
Cover: Shakyamuni Buddha in the aspect of a monk. Switzerland, 20th century. Photo: Jürg Bernhard
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- Buddhist monks and nuns: a community of white crows
- Ordination, who me?
- With vows you don’t do the ordinary
- Western monks and nuns: taking care of our own reality. The beginning of the International Mayayana Institute by Lama Thubten Yeshe
- IMI Communities: Nalanda is Reborn
- Chenrezig Nuns: Harmoniously Growing
- Taiwanese Sangha
- A Monastery to Last until Maitreya Comes
- Italian Monks and Nuns in ‘Precarious Equilibrium’
- Tibetan Geshe Offers Money to Help Western Sangha
- Meditation – A longing to change
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- A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama – Geshe Tashi Tsering with his attendant Ven Tenzin Tshering
- Home Truths by Adéle Hulse
- Advice from the Virtuous Friend – Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses ‘The Benefits of Being Monks and Nuns’
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