Documentary. Originally produced as part of the BBC's Everyman television program in 1994.
Summary:
Explores the revival of Tibetan Buddhism in the Russian republic of Kalmykia through the efforts of the young Philadelphia native and son of Kalmykian emigrants, who's become a monk through study in India and finds his position as co-chair of the republic's religious affairs department a daunting assignment. He's shown working with government officials and visiting the Dalai Lama in India, his family in Philadelphia, and locations where he plans to build new Buddhist learning institutions in Kalmykia.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)41238705
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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