October / December 2008
ASK A TEACHER: What is Freedom? To be Truly Free
TEACHING: Letter from Rinpoche: I’m Really Not There.
TURNING THE WHEEL
The Reasons for Studying the Four Noble Truths
Three Turnings of the Wheel of the Dharma
First Encounters: Ten Practitioners Tell How They First Met the Dharma
Wheel Turning Day World-Wide Recitation of the King of Glorious Sutras: Sublime Golden Light
YOUTH
Reaching Out to the Young
Peace Begins with You and Me: LKPY Turns One
Sitting at School: The Case for Contemplative Education
Why Does the Buddha Wear Lipstick?
It’s Cool to be Kind
Buddha’s Café
Camp for Teens
A Great Adventure for Teens
Compassion through Art
Dharma in My Life: Three Young Buddhists tell their stories
16 Guidelines for Happy Families
COMMUNITY SERVICE: A Volunteer’s Experience in Bodhgaya
RETREAT EXPERIENCE: My Root Guru: Lamp on the Path to Enlightenment
GURU DEVOTION: Relying on the Guru
PRACTICE: Dog-tired at a Nyung-Ne
DEATH AND DYING: The Last Hurrah
TIBETAN SCHOLARSHIP: Rare and Important Buddhist Manuscripts Found in Tibet
RINPOCHE ON TOUR
Glorious Italian Days and Nights
Kadampa Center’s New Building is Consecrated
MIXED MOTIVES Winning Gold
BEGINNINGS: California Mud
OBITUARIES: Alessandro Falaschi, Mitchell Samuels
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