From director Mark Elliott, a three-DVD set that features intimate portraits of young and prominent Tibetan Lamas and their relationship with the modern world.

Yangsi is the story of a young Tibetan boy who is recognized as the reincarnation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, one of the most revered Tibetan Buddhist masters of the twentieth century. He is known as The Yangsi, “the one who has come again into existence”.

In Under the Bodhi Tree His Holiness the XVII Gyalwa Karmapa leads a nine-day prayer ceremony called the Kagyu Monlam. From his seat under the historic bodhi tree in Boghgaya , the place of Sakyamuni Buddha’s enlightenment, the Karmapa performs ceremonies and ritual empowerments, accompanied by high lamas of the Kagyu order of Tibetan Buddhism.

Also included is Jewel Ornament of Liberation (not pictured here), featuring a further six talks given by the Karmapa at the Kagyu monlam in 2004.

Crestone Films makes feature-length documentaries that explore Tibetan Buddhism in relation to the modern world.