Kiwi Buddha follows the journey of seven-year-old Rinpoche as he becomes the first Buddhist High Lama incarnated in the Southern Hemisphere. ‘Venerable Pong Re Sung Rap Tulku Rinpoche', is a schoolboy from Kaukapakapa, north of Auckland. The film documents Rinpoche's journey as he leaves small town New Zealand behind (along with McDonalds and Pokemon) to travel to a monastery in the Himalayas where he will spend his next 20 years studying Buddhism. Kiwi Buddha sold to the National Geographic channel and to 60 territories.
Kiwi Buddha follows the journey of seven-year-old Rinpoche, a schoolboy from Kaukapakapa, who becomes the first Buddhist High Lama incarnated in the Southern Hemsphere.
Rinpoche was brought up by Tibetan-born parents just north of ...
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Television, 2006 (Full Length)
A half hour special on Asian religions
Television, 2004 (Excerpts)
A series which follows the interconnecting lives of eight twentysomething characters, one dead, as they search for happiness.
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