Cover: LamaThubten Yeshe (1935-1984), at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, March 1974. Lama Yeshe passed way thirteen years ago, on the morning of the Tibetan New Year, which this year fell on February 8. Photo by Ursula Bernis

News

• International News – Lama Zopa Rinpoche visits thirteen centers in Australia and Europe
• News from FPMT centers & activities around the world

• Auspicious Events – A Celebration of Kindness: the Dalai Lama in New Zealand
• Places – What Tibetans do with their dead
• Education – From Here to Enlightenment: Educating Sentient Beings
  • Implementing the Basic Program of Buddhist Studies by Olga Planken
  • Building Bridges by Geshe Tashi Tsering
  • How to Attract People to the Dharma Centers by Peter Kedge
  • Educating Monks and Nuns by Thubten Gyatso
  • A Vision for the future by Tubten Pende
• Pligrimage
  • Not all who wander are lost by Dharma-Aloka
  • A Tibetan Pilgrimage by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche
• Teaching – Be your own therapist by Lama Thubten Yeshe

• A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama – Geshe Ngawang Dragpa
• The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw
• Home Truths by Adéle Hulse
• Advice from the Virtuous Friend – Lama Zopa discusses ‘Teaching’
• Lama Ösel’s News by Lama Tenzin Ösel – Lama’s fifth year of studies at Sera Monastery and his twelfth birthday

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• Getting the essence
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