Cover: His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, c. 1955 July-August News

• CPMT Report
• News from FPMT centers & activities around the world

Features

• Lamas
  • A Prayer of Pure Aspirations for His Holiness the Dalai Lama on His 60th Birthday
  • A Rain of Blessings Down Under – A tribute to Khensure Losang Thubten Rinpoche
• Music – Rock ‘n Roll to Bliss
• Center Directors – From Marx to Mahayana
• Holy Objects
  • The Most Beautiful Prayer Wheel in the World
  • The power of prayer wheels by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Poetry – Ashley finds his Voice
• Books – The Lives of Holy Beings
• Debate – What’s Real?

Columns

• A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama – Geshe Tashi
• The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw
• Home Truths by Adéle Hulse
• Lama Ösel’s Times by Lama Tenzin Ösel

And So Forth

• Getting the Essence
• People
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