HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT PRINT ISSUE
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Nepal: ‘The Most Holy Place in the World’
Cover: His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Kurukulla Center, Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., October 2012. Photo by Kadri Kurgun.
- Think Big: His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visits Kurukulla Center
- ‘The Dalai Lama Completes His Studies,’ an excerpt from Geshe Lhundub Sopa’s autobiography Like a Waking Dream
- Osel Hita on Being Your True Nature
- Langri Tangpa Centre Celebrates 30 Years of Dharma Practice
- Plus much more!
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*Asterisked articles contain supplemental material for articles published in the print issue of the magazine.
TEACHINGS AND ADVICE
Advice from a Spiritual Friend: Seeing Problems as Positive
By Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Dharma Realities: ‘Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness’
NEPAL: ‘The Most Holy Place in the World’
*Photo Gallery: FPMT Activities in Nepal
*A Straight and Steady Motivation: An Interview with Vens. Gyalmo and Phunsok on Becoming Geshe-mas
*A Letter from Animal Liberation Sanctuary
From Kalarupa, the goat
*Ancient Philosophy in Everyday Life at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Centre
By Arya Cayton, spirtiual program coordinator
*Himalayan Yogic Institute: The Birth of the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Centre
By Pam Cayton
*From the Vault: “An Extraordinary Modern-Day Milarepa: Geshe Lama Konchog”
DHARMA AND THE MODERN WORLD
*Photo Gallery: His Holiness at Kurukulla Center
*Like a Waking Dream: Geshe Sopa’s Students Share Their Stories
*Mandala Talk: An Interview with Paul Donnelly on the Creation of Like a Waking Dream [Audio]
The Mummification of His Holiness the 9th Bogd Jetsün Dampa Rinpoche of Mongolia
By Özer Rinpoche
News from a Buddhist Perspective: The Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity
By Karla Ambrosio
TAKING CARE
*A New Generation of Ladakhi Nuns
By Mary Wellhoner and Marlies Bosch
*Photo Gallery: Tibetan Buddhist Nuns in Ladakh and Zanskar
YOUR COMMUNITY
Finding Inspiration in FPMT Centers: An Interview with Geshe Sherab
Meet Geshe Jampa Gelek: Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa’s Resident Teacher [Video]
*The Road to Kopan: An Irresistible Pull
By Marcel Bertels
The “Bollywood” Nun: An Indian Actress Takes Ordination Vows
By Ven. Ingrid Norzin Braun
Rejoice! The Second Round of 108 Nyung Näs at Institut Vajra Yogini
By François Lecointre
FEATURED MEDIA
Book Review: The Black Hat Eccentric: Artistic Visions of the Tenth Karmapa