The Dharma Heritage Foundation has been established to support the research and documentation of Buddhist life internationally. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the work is being carried out by specialists in photography, filmmaking, Buddhist studies, visual anthropology, Asian art history, and journalism. All of these specialists have devoted many years to the study of Buddhist cultures. The work is of historic, educational, and artistic benefit and will serve as a legacy for present and future generations in understanding and appreciating the important contributions these cultures have made and are continuing to make in the world. The Foundation places urgent and special emphasis on photographing and filming elder Buddhist masters who are living links to ancient wisdom and to time-honored ways of life that are endangered due to modernization, religious persecution, and other societal pressures. Our work includes documenting spiritual practices and ceremonies, the master artists working within these monasteries, and the traditional dance and music that are expressions of Buddhist life. Of special emphasis currently is the documentation of the endangered Tibetan Buddhist way of life and the last living Tibetan Buddhist masters trained in the old Tibet. The work accomplished by the Foundation becomes part of an archive housing the photography, video, and research, which is available for scholars to include in their publications, for museum exhibitions, for magazines, websites, and films, and for new forms of electronic media as they emerge in the future.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:52:00 +0000
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