January / March 2009
ASK A TEACHER: Why is it so Difficult to Forgive Ourselves and Others?
TEACHINGS
An Explanation of the Shunyata Mantra and a Meditation on Emptiness
Who to Regard as a Guru
RETREAT: The Great Retreat: Yamantaka
RINPOCHE ON TOUR
Tears of Joy in Tokyo
Celebration in Mongolia
SANGHA: The Lam-rim Monastery: A Vision for IMI and FPMT
ANNIVERSARIES: Maitreya Instituut
TRAVELING WITH THE GURU: Return to Lawudo
HIGH LAMAS: The Inspirational Dagri Rinpoche
HIGHER BEINGS: Interview with a Dakini
RELICS TOUR: Maitreya Project Relics Visit Kalmykia
THE PATH: The role of Belief, Dedication and Rejoicing
PERSPECTIVE: Achieving Free Will: A Buddhist Perspective
PERSPECTIVE: Applied Buddhism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
DESIGN COMPETITION
MIXED MOTIVES: Don’t Throw Dharma at Me When I’m in a Bad Mood
BEGINNINGS: Winter in Manjushri is Cold
OBITUARIES Johannes Minder, Jack Morison, Ed Softky and Chris Verschoor
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
NEWS ROUNDUP
MEDIA
DIRECTORY


