The last generation of monks to have studied where the Dalai Lama’s lineage began. Likened by Buddhists to the Vatican City, Ganden is considered the most influential monastery of Tibetan Buddhism.

The first Japanese recorded to have set foot in Tibet was a monk, in 1900 ... that Ekai dictated based on his travels, as well as documentary records by esteemed ethnographer Jiro Kawakita ...

The new documentary focuses on three subjects: China’s impact on the preservation of Tibetan culture ... about the different deities there and the monks, ‘like the great yogi Milarepa ...