HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT PRINT ISSUE
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‘Samsaric Methods Can Never Satisfy’ an excerpt from How to Practice Dharma: Teachings on the Eight Worldly Dharmas by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Cover: Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drolma (Khadro-la) at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy, July 2012. Photo by Piero Sirianni.
- An Interview with Khadro-la: If We Use Our Wisdom Carefully, Everything Is Possible
- Meet the Liberation Prison Project
- The Joy of Study: Geshe Kelsang Wangmo’s Path to Becoming the World’s First Female Geshe
- Nalanda Monastery: A Growing Haven for Buddhist Study in the West
- Plus much more!
Purchase the October-December 2012 issue of Mandala
*Asterisked articles contain supplemental material for articles published in the print issue of the magazine.
COVER FEATURE
*Khadro-la on Using Stupas to Minimize Harm from the Elements
*From the Vault: Interview with a Dakini
From Mandala January-March 2009
*From the Vault: Integrating Lam-Rim into Daily Life
From Mandala October-December 2009
*Entretien avec Khadro-la : Si nous utilisons notre sagesse avec soin, tout est possible
Traduit par le Service de traduction francophone de la FPMT
*Una entrevista con Khadro-la: Si usamos nuestra sabiduría cuidadosamente todo es posible
Traducido por Marilena Molinaro, editado por Martha Morales
TEACHINGS AND ADVICE
Dharma Realities: Leaves in the Wind: People Who Wish for Death
By Ven. Chönyi Taylor
EDUCATION
*16 Actitudes at Centro Yamantaka in Colombia
By Olga Lucia Sierra, Centro Yamantaka director
*Children and Teens Programs Take Root and Grow at Losang Dragpa Centre in Malaysia
By Yeo Puay Huei, Losand Dragpa Centre deputy director
DHARMA AND THE MODERN WORLD
*The Joy of Study: An Interview with Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, the world’s first female geshe
*La joie de l’étude : une interview de Guéshé Kelsang Wangmo, la première femme guéshé du monde
*Publishing the FPMT Lineage: An Interview with Nicholas Ribush, director of the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
Key to the Cave: An excerpt from Journeys on the Silk Road: A Desert Explorer, Buddha’s Secret Library, and the Unearthing of the World’s Oldest Printed Book
By Joyce Morgan and Conrad Walters
The Practice of Writing: An Interview with Dinty W. Moore, author of The Mindful Writer
Mandala Talk: An Interview with Craig Preston, teacher and translator of classical Tibetan [Audio]
Buddhist in the Trenches: Loneliness
By Sarah Shifferd
Cooking with Bodhichitta: The Qualities of Good Food
By Maarten de Vries
TAKING CARE OF OTHERS
Meet the Liberation Prison Project
YOUR COMMUNITY
*The Road to Kopan: ‘Where I Needed to Be’
By Paula de Wijs
Meet Geshe Ngawang Sonam: Hayagriva Buddhist Centre’s New Resident Teacher [Video]
Stay Low and Go, Go, Go: Fire Safety Training at Kopan Monastery and Nunnery
By Tony Vickery-Howe
Big Love Except: Rinpoche’s Decision
By Adele Hulse
FEATURED MEDIA
Book Review: Insight into Emptiness