Cover: Ribur Rinpoche, historian, biographer and yogi, has been resident lama at Medicine Buddha’s Healing Center, San Jose, California since September last year. Photo by Mark Gatter

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  • The young Trijang Rinpoche and Zong Rinpoche in the west
  • The Dalai Lama gives twenty-fifth Kalachakra initiation
  • Lama Zopa Rinpoche in California
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Features

• Holy Beings – ‘Transforming suffering into pure joy’ – Ribur Rinpoche gives teachings
• Artists – Art for enlightenment – English artists Peter and Denise Griffin
• Reincarnation – The flight of a young Cherok Lama
• Teaching – ‘Realizing the truth’ by His Holiness Sakya Trizin

Columns

• A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama – Geshe Sonam Gyaltsen
• The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw
• Home Truths by Adéle Hulse
• Advice from the Virtuous Friend – Lama Zopa discusses ‘Prayer Flags and Auspicious Days’
• Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive – Lama’s teaching ‘Spirituality and Materialsim’
• Lama Ösel’s Times by Lama Tenzin Ösel – News from Ösel Labrang

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