INTERNATIONAL PRESS

News of our film has slowly spread far and wide across our globe. 
Below are a few selections of where we have been featured.
A large feature spread printed in the Irish Examiner written by journalist John Daly.

​Take a look at our blog to see it in all its hard copy glory here.

Or read it on the Irish Examiner website here.
A brief article appeared in another German language website of the DBU, an umbrella association for Buddhist communities in Germany.

You can read the post on their website here
Thanks to Bernd Kaponig of the German language website Säkularer Buddhismus for their support and to Evamaria Glatz for writing an article on Dhammaloka & The Dharma Bum.

You can read Evamaria's article here
Thanks to Ramsey Margolis for republishing an article of Ian's for the Secular Buddhism website in New Zealand. They have quite the community in Wellington it seems. 

You can read the article on their website here
Ian was interviewed by Ted Meissner on the official podcast of The Secular Buddhist Association. The show focuses on early Buddhist teaching and practice from a secular point of view.

You can listen directly on their website here
Or subscribe in iTunes here
Ian was invited by the good people of the online magazine The Tattooed Buddha to write an article explaining why he is making this film.

The article is called: Why Make a Film about an Obscure Buddhist Monk.
Ian is the guest on the latest episode of The Duncan Trussell Family Hour Podcast where Duncan and Ian talk about the movie, the legacy of Dhammaloka, God, the universe and everything! 

A most enjoyable 90 minutes.

You can listen on Duncans website here
Or subscribe on iTunes here
The Dharma Bum was featured in a full page spread in the first ever issue of the Arts & Entertainment supplement of The Myanmar Times and features an interview with the films producer & director Ian Lawton.

We will post images when they become available. 
Lion's Roar, online curators of the premiere Buddhist publications Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma magazines describe The Dharma Bum pitch video as "one of the most compelling crowdfunding videos we have ever seen"

View on Lion's Roar website here.
Totally Dublin is a weekly culture magazine published in Dublin, Ireland.

Not only did Totally Dublin publish an article in their print magazine (see right) but also interviewed filmmaker Ian Lawton about the film and the importance of maintaining Dhammalokas legacy.

Read the online interview here.
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Rabble is an independent publication from Dublin, Ireland.

In an extensive article entitled; 'What’s the Story Buddh? The Tale Of The Dharma Bum.' written by one of the core members of the Dhammaloka research team, Dr. Laurence Cox explains some of what makes Dhammaloka such an intriguing figure.

Read on the Rabble website here
Elephant Journal - Is a magazine based in the USA specialising in sustainability, organics, non-new agey spirituality and tree hugging (probably).

Ian wrote an article for the magazine entitled The Adventures of Captain Daylight, the First Western Buddhist Monk

Read on the Elephant Journal website here.
Pegbar.ie is an Animation Networking Organisation based in Ireland.

News of our film was published in an article on the sites News section.

Read on the Pegbar website here.
The Wild Geese is a specialist Irish history resource catered to the Irish diaspora. 

In an article entitled 'Irish Sailor, Hobo, Troublemaker... Buddhist Monk?', once again written by Dr. Laurence Cox where explains his own history with the Dhammaloka research team as they skillfully put this mans life together.

Read on The Wild Geese website here.
Ireland Calling is another online Irish resource for the Irish diaspora, primarily those in North America.

In a feature called Laurence Carroll - The First Western Buddhist Monk is an article titled simply The Dharma Bum written by our films director/ producer Ian Lawton, detailing his adventurous spirit.

Read on the Ireland Calling website here.
Mizzima - News from Myanmar is Myanmar/ Burma's primary news resource. 

Filmmaker Ian Lawton was interviewed for this one page feature on Dhammaloka to be included in Mizzima magazine. Ian was told Mizzima is the equivalent of Time Magazine in Southeast Asia and it is an honour to have our film included.

We have no online link to this article, but if you click the image to the right, you can view a photograph of the interview in print.
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Kindred Spirit is a specialist Mind, Body & Spirit magazine based in London in the United Kingdom.

In their New Years issue they featured an article on our film in the news section of their magazine.

Again, no online link to include, but you can view the article in print by clicking the photo on the right.
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ENGAGE! Is an Engaged Buddhism website run by Shaun Bartone in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the USA.

Shaun published a brief article about our film on his website entitled; 'The Original Dharma Bum: Irishman U Dhammaloka'.

Read on the ENGAGE! website here.
Full Contact Enlightenment is a blog by Tanya McGinnity in Montreal, Canada.

Tanya published a short post about our film. Thanks Tanya!

Read on the Full Contact Enlightenment blog here.
New Age Journal run by Robert Scheer out of Vancouver, Canada.

Robert published a short piece on our film.
'Documentary Speculates on Origin of Western Buddhism'


Read on the New Age Journal website here.
Irish History Compressed is an Irish history blog delivered in bite-sized chunks.

Another article by Dr. Laurence Cox entitled;
'An Irish Buddhist agitator in Burma:

filming a different kind of anti-colonialism'

Read on the Irish History Compressed website here.
The Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation (BOS) from the Netherlands.

They mention The Dharma Bum in a list of other Buddhist related films also seeking crowdfunding. 

Read on the Bosrtv website here.
Bodhitv.nl is an initiative of BOS for the growing interest in young people for Buddhism & spirituality inthe Netherlands.

No doubt its an error with Google Translate as they refer to Ian as a "cute Irish filmmaker"!

Read on the Bodhitv website here.
RTE -  Raidió Teilifís Éireann is Ireland's national public service broadcaster.

It was an honour for Ian to appear on the channel (despite arriving late due to traffic and stumbled through the interview!)

Ian was a guest on Sunday Spirit presented by Michael Comyn and you can hear the 15 minute interview on our audio page here. 
Mindpod Network is a podcast network from the USA representing some the most esteemed teachers in America today.

From Jack Kornfield to Sharon Salzburg to Ram Dass.

Ian was interviewed in depth in an hour long episode of Mindrolling podcast with Raghu Marcus & David Silver which can be heard on our audio page here.
In an edition of An Irishman's Diary, Joe Humphries reveals the existence of Dhammaloka publicly back in 2011.

This piece is not related to the movie but an interesting read nonetheless. Read here.