Tibetan Buddhism is gaining much popularity in the west quickly. Even Sherlock Holmes TV series spiced up their story based on Tibetan Buddhist monks to give it a lift and punch. It could likely be due to the power and mystic surrounding Tibetan Buddhism in the general perception of the west.
“A breakaway sect of Buddhist monks infiltrated by a blond drug-smuggler?”
If you’re going to make a 7-minute teaser for a TV show, best to craft it as cleverly as this “mini-episode” that serves as a prequel to Season 3 of Sherlock, the BBC show poised to make a bigger splash than ever given the growing fame of its star, Benedict Cumberbatch.
Season 3 begins New Year’s Day in England, and hits PBS three weeks later.
Previously
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