Kalimpong Sakya Monastery during its construction in 2013
Animal Justice Party campaign video for 2014 Victorian state election
Peppy Gone but not forgotten
Sevenfold Prayer the text of which can be found here.
In this Youtube video Dujom Rinpoche skilfully ties together many concepts about Buddhist meditation and post meditation.
In this teaching on Mind Training (Shamata in the context of the text "Treasury of Blessings") Rabjam Rinpoche presents mind training with many useful supporting instructions. The Treasury of Blessings text can be found here and a commentary on it, by HH Dilgo Khense, can be found here. In a second teaching on Mind Training (Lojong in the context of text "Ambrosia for the Mind") Rabjam Rinpoche continues to broaden his coverage of the topic. The "Ambrosia for the Mind" text that its based on can be found here. In these teachings the audince is assumed to be Tibetan Buddhist practitioners so there is a liberal use of Tibetan Buddhist terminology.
Also on the topic of meditation, we have these in-depth video teachings from Rabjam Rinpoche based on a text by the "Mipham Rinpoche" . There is a part 1 with an introduction on intention followed by a line-by-line commentary and a part 2 which continues the commentary and is followed by questions and answers.
For Buddhist meditators the profound teachings under the banner of View, Meditation and Action are also of great value to encounter. Here in 8 sessions Dzongzar Khentse covers this topic in his usual skilful way: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8.
This text by Dujom Prinpoche "Extracting The Very Essence of Accomplishment" contains profound and pithy instructions on meditation practice, reflective of View, Meditation and Action.
In this video Dzongzar Khentse presents many concepts around Mind Training.
In this video the Dalia Lama broadly present The Nature of Mind from a Tibetan Buddhist view. From a general start it moves to understanding / investigating / exploring the nature of mind in the 3 cycles of Buddhist teachings, as well as giving an overview of the approaches undertaken by the four main Tibetan Buddhist schools.
HH Sakya Trichen (41st Sakya Trizin) gives a nice presentation on the human condition and what one can perhaps do about it in this video
HH Sakya Trichen (41st Sakya Trizin) provides another introductory presentation on Buddhism is this video.
The Kangyur is the the entire collection of the translated words of the Buddha, into Tibetan. In this 3 part series Dr John Canti, editorial co-director at the 84000 project, provides a very informative overview of the Kangyur: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
The Garland of Views is an important text in the context of Tantric Budhism. It illustrates clearly how one can view and approach the various vehicles/paths to enlightenment; of the Shravaka, Pratyekabuddha and Bodhisatva approaches along with the various types of tantras (according to the old school classification). Its one of the few texts written by Padmasambhava, who was instrumental in establishing and propagating Buddhism on the Tibetan Plateau. In this series of videos Kyabje Tulku Pema Rigstal skilfully presents and teaches on this text (translation of text 1; translation of text 2; translation of text 3; very useful summary of text): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7.
Dalai Lama on Oneness of Humanity
This video of funeral services of the consort of Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche shows younger images of many of the main people currently associated with Shechen Monastery in Katmandu, Nepal.
Nice interview with David Chalmers, a philosopher who focuses on consciousness. Skip to 31:40 where it focuses directly on consciousness.
Thupten Jinpa (Google Labs) speaks on many aspects of compassion
Matthieu Ricard (TED Talk): Habits of happiness
Matthieu Ricard (Google Labs): Change your Mind Change your Brain: The Inner Conditions...
Jill Bolte Taylor (TED Talk): My stroke of insight
Dan Ruther Reports - Mind Science (includes interview Dalai Lama and Mingyur Rinpoche)
Doug Lenat Google Tech Talk on Cyc
Google Tech Talk on Human computation
For Start Trek fans a nice reflective Shatner and Nymoy interview. The 3 camera angles technique used in its production is done very well.