, they will find teachers sharing the true Dharma. Thank you for sharing this wonderful journey with us. All the best.
Om Guru Om
The influx of kashmiri Muslim's in Those area is changing the demography. The Muslim's mens are marrying Buddhists girls to change their religion , look at Kargil how is Buddhism is disappearing there + the Christian missionaries from South India are roaming like vultures to convert innocent Buddhists.
I do not think that Buddhism will vanish, there is just too much of it about.
The buddha himself declared that the dharma is gonna vanish for a time, this he made especially clear when his aunt begged him to establish nunnery, which shortened the time of the dharma even more. You see a lot of signs, people are gettin sick from their environment, sometimes too sick to practice dharma, the quality of food got so low as people begin to starve while their plates are full, water gets polluted by radioactive, in the more wealthy regions people are most of the time to distracted to practice cultivation with sensual dispersal like video games and movies, then you have corrupted monks not aware of the scriptures anymore but only learning from their teachers instead of the direct transmission from the buddha.
Once this earth migrates further forth into the kali yuga the only people surviving are sitting in some kind of bunker or towns under the earth, cause of the heat and the extinction of most plant life on the surface, cleaning water with electricity, who knows if some real transmission of buddhas word might survive to these little places and if the people there are willing to practice or have "better" entertainment for their past time.
if you want to cultivate then start now, as even this life is short and the dharma might only be born again in many thousand years after the extinction of our civilisation we have now.
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I spent a month in the Zanskar just before the covid years. Ten days of that time was spent at Phuktal Monastery. I taught the young monks English and was asked to stay through the winter. But I knew it would be too cold for me and we would have to break the ice on the Tsarap to get water and carry it up to the cave monastery which was far above the river. Sometimes I wish I had stayed. But seeing your film brought back the beauty of the monastery, its location, and the monks. I felt like maybe I had met some of them when they were a bit younger, when I was there. I knew the road was being bored through the landscape and knew what it would mean for such a fragile isolated and self sufficient culture, a fragment of the Buddhist Pureland that had survived for millennia. Glad you had the courage to return to see how they are faring in this strange new world that humanity cannot contain. The ancient world is rapidly disappearing and it holds such precious teachings. I hope Phuktal can survive what is coming, but of coarse, there is the law of impermanence...
Yes, here’s impermanence again 🥲 Bless these people and bless you 🙏
These are the real Yogis, just feel their genuine smile and their cute Monastic hat from Ladakh.....so cute and beautiful 🫡🫡🫡
Indeed. Truly lovely people
As I watch this beautiful and yet sad documentary, I have to remember that Tibet was completely closed off to the rest of the world for many hundreds of years. When the Dalai Lama was forced to flee Lhasa and go to India, it seemed a tragedy. However, his effect on the rest of the world and the influence of Buddhism has expanded and become a practice in almost every country. Change is a gift, even though it doesn't appear to be at first. I do not believe that Buddhism will ever disappear. Nothing valuable is ever lost.
Thank you for your journey and your documentation. The joy of your reunions made me teared up. Buddha is eternal, will not be harmed by changes and will benefit by spreading outward anew. It is a miracle you kept a record before the change comes. Bravo! Gratitude for your work! ❤🙏
That makes it so important to capture. As a time stamp before the changes!
Danny thanks so much for making this wonderful documentary. Through this film I was reunited with the Chilling copper smith Phuntsog and his son Ishey. In 1984 my wife and I were taken in by villagers near Alchi and later led over immense, barren mountains and a cliff hanging trail above the Zanskar chu to Chilling. Phuntsog was already in his sixties then. With the simplest of tools he made the most elaborate jugs, I bought some ladles and teaspoons which I still have. Ishey is a traditional healer. Fantastic to see them.
This makes me incredibly happy to hear Eddy! What an amazing planet we live on. And how amazing you were able to reconnect. They are amazing metal workers in Chilling. Zanskar and the valleys on this trip is still the favorite place I’ve been. Amazing beauty and culture !
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I just absolutely love that you found this amazing family after thirty years. Truly beats out any of the world travel videos that I watch. This is beautiful.
Thank you so very much for sharing. As I am watching it, in tears, the outflowing of love, compassion, and kindness, is overwhelming. They are so genuine and organic. Yes, the impermanence……May Shambala be on this amazing samsara for all sentient beings. 🙏
You are so welcome, I’m happy you watched this!
Reading your comment made me cry too
Plz discover more ....Life is beautiful to travel .❤
Remarkable story 😢
Me too😭
Thank you. Seeing the reactions when they recognized you and remembered the scenes in the photos is fascinating, very powerful. Their concern about the future is palpable. Well done, when the old ways are no longer practiced here people will have this and others' records of at least some of what used to be. But being Buddhist they know change happens, that everything changes, change is universal and ongoing. The quickly changing climate we've created would bring rapid change to their lifestyle even without the road and the intrusion of modern life. Watching this it occurred to me we are all facing radical change because of our overuse of the world, global warming, more radical destructive weather, mass extinctions and shrinking supplies of fuel, clean water and food. Ultimately we're all in the same boat, the Great Waves of Change are here.
This is so well stated. And yes, felt the same when they were recognizing the photos. Very magical reconnections. Our world and landscape is certainly changing and agree, having these time stamps / postcards of this region will always act as a historical document
I can very much relate to your comment, and as a Westerner living a comfortable lifestyle now, but having experienced the devastation of World War 2, having limited fresh water, and having only one bath a week through a heated big pot on a fired stove, and so on, l know what live is like with lots of improvisations. I did not have a home with a bathroom till l was 30 y old, nor a car. l do not want to miss this experience, but l also embrace modernity, having a modest house with abundant clean water, easy cooking stove, etc. but the challenges have just shifted from having to improvise with little food supply, not much water, no car, no telephone, no computers, no TV, only radio to how not waste water, restrain oneself to not overindulge in using too much energy, not too much plastic packages, to having a small car with not using too much fuel, cleaning the environment, keeping the streets and beaches litter free. Luckily in my small community and with our backgrounds we do care about each other, and the environment, and we choose our way of life. Thank you for this with love made video about an ancient people and culture. I am convinced the road will bring relief, will make travelling, and transport easier, connect villages more. I just can’t see building a road negatively. Sorry. The young children must have opportunities to learn in schools. Education is important. My experience is that some young adults from villages, who have experienced the modern lifestyle in cities, do go back into their villages, towns, for a more relaxed life, and the love of nature, and helping to pass on, what they have learned. All the best for this Monastery, and village life, relief from extreme hardships, and gaining prosperity. Greetings from 🌏🦘🐨🕊from a German
I've been thinking about your comment - and little else since I'm in my seventh decade and wonder about the world we're leaving to the innocent.
In the US, anyway, hate and the Dunning-Kruger effect are combined and metastasizing: I'm not sure our republic can survive.
For all our flaws, we had a light once. Here's hoping humanity rallies to save our beautiful garden planet.
Paz y luz.
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@@mortalclown3812 The question is will our civilization survive? Let's hope! History shows people pull together when the going gets tough. if folks would recognize a simple truth - divided we fail - maybe we'd start to pull together. That capitalized phrase I used is a prophecy I read a few years back, now I'm watching it happen.
All True 🦚
Couldnt UNESCO world heritage preservation get involved? I love the simplicity and peace of these people and their hidden sanctuary. The traditions, Buddha teachings, culture, all need to stay so that future generations may have peace, joy, meaning, and happiness in their lives. This is what will be lost. This is repeated through each interview! Zanskar save it! I will pray as such for Zanskar🕊🫖🛎💌📯🕉🆘❗️🏳️🌈
This is so magnificent and beautiful.....Zanskar is such a precious place on this earth......hope their valuable life can continue the way it was. Seeing their happy face and their wise words brought me in tears 😢. Thank you 🙏
If this wasn't film no one knows it's existence, Thanks sir for uploading and taking time and sacrifices ..
They're beautiful people, sincere and harmless. The kindness is what they have to give to everyone. Their way of life will change after the people from outside world come and bring their unclean way of life here.
I have been to Ladakh, and as an Iranian I have seen how the old way of life disappeared in Iran in my life time just as it is happening in Ladakh. Thank you for sharing your beautiful experience of returning to Ladakh with us. It was very moving. Beautiful images.
Indian influence and cultural invasion is taking place as we speak, political party flags fly on top of stupas. Greed has finally taken it's place here.
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I'm from Slovenia, the old way of life has disappeared in all but the smallest and remotest villages and even then, its just the old folks.
This is amazing to see this simple way of living in this overly modernized world. Thanks for presentation
Completely agree !
Very peaceful 😢 compassion and peacefulness in their eyes..God bless you all
peacefulness for sure! calming.
tutututuutut the sheep come "no food in the hand?
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Building the road under the mountain might be good for the local people in winter time as the Rothang Pass is snowed over and it is impossible to get supplies ...but I can imagine the thousand of people arriving by cars possibly bringing a huge change......and not necessarily a pisitive one!!!! 😢
Sir you can now bypass rohtang pass by rohtang tunnel worlds longest tunnel 9.02km long above 13000ft opened in 2020 now providing all whether connectivity and no need to cross rohtang pass also reducing the time of journey by 4hrs
Om mani padme hum 🙏 om aum hum vajra guru padmasiddhi hum 🙏 much love ❤️
Brought back so many memories of being in Ladakh, of the extraordinary night skies, sleeping on the flat roof tops under that galaxial symphony. And I cry because I remember the silence. It was so distinct and full. Where will the holy silence go once these wild places are consumed.
Om Mani Padme Hum ❤
For sure we all know , this is the begening of the End .. Lucky you went there 30 years ago, thanks for sharing❤
Thank you for sharing this little piece of heaven with us, it's so beautiful. may it stay that way as long as it could.
What beautiful faces! Thanks that was lovely to see
Thank you Helen. I am glad you enjoyed watching it as much as we enjoyed filming it!
It is the end of things which we witness... moment, by moment. This is a rare glimpse into a vast mountain-range of mystery, and of the heart-warmth of these great souls. Thank you for sharing this wonder.
Heartwarming video seeing these soulful, beautiful people. They were so thrilled to see your return. Thank you so much for sharing this and caring to make the trip back there after all these years. It blessed them and I am sure it blessed you.
And the blessing extends ever outward to all who see and listen to this lovely and loving story. Thank you for this.
Thank you Daniel. This was a moment in time - captured perfectly.
This glimpse into the monastery and it’s accommodations is an excellent adventure and reconnecting with people from decades ago is truly endearing. I think the impending change from the road being near completion is a chance for these sentient Buddhist’s to flow with the dharma and recognize the ever changing will of their fellow inhabitants.
Thank you so much. Blessings to all the people who made this film and to all Tibetans that made it possible
Such a moving portrait of this beautiful place and radiant people… thank you for sharing deeply touched!
Completely agree. Beautiful landscape and culture.
Sehr eindrucksvolle Dokumentation. Man kann es den Menschen, die dort leben, nachfühlen, wie sie über die neue Straße denken.
I was in Ladakh, I am absolutely fall in love with places, your film heart touching ❤
Just such a stunning portrait of their lives and presence.
Definitely Dominic, a privilege to experience
Just seeing them talk about Buddhism disappearing made me sad. This younger generation not studying and learning the ways. 😢
Thank you and Much Love from the Philippines. ❤
This is life changing. Not only your reconnection with the saviors of your past, but the focus you’ve brought to their aid in preparing them for the massive influx of new and most assuredly worse visitors. How may I help?
Amazing film & story. Thank you for creating & sharing.
Thank you boondock, I’m very happy you enjoyed this film. :)
This is dope this why I want to become a monk. Chumpa Chogong.
They are the real thing up there. No performance.
I have been there many times, last time i was there in June 2023, Developments are great but in Zanskar. i fell little sad. Thank you so much for the Documentary. I can feel every single moment in it.
I want that kind of simple life. 😢
They are the sweetest people
What a Documentary ?
What wisdom from simple humble people ?
We feel helpless about the times we live in.
there is still literature like the book of sayings and psalms. And there is still the Nikayas, the paramitas and many more, feel free to help yourself, every bit is a progress
Thank you for taking me along this journey 😊😊 tashi delek 🙏🙏
Great piece. After completing 3 volunteer missions in Ladakh sine the early 2000’s, I’ve always wanted to get up the Zanskar…you have given me inspiration to do it sooner rather than later….😊🙏🏻
Short and sweet documentary! Such simple people, such a simple life ( tho filled with unimaginable hardships and harsh weather). God bless them. And Brian thanks for bringing them to the world 💐
Muito obrigado, importante conhecer os valores deste povo e as diferenças entre os valores da nossa cultura e deste povo simples e feliz.
This makes me so sad. It will all disappear and leave nothing but some photos and abandoned houses in the mountains.
(19:22) "You can't step in the same river once/twice" also comes from old Greek philosophy
Bravo Bryan, Daniel and thank you also to your friend the narrator and to your team... that is a very kind and deep documentary. It is very appreciated. May the best be with you all! Warmly from British Columbia.
Very moving and beautiful documentary.. So much reverence for their culture and traditions, Thank You ❤
This is beautiful. Thank you
Thank you for watching! Happy you enjoyed!
Can't thank you enough 😭. Such a masterpiece.
Their smile and kindness just make me feel so happy ❤️❤️.
Thanks many times for this Documentation, I wish I could experience a life of such to feel the calm, happy, and life without any problems. Peace, to all! Cheers!
Many thanks for this great work, the times are changing world is becoming a small place, rapid development of technology and infrastructure taking over, Zanaskar was a remote corner of Himalayas only visited by few people, now its connected by three roads, but still it has the old world charm, the beautiful Mountain landscapes and the simple way of living.
fantastic video of a magical place......i've just come back from Zanskar valley and the magical Phugtal Monastray....i thought there was a 3 day trek to the Monastry, by the time i got there the road goes so far you only need to walk for 1 and a 1/2 hours to get to Phugtal monastry, a magical walk to a beautiful Monastry.....the road from Kargil to Manali through Padum is soon to be tarmacked, the road from Padum to leh is taking shape...and the foundtions for the electric pylons are in place.....who knows what the change will bring, but sadlly change is coming fast ....need to go back asap before all the magic of Phugtal is of legends
Truly moving!
I am grateful to you because you have shared with me what I always wanted to see and thought I never would. ❤❤
Indeed, so fresh, so beautiful and true……thank you dear Sir for a lovely and amazing humble work……soo good and sunny people beautiful 🌻
Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is a gem. May this Dharma you've created penetrate many lives.
fantastic photographs! And being a Buddhist myself, a fascinating place
Evidently your return to see them have brought them so much joys. This is a heartwarming story, thank you for sharing ❤
I visited Zanskar a few years ago and did the frozen river trek. A Magical place...
As wonderful as this footage is why are the subtitles so very tiny and almost impossible to read?😢😢
Yes your right so many time i pause the vedio to read the lines ....
Thank you for this wonderful report.
I got chills listening to the old man at the end.
What he says is so true.
It's amazing how aware they are of the effects of modern life.
Heart warming encounters.
Yes that is for sure. Beautiful place, beautiful culture.
Hi Danny! This was very cool. Great work!
Thanks Sava! Very happy you checked it out!
QUALITY. Touching and beautifully crafted - thank you!
Sensational ❤
🙏🏾Awe-inspiring
Greetings from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Thank you. I trekked kashmir zanskar to ladhahk in 1986. Beautiful and very remote. Lovely locals. ❤
One of the best documentary ever
Sorry i spent one week in karsha gompa june 1980, one week in lingshed gompa with lama kelpa tsering, one week in goma village with his elder brother puntsok norbu , unforgettable memories, beautiful hospitable people, when i left goma to tackle the singe la alone the whole village came to send me off, our neighbour nun gave me a small bag of tsampa for the climb up the pass, all i could give puntsok norbu in return was a single needle for his sewing it was so precious to him, one single needle..i regret not giving him my anorak because i needed it for the climb..so many stories to tell...
Life looks tranquil in this village, Any one who achieves stillness in the western world is definitely special.
What an astonishing meeting, I would cry like a baby. Greetings from Brazil!
Beautiful pure people ❤
I pray desperately that the Buddha Dharma will continue to be fascinating and comforting to their future generations 🙏 It’s their great treasure and gift to the world, and I’m so grateful to the past generations who have preserved it. And I find it so ironic that while some of their younger generation wish to get educated on modern life and society, there are people like me who grew up in America, who would be desperate to learn to live as their parents’ generations did, study Buddhism or focus on preserving things like those ancient metalsmithing techniques. When the sickness of modern society in the West sets in, people here look toward them with envy for their ancient traditions, simple wholesomeness and the deep wisdom of millennia.
Great work sir
Thanks Golden Views. That’s very kind of you
So beautifully shot. Thank you for sharing. I too am sad for the road.
thank you for sharing this witnessing documentary of the precious tradition of this Buddhist Monastery 🙏
Thank you for sharing this extraordinary journey. These beautiful souls touch my heart.
Prayers for them and you and yours. LOVE & HUGS
Life... it ALWAYS finds a way
But technology and money are not always the way!
This was a very sad and joyful watch for me.
Thanks for sharing your remarkable passage and memories of time.
It was and is a Beautiful thing 👍
When you come from a Western culture and are used to the considerate to extreme narcissism that is the norm there, coming to places like this, where the people are still pure, opens your eyes to the true nature of humanity and how far 'modern man' has strayed off the path, igniting a spark in your soul of wanting to return to that pure place inside, individually and collectively. It's a transcendental, beautiful, humbling and inspiring experience. These people are the most powerful teachers there are, simply by their authentic way of being, that they radiate constantly, leading one back to Source.
Incredible glimpse into an extraordinary lives.
He was so happy to see him again... and its really sad for development we are destroying lots of things landscape cultures traditions peoples and their lifestyle.. and we cant stop it... seeing those stars in night sky was like time never stops and we are here just for a small fraction of time... but we do change a lot..
Thank you for sharing this beautifull story.What a treasured friendship, geniuning and warm heart. I couldnot holding my tesr by watching this .Simple , humble and very hard Life to survive in thesr parts of the world BUT truely happy and peace in their heart.
I wish you 2 with health happiness to explore more true beauty of these wonderful family groups.
Thank you Danny, Bryan and Brian - for returning and sharing another poignant perpective of the change, and the change itself. I had walked the frozen zanskar river from Chil-ling to Naerak around 2017 and had witnessed how tourism and modernization has impacted the delicate fabric of ancient culture and their way of living. I hope we as a human race will be mindful of preserving the heritage as the inevitable change occurs.
My second time watching this heartwarming video. The beauty of the people and the land. Thank you again.
Thanks for having such a wonderful documentary. Yes, i would say that we are on tracks of modernisation and loosing the old beautiful cultural parts. Now its connected to the Leh-Ladakh main city via different routes and Manali Himachal Pradesh. by the name of development play with the nature and destroyed the wild area. Since agro-pastorial community Earlier we depends on livestock and human beings from the beginning of sowing seeds to threshing of crops. For Now everything is relying on machine. Its changing but very rapidly. Congratulations you meet your kind person after 30years. You had a great composition of pictures in zanskar. Feeling proud of you and being zanskari youth don't want to see too much changes in terms of nature exploitation and culture changes.
There should be a part two to this.
The people here and their history and importance as the source of so many important Tibetan Buddhists exude and radiate such beauty. The whole place feels so familiar.
Great video Danny God bless you
Thank you Asha!
Such a meaningful journey. I love the excitement at their photos❤ ...
Love this, thank you so much filming this.
Very beautiful heart warming video. Thank you
I hope and pray that all of humanity will be so loving and compassionate as this people are some day thank you for sharing 👍👍👍🙏🏻
Great documentary! Thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful thing you did, going back after 30 years. I can feel the emotions it must have brought to you and to them!!! What a contrast between their lives and ours......but despite that, the Budah is inside us. We are all one and the same!
Thank you for this beautiful and amazing time that you shared
Incredible work. Thank you for sharing this!
Wow! Really loved the video.
Thank you Dawa! Happy you got to watch it!
A big worry: when the road comes in - with it will come the thieves, the alcohol and the drugs, the prostitutes, the gambling, the exploitation, the junk food and the sugar laden beverages, the flashy money, and the tourists to gawk at it all... God help these special people, their way of life and their young ones.
If the road is not opened the PLA will come with its "communism" with Chinese characteristics and turn the Monastery into a military base and send the Buddhists to "re-education" Camps where they would be forced to prey to Mao/Xi Instead of Lord Buddha.
Truly amazing people and work.