"Bodhisattva Attitude," Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive's newest book. Available for free from the LYWA, www.lamayeshe.com

Ven. Robina and students at Atisha Centre, Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, March 2012. Photo by Liam Chambers.

Ian Green, director of the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, giving the “thumbs up” to the completed balustrades on level 2, Maiden Gully, Victoria, Australia, 2012.

Some progress being made at the Thubten Sherup Ling construction site, Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, April 2012.

Arayatara Institut’s 21 Taras, consecrated by Dagri Rinpoche in March 2012. Photo by Hermann Wittekopf.

The German edition of Kathleen McDonald’s "Awakening the Kind Heart," published spring 2012 by Diamant Verlag (www.diamant-verlag.info).

Opening day of Maitreya School, Bodhgaya, India, April 11, 2012. Photo by Ven. Thubten Namygal.

MAITRI Charitable Trust distributes monthly rations to those most in need, Bodhgaya, India, February 2012.

In a little over three weeks, MAITRI Charitable Trust sterilized 126 street dogs – 80 females and 46 males – as part of its annual Animal Birth Control camp, Bodhgaya, India, February 2012.

Masters Program graduate Glen Svensson teaches an introductory course at Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India, April 2012.

Dagri Rinpoche teaching at Centro Studi Cenresig, Bologna, Italy, March 10, 2012. Photo by Marco Castaldi.

Centro Muni Gyana’s new gompa, Palermo, Italy, May 2012. Photo by Roberto Vitrano.

Dagri Rinpoche taught lam-rim for Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa's Basic Program, Pomaia, Italy, March 2012. Photo by Piero Sirianni.

Losang Dragpa Centre celebrated Vesak, a day commemorating Buddha's enlightenment and a public holiday in Malaysia, with a full day of offerings, prayers, and practices, May 2012.

Vajrapani Tibetan Buddhist Study Group with Jeszenzsky Istvan, 2012. Photo by Ettore Salvadori.

Golden Light Sutra Center's Lam-Rim Study Group saying "Sambhano Rinpoche!" after receiving certificates for completing the first module of the course. They also hold copies of Pabongkha Rinpoche's "Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand," Darkhan, Mongolia, May 27, 2012.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche visits staff and friends at Ganden Yiga Chözin Buddhist Meditation Centre, Pokhara, Nepal, February 2012.

Dzambala, an Animal Liberation Sanctuary goat who had a serious hoof tumor removed, Nepal, April 2012. Photo by Tania Duratovic.

The Kadampa stupa on the Animal Liberation Sanctuary land near Kopan in Nepal, April 2012. Photo by Tania Duratovic.

Animal Liberation Sanctuary goats circumambulate a stupa at Kopan. New living quarters are being built nearby, Nepal, April 2012. Photo by Tania Duratovic.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche ordained a group of new monks at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, March 2012.

Items placed in stupa for Khensur Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, April 2012

The Thubten Shedrup Ling hostel will allow local children to attend the Buddhist school that is nearby, Solu Khumbu, Nepal, March 2012.

Andrey Terentyev teaches Discovering Buddhism at P. K. Kozlov Memorial Museum, Russia. The program was started in 2009. Photo by Vasiliy Repin.

A group of retreatants benefited from a visit with Geshe Jamphel, abbot of Nalanda Monastery in France, Tushita Retreat Center, Arbúcies, Spain, April 2012.

Incense puja led by Jinsiu Farlin's resident teacher Geshe Gyurme, Taiwan, April 2012. Photo by Ven. Thubten Osel.

Visitors to Land of Calm Abiding walking the grounds, San Simeon, California, United States, 2012. Photo by Dean Petzer.

Yangsi Rinpoche auspiciously blessed Shantideva Meditation Center in New York City with his presence and gave a special teaching on "Motivations for Life: the Bodhisattva Way" at Tibet House in April 2012.

During Saka Dawa, in June 2012, Shantideva Meditation Center, New York City, hosted a beautiful community gathering to celebrate, share, and imagine our future.

Positing the Tree of Life in the Kadampa Stupa vase, Kadampa Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, US, May 2012

Filling the stupa vase with rolled mantras, tsa-tsas, sacred texts and ground cedar, Kadampa Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, US, May 2012

A filled, blessed and sealed stupa minutes before rainstorm, Kadampa Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, US, May 2012. A copper steeple arriving from Nepal will be added on top.