When The Iron Bird Flies- Selected Scenes

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In 1959, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama escapes the Chinese invasion of Tibet and with his departure and the exodus of many of the major teachers of the all the sects of Tibetan Buddhism— Buddhadharma, as it was practiced in virtual seclusion for centuries in the Land of Snow, was suddenly thrust out into the world. Fifty years later, there are Tibetan Buddhist meditation centers in every major city in the western world, two three-year retreat centers in France alone, and the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, has 92,000 followers on Twitter. When the Iron Bird Flies traces the astounding path of one of the worlds great spiritual traditions from the caves of Tibet to the mainstream of western culture and asks: how can this 2,600 year old eastern religion help us in the West cope with our 21st century lives and reach Enlightenment? Chariot Productions and Pundarika Foundation, the producers of BLESSINGS: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet, have teamed up again to tackle this timely and important subject. These are selected scenes from a WORK-IN-PROGRESS, copyright Pundarika Foundation.