Mandala Issues for 1999

Cover: Statue of Manjushri – Gentle Voice – the Buddha of Wisdom, at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California. Photograph: Jaffa Elias	January - February News International News His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Germany and Dharamsala Geshe Tsephel at Wutaishan in China Lama Zopa Rinpoche moves into his new retreat house Lord Maitreya's 17-story throne His Holiness the Dalai Lama supports Rockin' for Freedom concert Fong Sel Ma: new FPMT project FPMT Master's Program students return to work News from FPMT centers & activities around the world Features Education in the FPMT Preserving the Mahayana Buddhist tradition Kopan Monastery: The Heart of FPMT How does studying Buddhist philosophy get you enlightened? The birth of the Master's Program: leading sentient beings to the city of enlightenment Desiring the truth The Basic Program of Buddhist Studies Preserving the tradition creatively Study by correspondence Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program www.fpmt.org Meditation - Vowing to attain enlightenment as a woman Columns A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama - Geshe Soepa Monks & Nuns of FPMT - Ven. Thubten Gyatso Advice from the Virtuous Friend - Lama Zopa Rinpoche composed a practice to help subdue the 140-mile-per-hour (230km) winds of a typhoon in Taipei, Taiwan during a visit in 1996 Home Truths by Adéle Hulse The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive - "The wisdom of Dharma...is the one light that completely illuminates the dark shadow of ignorance, which is the root of all human afflictions" Lama Ösel's News by Lama Tenzin Ösel And So Forth Getting the Essence Obituary Books People FPMT Resources
Cover: Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, the Lawudo Lama, June, 1998, outside the cave in the Nepal Himalaya region of Solo Khumbu in which the previous Lawudo Lama meditated from the mid-1920s until his passing away in 1945. Photograph: Ven. Roger Kunsang	March - April News International News Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Columbia, USA and Holland Australia's Stupa of Universal Compassion His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the USA Nalanda Monastery in France builds a new gompa Master's Program completes its first year News from FPMT centers & activities around the world Features His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaches on Shantideva in Bodhgaya Second in a Three-Part Series on Education in FPMT FPMT Geshes meet in London: a conference with a difference Australian and New Zealand Geshes enjoy themselves in laid-back Queensland New education services for FPMT centers Education fund supports talent and creative initiative Holy Beings The life story of the Supreme Liberator Kunsang Yeshe, the Lawudo Lama, called "The garland of devotion" The Lawudo Lama returns Columns A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama - Geshe Jampel Senge Monks and Nuns of FPMT - Ven Thubten Samphel Advice from the Virtuous Friend - Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how everything in our daily life become a Dharma action: through the power of motivation Home Truths by Adéle Hulse The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw The Wisdom of Lama Yeshe explains the pratctical psychological steps in the process of changing our minds from negative to positive: the four opponent powers of purification Lama Ösel's News by Lama Tenzin Ösel And So Forth Getting the Essence Obituaries Books and Videos People FPMT Resources
Cover: Ksitigarbha, the bodhisattva beloved by Chinese Buddhists. Photograph: Ming Wang	May - June News International News Maitreya Project FPMT Master's Program First International Gelug Conference Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Hong Kong and California Secont Dharma Teachers' workshop Tara Redwood School Chobgye Trichen Rinpoche gives Kalachakra in Taiwan A greta ssembly visits Nalanda and Vulture's Peak News from FPMT centers & activities around the world Features Holy Objects - Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Dharma Projects - Lama Zopa Rinpoche's amazing array of projects for creating merit Transformation - The Power of the human heart: transforming Asia's biggest prison Columns A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama - Sam-Lo GEshe Kelsang Monks and Nuns of FPMT - Ven Thubten Khadro Vajra Brothers and Sisters Have a Say - Paula Chinchester gives advice to three-month Vajrasattva retreaters on how to deal with "meditator's disease": known in Tibetan as lung Advice from the Virtuous Friend - Lama Zopa Rinpoche in letters to Peter and Denise Griffin praises their marvelous qualities and says that their work of making holy statues is their "quick way of bringing sentient beings to enlightenment" Home Truths by Adéle Hulse The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw Other Lamas - Gelek Rinpoche The Wisdom of Lama Yeshe - Lama talked to a group of medical doctors in Melbourne in 1975 about the Buddhist approach to mental illness Lama Ösel's News by Lama Tenzin Ösel And So Forth Getting the Essence FPMT Prison Projects Books and Videos People FPMT Resources
Cover: White Tara, the Buddha of long life. Photograph: Robin Bath	July - August News Prayer for the Spreading of Ecumenical Buddha's Teachings - A True Melodious Song of the Sage by His Holiness the Dalai Lama International News His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala Preparing for ordination as monks and nuns Gelug Conference resolutions FPMT educators meet in Delhi Lama Osel turns 14 Maitreya Project now runs Bodhgaya school Kopan nuns tour USA News from FPMT centers & activities around the world Features Living with Sickness and Death Changing suffering into happiness Accompanying children to their death Healing disease through meditation and prayer The power of Medicine Buddha Practices for healing and long life Columns Monks and Nuns of FPMT - Ven Marcel Bertels Vajra Brothers and Sisters Have a Say - One of Lama Rinpoche's students wrote to Rinpoche about his practice Advice from the Virtuous Friend - Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to "make a party a Dharma practice" Home Truths by Adéle Hulse The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw Lamas of Other Lineages - Jetsunma Akhon Norbu Lhamo The Wisdom of Lama Yeshe - "What is reality?" Lama asks. "The mind is the principal producer of reality. Human goodness comes from the mind. Human problems, human badness, come from the mind." Lama Ösel's News by Lama Tenzin Ösel And So Forth Getting the Essence Obituaries New Centers Books People FPMT Resources
Cover: Lord Maitreya, the future founding Buddha, the sixth in this world age of 1000 Buddhas. Photograph: Ueli Minder	September - October News International News Australia's Great Stupa runs through Aboriginal songlines His Holiness Sakya Trizin in Taiwan His Holiness the Dalai Lama brings his vision of peace to Europe Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and USA Fifth Western Buddhist Monastic Conference Maitreya Project New management at FPMT International Office and Mandala's new publisher News from FPMT centers & activities around the world Features Education A day in the life of Western monks at Sera Je Advice from the virtuous friend, His Holiness the Dalai Lama Fifty people successfully complete first five-year course of Basic Program in the Netherlands Auspicious Events - Receiving the blessings of Chenrezig himself Holy Beings - How St. Francis lost everything and found his way Transformation - Reclaiming life on death row Book - Journey to realms beyond death Columns A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama - Chime Lama Monks and Nuns of FPMT - Ven Thubten Shenphen The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw Home Truths by Adéle Hulse Advice from the Virtuous Friend - Lama Zopa Rinpoche says that, "if your intention is towards the cessation of delusion and karma, then even if the whole world talks badly about you and things of you negatively, you get so much peace and inner satisfaction." Other Lamas - Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden The Wisdom of Lama Yeshe - 'Looking for the hungry I' Lama Yeshe says that "The sense of who we are is a complete hallucination, having nothing whatsoever to do with reality." Lama Ösel's News by Lama Tenzin Ösel And So Forth Communication Getting the Essence Obituary New Centers Books People FPMT Resources
Cover: Great yogini Yeshe Tsogyal, from the terma of H.E. Namkha Drimed Rinpoche; painting hanging at Chagdug Gonpa, Junction City, California, USA.	November - December News International News News about His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Geshe Lhundup Sopa The Maitreya Statue Australia's Great Stupa Dharma in Latvia Educating Western teachers News from FPMT centers & activities around the world Features Compassion in Action Unashamedly beautiful housing for Melbourne's elderly homeless Feng-Shui: tai-chi for the environment Helping others with a good motivation is Dharma practice Auspicious Events - Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche honored by Mexican Indians Book - Journey to realms beyond death Columns A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama - Geshe Lobsang Doga Monks and Nuns of FPMT - Ven Jangsem The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw Vajra Brothers and Sisters Have a Say - Jane Sedlitz writes about the life and death of Dorje Den. Lama Thubten Yeshe's Pekingese dog, who, according to Lama Zopa Rinpoche's advice, was to be seen by Lama's students as "a manifestation of Lama." Home Truths by Adéle Hulse Advice from the Virtuous Friend - Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives three ways to counterract anger Other Lamas - Lama Yeshe Losal The Wisdom of Lama Yeshe - Lama Thubten Yeshe explains why we need a spiritual guide Lama Ösel's News by Lama Tenzin Ösel And So Forth Communication Getting the Essence Obituaries Books People FPMT Resources

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