Buddhism, Rinzai Zen, Tibet, Dalai Lama, Zanskar | Warrior Films https://warriorfilms.org Bearing Witness, Creating Change Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:01:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://warriorfilms.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Buddhism, Rinzai Zen, Tibet, Dalai Lama, Zanskar | Warrior Films https://warriorfilms.org 32 32 Reflections on the Warrior Archetype in the Age of Neo-Feudalism – Part 2 https://warriorfilms.org/reflections-on-the-warrior-archetype-in-the-age-of-neo-feudalism-part-2/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 04:33:38 +0000 https://warriorfilms.org/?p=6809 Reflections on the Warrior Archetype in the Age of Neo-Feudalism https://warriorfilms.org/reflections-on-the-warrior-archetype-in-the-age-of-neo-feudalism/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 04:28:48 +0000 https://warriorfilms.org/?p=6803 I’ve spent many years reflecting on the meaning of the Warrior Archetype.  It’s no coincidence that my company is named Warrior Films. My friend Christa Lörcher was shocked and appalled...

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Yes, Happiness is Possible, Even Now! (On Practice and Enlightenment During a Pandemic) https://warriorfilms.org/happiness/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 19:06:19 +0000 https://warriorfilms.org/?p=5528 Black Lives Matter and Zen (Reflections on Race and Class in Western Buddhism) https://warriorfilms.org/black-lives-matter-and-zen-reflections-on-race-and-class-in-western-buddhism/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:13:13 +0000 https://warriorfilms.org/?p=5518 A Boy Named Rakasu* https://warriorfilms.org/a-boy-named-rakasu/ Sun, 22 Jan 2017 00:34:14 +0000 https://warriorfilms.org/?p=2199 (* A rakasu is a traditional Japanese garment, like a bib, worn around the neck of Zen Buddhists who have taken the precepts. It can also signify Lay Ordination.) Look...

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Lessons Learned from a Zen Buddhist Monastery https://warriorfilms.org/lessons-learned-from-a-zen-buddhist-monastery/ Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:18:46 +0000 https://warriorfilms.org/?p=2099 3 weeks in Dai Bosatsu Zendo, Livingston Manor, NY When you tell people you’re heading off to spend time in a Zen Buddhist Monastery they’re usually jealous. They assume you’ll...

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All the Young Dudes… Carry the (Good) News… https://warriorfilms.org/all-the-young-dudes-carry-the-good-news/ Wed, 02 Mar 2016 02:57:18 +0000 https://warriorfilms.org/?p=1215 We’re giving away our film Journey from Zanskar! https://warriorfilms.org/were-giving-away-our-film-journey-from-zanskar/ https://warriorfilms.org/were-giving-away-our-film-journey-from-zanskar/#respond Thu, 15 Jan 2015 23:16:25 +0000 https://warriorfilms.org/were-giving-away-our-film-journey-from-zanskar/ In appreciation of you and all of our wonderful supporters Warrior Films is giving away our documentary film Journey From Zanskar!  Thank you for all you’ve done to continue to make...

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My tribute to Harold Ramis and Mentoring https://warriorfilms.org/my-tribute-to-harold-ramis-and-mentoring/ https://warriorfilms.org/my-tribute-to-harold-ramis-and-mentoring/#comments Sat, 05 Oct 2013 02:44:00 +0000 https://warriorfilms.org/my-tribute-to-harold-ramis-and-mentoring/ I feel compelled to share with you what Harold Ramis meant to me.  He was such a wonderful human being and such an inspiration to me I feel that to...

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Best Spiritual Documentary 2011! https://warriorfilms.org/best-spiritual-documentary-2011/ https://warriorfilms.org/best-spiritual-documentary-2011/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:29:02 +0000 https://warriorfilms.org/best-spiritual-documentary-2011/ At the European Spiritual Film Festival in Paris last night we won our first festival prize!  Best Spiritual Documentary 2011.   Here is the speech that was read by my...

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