The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life / The Great Liberation (1994)
 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227652/

This was the companion piece to The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation. I preferred it. First, I am a softy on grading films on Buddhism. This "Way of Life" had no cheesy special effects and used no obvious actors. It looked at the death of an old man in a village in Ladakh, has early footage of the Dalai Lama and a (somewhat) recent interview. Perhaps the best bit was the street interview with local citizens who, unlike most Westerners, are very accepting of death and suffering. Ram Dass and others share their ideas for use of the book in the West. I enjoyed the Tibetan Book of the Dead being read at a Western hospice. Again, a bit basic, but a good introductory piece. The Ladakh scenery, homes, etc. were fascinating when the film plodded along.

Part 1 
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File Size: 448 MB (or 459,573 KB or 470,602,752 bytes) 
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FPS (frames/sec): 30.000 
Length (duration): 00:47:41 (85,842 fr) 
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Part 2 
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File Size: 423 MB (or 434,040 KB or 444,457,472 bytes) 
File Type: AVI 
Video Codec 4CC: DX50/DIVX 
Video Codec Name: DivX 5.0 
x:y (aspect ratio): 720x404 (1.78:1) [~41:23] 
Video Bitrate: 1212 kb/s 
FPS (frames/sec): 30.000 
Length (duration): 00:45:02 (81,056 fr) 
Audio Codec Name: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3 
Audio Codec "Stat": 4 compatible codecs installed 
Audio Bitrate: 96 kb/s (48/ch, stereo) CBR 
Fs (sample freq): 44100 Hz 
I/L (interleave): 1 vid frame (33 ms) Split: Yes 
IMRR (I/L rate ratio): 1.00 
"Qf" ("Frame Quality"): 0.139 bits/pixel