Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021 | 7:00pm ET | $30, in-person only
Tibet House US is delighted to host this screening of Ganden: A Joyful Land (76 min), an extraordinary documentary that reveals an intimate look into the lives and remembrances of the last remaining generation of Tibetan Buddhist monks to have studied at the renowned Ganden Monastery in Tibet. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker, Ngawang Choephel, and a small reception. Limited in-person tickets available.
Ganden is considered the most influential monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, likened by Buddhists to Vatican City. It is here where the Dalai Lama’s lineage began. For more than 500 years, monks lived in Ganden in simplicity and contentment, before a brutal invasion drove them from their sacred home to begin rebuilding anew in India. Embodying the strength and joy their faith teaches, survivors of the forced exodus tell of their lives in the old and new Ganden in this moving film.
