284th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Film Presentation by Frits Staal Altar of Fire (1976): A Documentary by Robert Gardner and J. F. Staal for The Film Study Center at Harvard University “I will show a splendid new copy of the 45 min film called “Altar of Fire” by Harvard film maker Bob Gardner … Read more
280th INTG Meeting – A Talk and DVD Video Presentation by Reinhard Hohler Introduction The documentary was produced in 1989, when Reinhard Hohler led a German ZDF television channel film team across Thailand to unravel the mystery of the Emerald Buddha. The film Reinhard showed this evening was a recently released American edition, with an … Read more
234th INTG Meeting -A talk by Brian Hubbard Introduction In 1990, I traveled through 13 countries and crossed 5 seas, plus many other assorted stretches of water, to get from London to Bangkok. The journey, on buses, trains and ships, but no planes, took almost 10 months. When I left England, I had a one-way … Read more
168th INTG Meeting – A talk by Pierre Pichard Your Convenor writes: There was no summary of this talk made at the time and Pierre informs me that the notes he had made have long since disappeared. What follows are three chapters taken from the book ‘The Buddhist Monastery: A Cross Cultural Survey’ edited by Pierre Pichard … Read more
