Buddhist Spirituality and Disadvantaged Social Strata in the Films of Pema Tseden

Thoughts on the relationship between Buddhism and Tibetans permeate Pema Tseden’s films. His early films focused whether Buddhist spirit, such as feelings, dedication, self-sacrifice, was recognized in modern Tibet. Identity is a problem that have always faced process of modernization. People economically disadvantaged positions often face difficult choices self-survival maintaining moral cultural traditions. films, however, focus more philosophy use an ethnic internal perspective to examine problems modernization, which provides his stories with strong allegorical color.