COVER STORY

• Monasticism in the 21st Century. The rewards and sacrifices of taking ordination as a Buddhist monk or nun in the West.
• The Christian experience

PICTORIAL ESSAY

• The Twelve Deeds of Shakyamuni Buddha

PSYCHOLOGY

• Band-aids, baby-sitting or real Buddhadharma? by Karuna Cayton
• The puzzle of relationship by Richard Borofsky

YOGA

• Training the mind while training the body by Julia Hengst

TEACHINGS

• The benefits of cherishing others by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Freedom from the ego mind by Lama Thubten Yeshe
• The lies our minds tell us by Ven. Robina Courtin

VAJRA BROTHERS AND SISTERS

• Those who teach, learn by Thubten Chopel

MEDITATION

• An extract from Cultivating Compassion by Jeffrey Hopkins

INTERVIEW

• Dakinis: healers of our gender scars An interview with author Judith Simmer-Brown by Julia Hengst

TEXT PRESERVATION

• Protecting a sacred legacy Jaffa Elias talks to Gene Smith

FROM TIBET TO THE WEST

• Through the eyes of a geshe. Geshe Lobsang Jamphel’s story

JOURNEYS

• Happiness rules Life in Bhutan
• Magical mystery tour by Ali Gripper
• Film-maker locates treasure around the world

YOUNG PRACTITIONERS

• How babies transform Dharma plans by Julia Hengst

NEWS ROUNDUP

• Kaleidoscope : No sex please, we’re sangha by Ven. Thubten Gyatso
• The Dalai Lama in Taiwan, Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Europe; and more
• Classifieds
• Directory