Cover: The Buddha Vajrasattva in the aspect of Lama Thubten Yeshe, made at the request of Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Mani Lama

September-October News

• International News
  • People everywhere celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s birthday
  • Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s European tour
  • Children’s Dharma
• News from FPMT centers & activities around the world

Features

• Lamas – Remarkable meetings with Lama Yeshe: encounters with a Tibetan Mystic
• Life with Lama Osel
• Center Directors – Creating and Oasis in Hong Kong
• Sangha – Giving something back
• The accidental tourist
• Death – Geshe Tempa Dargye’s last days
• A boy with a heart of gold – Marco Cipulla is remembered by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and friends
• The Workers – Focus on Jan-Paul Kool
• Teaching – Heart Spoon: encouragement through recollecting impermanence by Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo

Columns

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

And So Forth