Abstract:

This is a digital film documentary of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa produced in Tsurphu Monastery, Tibet, 1999. The Karmapa is the supreme head of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. In this film, he performs many various kinds of Dharma activities such as: debating, performing the sacred Lama dancing that the Karmapa rarely does in a lifetime, performing the Mahakala offerings, bestowing blessings and empowerments, and giving interviews. The Karmapa is an emanation of Avalokitesvara and he will be the 6th Buddha of the age: Buddha Simha, the Lion. The Buddha Shakyamuni predicted that 2,000 years after his death, the lion-voiced Bodhisattva, Karmapa would benefit many beings who by just seeing, hearing or remembering will attain peace.